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10 songs that feel like Shame Shame

Matched to Shame Shame by Foo Fighters on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Shame Shame
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Shame Shame
Foo Fighters
moderate 47/100 intensity 135 BPM
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I'm So Green — Can moderate 134 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same groovy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (134 BPM).

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Daddy's Home — St. Vincent moderate 105 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same layered texture.

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Buggin' Out — A Tribe Called Quest moderate 85 BPM

Keeps the same groovy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Measured 89% alike.

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Tell Everybody — Herbie Hancock moderate 118 BPM

Measures 91% the same. It runs a little hotter at 53/100. Same layered texture.

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All for Myself — Sufjan Stevens moderate 120 BPM

A 87% feel-match — carries the same moody pull and runs a little hotter at 60/100.

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My Eyes Have Seen You — The Doors moderate 110 BPM

87% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 59/100. Same layered texture.

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Too High — Stevie Wonder moderate 96 BPM

Keeps the same groovy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Measured 88% alike.

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Junior's Eyes — Black Sabbath moderate 112 BPM

Measures 89% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same layered texture.

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Wait Until Tomorrow — Jimi Hendrix Experience moderate 95 BPM

A 88% feel-match — carries the same groovy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100).

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Going to Wisconsin — The Mountain Goats moderate 140 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Shame Shame is more than you want right now.

Friday I'm In Love by The Cure
Friday I'm In Love — The Cure safe 135 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 34/100, down from 47. Nearly the same tempo, too.

It's Too Late by Carole King
It's Too Late — Carole King safe 126 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 24/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

The Times They Are a-Changin' by Bob Dylan
The Times They Are a-Changin' — Bob Dylan safe 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 27/100.

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Everybody Hurts — R.E.M. safe 75 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 22/100, versus the original's 47.

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Midnight — Tycho safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 26/100, down from 47.

Clean by Taylor Swift
Clean — Taylor Swift safe 120 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 26/100 — the pull without the edge.

Norwegian Wood by The Beatles
Norwegian Wood — The Beatles safe 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 31/100.

Epiphany by BTS
Epiphany — BTS safe 136 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 25/100, versus the original's 47. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Shame Shame” by Foo Fighters?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “I'm So Green” by Can, “Daddy's Home” by St. Vincent, “Buggin' Out” by A Tribe Called Quest — the top match scores 96% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

What songs are like “Shame Shame” but calmer?

“Friday I'm In Love” by The Cure, “It's Too Late” by Carole King, “The Times They Are a-Changin'” by Bob Dylan keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Shame Shame”?

It measures 47/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 135 BPM.

How do you decide which songs are similar?

Every song in our catalog is measured on 8 dimensions — intensity, dynamic range, tempo, sudden changes, texture, predictability, vocal force and fine sound detail. Similarity is the distance between two songs across those measurements, so matches cross genres and eras. Shared mood tags break ties.

By the numbers: how this song compares

Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.

Where it sits in 19,000 songs

On our 19k-song scale this lands in the middle band — more energetic than 49% of songs, calmer than the other 51%. Its intensity reading of 47/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and dynamic vocals. It shares this stretch of the spectrum with thousands of other tracks, so the finer fingerprint below is what really separates it.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a fast, driving tempo: more extreme on that axis than 89% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on near-total stillness — steady volume, no surprises, a slow and unhurried pulse — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.

Feels almost identical to

Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.

What it’s good for

Sleep4/10
Focus8/10
Workout6/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype5/10

Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.

2021 in context

The 410 songs we’ve measured from 2021 average a dynamic range of 6.2/10. At 5/10, this track is gentler and steadier than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity47
Dynamics44
Tempo53
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load25

The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.

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