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10 songs that feel like Silhouettes

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

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moderate 56/100 intensity 128 BPM
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Beautiful Now — Zedd featuring Jon Bellion moderate 128 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (56/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (128 BPM).

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911 Is a Joke — Public Enemy moderate 106 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (54/100). Same smooth texture.

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Dr. Feelgood — Aretha Franklin moderate 92 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (56/100). Measured 91% alike.

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What's My Age Again? — Blink-182 moderate 120 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100). Same smooth texture.

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Run Up — Major Lazer moderate 115 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same feel and lands at almost exactly the same energy (58/100).

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Get On Your Feet — Gloria Estefan intense 120 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same smooth texture.

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Daisy — Zedd & Maren Morris moderate 110 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — sits a little calmer at 47/100. Measured 90% alike.

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Señorita — Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello moderate 117 BPM

Measures 90% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100). Same smooth texture.

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When Love Takes Over — David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland moderate 124 BPM

A 89% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and sits a little calmer at 44/100. Nearly the same tempo, too (124 BPM).

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The Way — Ariana Grande moderate 104 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 46/100. Same smooth texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

The Girl from Ipanema by Antonio Carlos Jobim
The Girl from Ipanema — Antonio Carlos Jobim safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 19/100, down from 56. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Close to Me by Ellie Goulding, Swae Lee, Diplo
Close to Me — Ellie Goulding, Swae Lee, Diplo safe 120 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 27/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) by Hall and Oates
I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) — Hall and Oates safe 100 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 31/100.

What a Fool Believes by The Doobie Brothers
What a Fool Believes — The Doobie Brothers safe 100 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. 22/100, versus the original's 56.

Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega
Tom's Diner — Suzanne Vega safe 100 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 36/100, down from 56.

Here You Come Again by Dolly Parton
Here You Come Again — Dolly Parton safe 110 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 37/100 — the pull without the edge.

Vienna by Billy Joel
Vienna — Billy Joel safe 112 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 29/100.

Say You'll Be There by Spice Girls
Say You'll Be There — Spice Girls safe 110 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 33/100, versus the original's 56.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Silhouettes” by Avicii?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Beautiful Now” by Zedd featuring Jon Bellion, “911 Is a Joke” by Public Enemy, “Dr. Feelgood” by Aretha Franklin — the top match scores 99% 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 “Silhouettes” but calmer?

“The Girl from Ipanema” by Antonio Carlos Jobim, “Close to Me” by Ellie Goulding, Swae Lee, Diplo, “I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)” by Hall and Oates keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Silhouettes”?

It measures 56/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, smooth texture, moderate sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 128 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 76% of songs, calmer than the other 24%. Its intensity reading of 56/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, smooth texture, moderate 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 84% 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.

Dial the feeling up or down

Same feeling, calmer: In the Night — The Weeknd

What it’s good for

Sleep0/10
Focus4/10
Workout7/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype6/10

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

2011 in context

The 372 songs we’ve measured from 2011 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 7/10, this track is louder and more dynamic than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity56
Dynamics67
Tempo49
Surprise50
Density0
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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