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10 songs that feel like Soul With Me

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

Soul With Me
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Soul With Me
Depeche Mode
moderate 40/100 intensity 95 BPM
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Sun Giant — Fleet Foxes safe 72 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100).

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Beneath the Southern Cross — Patti Smith moderate 90 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100). Same layered texture.

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Knights of Malta — The Smashing Pumpkins moderate 72 BPM

Keeps the same transcendent pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Measured 94% alike.

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All-Night Vigil — Rachmaninoff safe 60 BPM

Measures 91% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Same layered texture.

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Sugar Hiccup — Cocteau Twins safe 110 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100).

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Breathless — Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds moderate 85 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100). Same layered texture.

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The Desert Music — Steve Reich moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same transcendent pull — runs a little hotter at 46/100. Measured 93% alike.

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He's Misstra Know-It-All — Stevie Wonder moderate 92 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100). Same layered texture.

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The Weeping Song — Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds moderate 95 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (44/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink — Merle Haggard moderate 92 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (44/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Heaven by Depeche Mode
Heaven — Depeche Mode safe 100 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 18/100, down from 40. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Country Road by James Taylor
Country Road — James Taylor safe 72 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 15/100 — the pull without the edge.

Two Fish and an Elephant by Khruangbin
Two Fish and an Elephant — Khruangbin safe 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 37/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Grace by U2
Grace — U2 safe 85 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 5. 13/100, versus the original's 40. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Cursum Perficio by Enya
Cursum Perficio — Enya safe 85 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 24/100, down from 40. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Theft, And Wandering Around Lost by Cocteau Twins
Theft, And Wandering Around Lost — Cocteau Twins safe 85 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 16/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Cathedral in a Suitcase by Pat Metheny
Cathedral in a Suitcase — Pat Metheny safe 80 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 35/100.

Serenade for Strings in C Major by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Serenade for Strings in C Major — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky safe 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 37/100, versus the original's 40. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Soul With Me” by Depeche Mode?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Sun Giant” by Fleet Foxes, “Beneath the Southern Cross” by Patti Smith, “Knights of Malta” by The Smashing Pumpkins — the top match scores 94% 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 “Soul With Me” but calmer?

“Heaven” by Depeche Mode, “Country Road” by James Taylor, “Two Fish and an Elephant” by Khruangbin keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Soul With Me”?

It measures 40/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 95 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 34% of songs, calmer than the other 66%. Its intensity reading of 40/100 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 an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 88% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on full chaos — sudden changes, huge quiet-to-loud swings, and relentless energy — 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

Sleep5/10
Focus8/10
Workout2/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype3/10

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

2023 in context

The 188 songs we’ve measured from 2023 average a dynamic range of 6.1/10. 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

Intensity40
Dynamics44
Tempo31
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force75
Trigger load13

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

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