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10 songs that feel like Soup Is Good Food

Matched to Soup Is Good Food by Dead Kennedys on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

The song you love
Soup Is Good Food
Dead Kennedys
intense 85/100 intensity 150 BPM
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Natural's Not in It — Gang of Four intense 130 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same aggressive pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (84/100).

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Cowboys from Hell — Pantera intense 124 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (83/100). Same complex texture.

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Servants of Death — Refused intense 120 BPM

Keeps the same aggressive pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (83/100). Measured 94% alike.

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Renegades — Rage Against the Machine intense 120 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (83/100). Same complex texture.

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Revolution Is My Name — Pantera intense 120 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same aggressive pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (83/100).

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Pretty on the Inside — Hole intense 120 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (83/100). Same complex texture.

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mOBSCENE — Marilyn Manson intense 120 BPM

Keeps the same aggressive pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (83/100). Measured 94% alike.

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Irresponsible Hate Anthem — Marilyn Manson intense 120 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (83/100). Same complex texture.

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Rock Is Dead — Marilyn Manson intense 120 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same aggressive pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (83/100).

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Scum of the Earth — Rob Zombie intense 120 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (83/100). Same complex texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Soup Is Good Food is more than you want right now.

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Through Being Cool — Devo moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 60/100, down from 85.

Mr. Ray by Suicide
Mr. Ray — Suicide moderate 135 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 50/100 — the pull without the edge.

Foreclosure of a Dream by Megadeth
Foreclosure of a Dream — Megadeth moderate 148 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 55/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Lion's Teeth by The Mountain Goats
Lion's Teeth — The Mountain Goats moderate 140 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. 51/100, versus the original's 85. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Vertigo — The Libertines moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 49/100, down from 85.

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Anthrax — Gang of Four moderate 120 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 69/100 — the pull without the edge.

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Relax — Frankie Goes to Hollywood moderate 130 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 70/100.

Peek-A-Boo! by Devo
Peek-A-Boo! — Devo moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 60/100, versus the original's 85.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Soup Is Good Food” by Dead Kennedys?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Natural's Not in It” by Gang of Four, “Cowboys from Hell” by Pantera, “Servants of Death” by Refused — 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 “Soup Is Good Food” but calmer?

“Through Being Cool” by Devo, “Mr. Ray” by Suicide, “Foreclosure of a Dream” by Megadeth keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Soup Is Good Food”?

It measures 85/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, complex texture, frequent sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 150 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

This is one of the more intense things in our library — more energetic than 97% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 85/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, complex texture, frequent shifts, and dynamic vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is blazing intensity: more extreme on that axis than 97% 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

Sleep0/10
Focus0/10
Workout9/10
Dinner4/10
Party / hype9/10

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

1985 in context

The 186 songs we’ve measured from 1985 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 8/10, 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

Intensity85
Dynamics78
Tempo61
Surprise75
Density60
Predictability100
Vocal force75
Trigger load25

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

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