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10 songs that feel like Souvenir

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

Souvenir
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Souvenir
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safe 20/100 intensity 121 BPM
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Let Her Go — Mac DeMarco safe 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Get Me Away from Here, I'm Dying — Belle and Sebastian safe 130 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same smooth texture.

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Brooklyn Baby — Lana Del Rey safe 108 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (18/100). Measured 97% alike.

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California — Joni Mitchell safe 120 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Same smooth texture.

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Near Wild Heaven — R.E.M. safe 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Let My Baby Stay — Mac DeMarco safe 120 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Same smooth texture.

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Havalina — Pixies safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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California Stars — Wilco safe 120 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Same smooth texture.

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Surfer Girl — The Beach Boys safe 112 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100).

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White Mustang — Lana Del Rey safe 120 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Souvenir” by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Let Her Go” by Mac DeMarco, “Get Me Away from Here, I'm Dying” by Belle and Sebastian, “Brooklyn Baby” by Lana Del Rey — 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.

How intense is “Souvenir”?

It measures 20/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 121 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 sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 88% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 20/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is an unusually steady, even volume: 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 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

Sleep9/10
Focus10/10
Workout4/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10

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

1981 in context

The 194 songs we’ve measured from 1981 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 4/10, 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

Intensity20
Dynamics33
Tempo45
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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