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10 songs that feel like Space Song

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

Space Song
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Space Song
Beach House
moderate 27/100 intensity 75 BPM
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Green Grass of Tunnel — Múm moderate 100 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (30/100).

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Cranes in the Sky — Solange moderate 80 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100). Same layered texture.

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Traces of You — Anoushka Shankar moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Measured 97% alike.

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Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: Prelude — Johann Sebastian Bach moderate 70 BPM

Measures 90% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Same layered texture.

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Chamber of Reflection — Mac DeMarco moderate 70 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (27/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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Ngoma — Miriam Makeba moderate 80 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100). Same layered texture.

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Invisible String — Taylor Swift safe 80 BPM

Keeps the same calm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

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Honky Tonkin — Jimmie Dale Gilmore safe 80 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100). Same layered texture.

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Paint the Town Beige — Robert Earl Keen safe 80 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

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Feather — Nujabes safe 85 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (30/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Solid Colors by Liz Story
Solid Colors — Liz Story safe 75 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 14/100, down from 27. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Sugar for the Pill by Slowdive
Sugar for the Pill — Slowdive safe 60 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 19/100 — the pull without the edge.

Smooth Operator by Sade
Smooth Operator — Sade safe 76 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 19/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Fire and Rain by James Taylor
Fire and Rain — James Taylor safe 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 21/100, versus the original's 27.

Near Light by Ólafur Arnalds
Near Light — Ólafur Arnalds safe 75 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 21/100, down from 27. Nearly the same tempo, too.

re:member by Ólafur Arnalds
re:member — Ólafur Arnalds safe 65 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 27/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding
Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay — Otis Redding safe 88 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 20/100.

First Love by Utada Hikaru
First Love — Utada Hikaru safe 60 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 18/100, versus the original's 27.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Space Song” by Beach House?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Green Grass of Tunnel” by Múm, “Cranes in the Sky” by Solange, “Traces of You” by Anoushka Shankar — the top match scores 95% 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 “Space Song” but calmer?

“Solid Colors” by Liz Story, “Sugar for the Pill” by Slowdive, “Smooth Operator” by Sade keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Space Song”?

It measures 27/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, layered texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 75 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 83% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 27/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, layered 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 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

Sleep8/10
Focus10/10
Workout1/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype1/10

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

2015 in context

The 373 songs we’ve measured from 2015 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. 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

Intensity27
Dynamics44
Tempo19
Surprise0
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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