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10 songs that feel like Stop

Matched to Stop by Pink Floyd 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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safe 19/100 intensity 70 BPM
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That's the Way — Led Zeppelin safe 72 BPM

A 93% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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Mood Indigo — Frank Sinatra safe 60 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same smooth texture.

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Roads — Portishead safe 82 BPM

Keeps the same contemplative pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Measured 93% alike.

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Lull — Radiohead safe 90 BPM

Measures 92% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Same smooth texture.

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Ghosteen — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds safe 65 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (65 BPM).

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lacy — Olivia Rodrigo moderate 72 BPM

92% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Same smooth texture.

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Changes — Black Sabbath safe 72 BPM

Keeps the same contemplative pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Measured 92% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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Snowstorm — Galaxie 500 safe 60 BPM

Measures 92% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same smooth texture.

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Eugene — Sufjan Stevens safe 75 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same introspective pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (18/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (75 BPM).

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Cool Waves — Spiritualized safe 70 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Stop” by Pink Floyd?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “That's the Way” by Led Zeppelin, “Mood Indigo” by Frank Sinatra, “Roads” by Portishead — the top match scores 93% 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 “Stop”?

It measures 19/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 3/10, smooth texture, mild sudden shifts, and spoken word. Tempo is 70 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 91% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 19/100 comes from a dynamic range of 3/10, smooth texture, mild shifts, and spoken word. 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 100% 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

Sleep7/10
Focus7/10
Workout1/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype1/10

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

1979 in context

The 245 songs we’ve measured from 1979 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 3/10, 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

Intensity19
Dynamics22
Tempo17
Surprise25
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force40
Trigger load0

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

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