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10 songs that feel like Stumped

Matched to Stumped by Minor Threat 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
Stumped
Minor Threat
intense 99/100 intensity 200 BPM
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World Up My Ass — Circle Jerks intense 200 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same rebellious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (99/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (200 BPM).

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When the Shit Hits the Fan — Circle Jerks intense 200 BPM

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

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Metal Thrashing Mad — Anthrax intense 180 BPM

Keeps the same rebellious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (97/100). Measured 96% alike.

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I and I — Circle Jerks intense 180 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (97/100). Same harsh texture.

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Attitude — Bad Brains intense 200 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same rebellious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (100/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (200 BPM).

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Wonderful — Circle Jerks intense 180 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 93/100. Same harsh texture.

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Wild in the Streets — Circle Jerks intense 180 BPM

Keeps the same rebellious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (97/100). Measured 94% alike.

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Live Fast Die Young — Circle Jerks intense 180 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (97/100). Same harsh texture.

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Letter Bomb — Circle Jerks intense 180 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same rebellious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (97/100).

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Operation — Circle Jerks intense 180 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (97/100). Same harsh texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

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Year One — X moderate 130 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 50/100, down from 99.

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Instant Hit — The Slits moderate 120 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 49/100 — the pull without the edge.

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I Heard It Through the Grapevine — The Slits moderate 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Reads 49/100.

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Slime — The Slits moderate 130 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. 50/100, versus the original's 99.

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Let's Do the Split — The Slits moderate 130 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 50/100, down from 99.

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Heard It Through the Grapevine — The Slits moderate 120 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 49/100 — the pull without the edge.

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Typical Girls — The Slits moderate 130 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it trades the harsher texture for something layered. Reads 54/100.

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The Revolution Starts Now — Steve Earle moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. 49/100, versus the original's 99.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Stumped” by Minor Threat?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “World Up My Ass” by Circle Jerks, “When the Shit Hits the Fan” by Circle Jerks, “Metal Thrashing Mad” by Anthrax — 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.

What songs are like “Stumped” but calmer?

“Year One” by X, “Instant Hit” by The Slits, “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” by The Slits keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Stumped”?

It measures 99/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, harsh texture, frequent sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 200 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 99% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 99/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, harsh 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 99% 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
Workout7/10
Dinner2/10
Party / hype10/10

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

1983 in context

The 242 songs we’ve measured from 1983 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. 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

Intensity99
Dynamics78
Tempo89
Surprise75
Density85
Predictability100
Vocal force75
Trigger load38

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

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