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10 songs that feel like Sunbathing

Matched to Sunbathing by Lush 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
Sunbathing
Lush
safe 36/100 intensity 95 BPM
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Sound and Vision — David Bowie moderate 120 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100).

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Book of Days — Enya safe 72 BPM

85% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 20/100. Same layered texture.

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Biscuit — Portishead moderate 85 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — sits a little calmer at 27/100. Measured 91% alike.

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Music for 18 Musicians — Steve Reich moderate 72 BPM

Measures 90% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (34/100). Same layered texture.

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River — Enya safe 85 BPM

A 84% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and sits a little calmer at 28/100.

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Mad World — Tears for Fears moderate 92 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Same layered texture.

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Other Voices — The Cure moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — sits a little calmer at 26/100. Measured 90% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Sapphire — Bonobo safe 90 BPM

Measures 83% the same. It sits a little calmer at 21/100.

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Supercollider — Radiohead moderate 95 BPM

A 82% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Neon Lights — Kraftwerk safe 90 BPM

82% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 17/100.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Sunbathing” by Lush?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Sound and Vision” by David Bowie, “Book of Days” by Enya, “Biscuit” by Portishead — 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.

How intense is “Sunbathing”?

It measures 36/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 95 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

On our 19k-song scale this lands in the middle band — more energetic than 24% of songs, calmer than the other 76%. Its intensity reading of 36/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and soft vocals. 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 79% 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

Sleep6/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype2/10

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

1990 in context

The 238 songs we’ve measured from 1990 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. At 6/10, this track is right in line with its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity36
Dynamics56
Tempo31
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load25

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

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