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10 songs that feel like The Carpet Crawlers

Matched to The Carpet Crawlers by Genesis on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

The Carpet Crawlers
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The Carpet Crawlers
Genesis
safe 22/100 intensity 65 BPM
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Ekki Múkk — Sigur Rós safe 60 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (60 BPM).

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Svefn-g-englar — Sigur Rós safe 70 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Same smooth texture.

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Starálfur — Sigur Rós safe 75 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Norway — Beach House safe 90 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Same smooth texture.

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Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 — Sergei Rachmaninoff safe 64 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (64 BPM).

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Tonight I Climbed the Wall — Alan Jackson safe 70 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Same smooth texture.

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Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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Fljótavík — Sigur Rós safe 70 BPM

Measures 92% the same. It sits a little calmer at 15/100. Same smooth texture.

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Hymn of the Cherubim — Tchaikovsky safe 60 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (60 BPM).

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Largo from Xerxes — George Frideric Handel safe 60 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “The Carpet Crawlers” by Genesis?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Ekki Múkk” by Sigur Rós, “Svefn-g-englar” by Sigur Rós, “Starálfur” by Sigur Rós — 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 “The Carpet Crawlers”?

It measures 22/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 65 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 86% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 22/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, 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 a slow, unhurried pace: 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

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

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

1974 in context

The 176 songs we’ve measured from 1974 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. 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

Intensity22
Dynamics56
Tempo14
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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