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10 songs that feel like The Clairvoyant

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

The Clairvoyant
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The Clairvoyant
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intense 66/100 intensity 142 BPM
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Motorway to Roswell — Pixies intense 140 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same intense pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (140 BPM).

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The Righteous & the Wicked — Red Hot Chili Peppers intense 142 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (66/100). Same layered texture.

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Police and Thieves — The Clash intense 142 BPM

Keeps the same intense pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (66/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (142 BPM).

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Clampdown — The Clash intense 144 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (66/100). Same layered texture.

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Custard Pie — Led Zeppelin intense 140 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same intense pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (140 BPM).

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Stepping Stone — Jimi Hendrix intense 140 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Same layered texture.

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Houstonfornication — Travis Scott intense 140 BPM

Keeps the same intense pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (140 BPM).

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Taste — Ride intense 139 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Same layered texture.

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Rockin' in the Free World — Neil Young intense 146 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same intense pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (66/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (146 BPM).

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Sat in Your Lap — Kate Bush intense 146 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (66/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

I've Been Losing You by a-ha
I've Been Losing You — a-ha moderate 134 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 54/100, down from 66. Nearly the same tempo, too.

I Don't Want to Know by Fleetwood Mac
I Don't Want to Know — Fleetwood Mac moderate 120 BPM

It eases off just enough to take the edge off, so it lands at 60/100 — the pull without the edge.

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Breathless — X moderate 130 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 50/100.

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Green Eyes — Husker Du moderate 140 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. 51/100, versus the original's 66. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Shadowplay — Joy Division moderate 130 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 54/100, down from 66.

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Unknown Pleasures — Joy Division moderate 132 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 54/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Nothing Feels Good — The Promise Ring moderate 140 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 51/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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We Don't Talk About Bruno — Lin-Manuel Miranda moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. 60/100, versus the original's 66.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “The Clairvoyant” by Iron Maiden?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Motorway to Roswell” by Pixies, “The Righteous & the Wicked” by Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Police and Thieves” by The Clash — 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 “The Clairvoyant” but calmer?

“I've Been Losing You” by a-ha, “I Don't Want to Know” by Fleetwood Mac, “Breathless” by X keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “The Clairvoyant”?

It measures 66/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, moderate sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 142 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 87% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 66/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, moderate 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 a fast, driving tempo: more extreme on that axis than 93% 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
Focus3/10
Workout8/10
Dinner5/10
Party / hype7/10

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

1988 in context

The 212 songs we’ve measured from 1988 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. 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

Intensity66
Dynamics78
Tempo57
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load25

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

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