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10 songs that feel like The Name of the Game

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

The Name of the Game
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The Name of the Game
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safe 45/100 intensity 110 BPM
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Cover Me — Björk moderate 110 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (110 BPM).

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Strange Relationship — Prince moderate 105 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same layered texture.

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Touch It — Ariana Grande moderate 116 BPM

Keeps the same emotional pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Measured 98% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (116 BPM).

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Too Late — SZA moderate 95 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

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Effigy — Andrew Bird moderate 110 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same intimate pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (110 BPM).

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Magic Shop — BTS moderate 92 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

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Love Me or Leave Me — Nina Simone moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same emotional pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Measured 98% alike.

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And Nothing Is Forever — The Cure moderate 85 BPM

Measures 93% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

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Garden (Say It Like Dat) — SZA moderate 85 BPM

A 93% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100).

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Garden Shed — Tyler, the Creator moderate 95 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 51/100. Same layered texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “The Name of the Game” by ABBA?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Cover Me” by Björk, “Strange Relationship” by Prince, “Touch It” by Ariana Grande — 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 Name of the Game”?

It measures 45/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 110 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 42% of songs, calmer than the other 58%. Its intensity reading of 45/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and dynamic 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

Sleep4/10
Focus8/10
Workout3/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype5/10

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

1977 in context

The 226 songs we’ve measured from 1977 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

Intensity45
Dynamics56
Tempo39
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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