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10 songs that feel like The Night Josh Tillman Came to Our Apartment

Matched to The Night Josh Tillman Came to Our Apartment by Father John Misty 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
The Night Josh Tillman Came to Our Apartment
Father John Misty
moderate 47/100 intensity 95 BPM
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Club America — The Cure moderate 110 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same sardonic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100).

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Happy House — Siouxsie and the Banshees moderate 131 BPM

92% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

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The Troubles — U2 moderate 92 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (92 BPM).

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The Luck of the Irish — John Lennon moderate 90 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

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I Want You Back — NSYNC moderate 90 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Poison Oak — Bright Eyes moderate 85 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

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Behold! the Night Mare — The Smashing Pumpkins moderate 88 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Measured 95% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (88 BPM).

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Way Down in the Hole — Tom Waits moderate 85 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

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Save Yourself — Sharon Van Etten moderate 85 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100).

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Old College Try — The Mountain Goats moderate 120 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when The Night Josh Tillman Came to Our Apartment is more than you want right now.

If I Were a Boy by Beyoncé
If I Were a Boy — Beyoncé safe 92 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 28/100, down from 47. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Dark Side of the Gym — The National safe 70 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6, so it lands at 15/100 — the pull without the edge.

Revolution 0 by boygenius
Revolution 0 — boygenius safe 70 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 25/100.

Silent All These Years by Tori Amos
Silent All These Years — Tori Amos safe 70 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. 15/100, versus the original's 47.

Have You Ever by Brandy
Have You Ever — Brandy safe 80 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 24/100, down from 47.

Blowin' in the Wind by Bob Dylan
Blowin' in the Wind — Bob Dylan safe 80 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 6, so it lands at 12/100 — the pull without the edge.

If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot
If You Could Read My Mind — Gordon Lightfoot safe 85 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Reads 16/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Scar Tissue by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Scar Tissue — Red Hot Chili Peppers safe 81 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 29/100, versus the original's 47.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “The Night Josh Tillman Came to Our Apartment” by Father John Misty?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Club America” by The Cure, “Happy House” by Siouxsie and the Banshees, “The Troubles” by U2 — 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.

What songs are like “The Night Josh Tillman Came to Our Apartment” but calmer?

“If I Were a Boy” by Beyoncé, “Dark Side of the Gym” by The National, “Revolution 0” by boygenius keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “The Night Josh Tillman Came to Our Apartment”?

It measures 47/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic 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 49% of songs, calmer than the other 51%. Its intensity reading of 47/100 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
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10

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

2015 in context

The 373 songs we’ve measured from 2015 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. 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

Intensity47
Dynamics56
Tempo31
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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