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10 songs that feel like The Other Window

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

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intense 63/100 intensity 110 BPM
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Via Chicago — Wilco intense 110 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same intense pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (67/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (110 BPM).

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Fez – Being Born — U2 intense 120 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Same layered texture.

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Pornography — The Cure intense 120 BPM

Keeps the same intense pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (68/100). Measured 95% alike.

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To Bring You My Love — PJ Harvey intense 96 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (66/100). Same layered texture.

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Burning from the Inside — Bauhaus intense 130 BPM

A 93% feel-match — carries the same intense pull and runs a little hotter at 69/100.

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Painted Bird — Siouxsie and the Banshees intense 135 BPM

92% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 69/100. Same layered texture.

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Sue (Or in a Season of Crime) — David Bowie intense 110 BPM

Keeps the same intense pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (67/100). Measured 94% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (110 BPM).

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Beauty and the Beast — David Bowie intense 112 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (67/100). Same layered texture.

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Air Dance — Black Sabbath moderate 120 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100).

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Blackstar — David Bowie intense 100 BPM

94% 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 Other Window is more than you want right now.

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4th of July — X moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 49/100, down from 63. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Get It Right — Seether moderate 120 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 53/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner — Warren Zevon moderate 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 49/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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La Muerte del Angel — Astor Piazzolla moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 50/100, versus the original's 63. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Love Is a Stranger by Eurythmics
Love Is a Stranger — Eurythmics moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 46/100, down from 63. Nearly the same tempo, too.

DLZ by TV on the Radio
DLZ — TV on the Radio moderate 120 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 53/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Different Trains — Steve Reich moderate 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 43/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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My Desire — Interpol moderate 104 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 55/100, versus the original's 63. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “The Other Window” by Wire?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Via Chicago” by Wilco, “Fez – Being Born” by U2, “Pornography” by The Cure — the top match scores 96% 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 Other Window” but calmer?

“4th of July” by X, “Get It Right” by Seether, “Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner” by Warren Zevon keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “The Other Window”?

It measures 63/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, moderate 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

This is one of the more intense things in our library — more energetic than 83% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 63/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, 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 blazing intensity: more extreme on that axis than 83% 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
Workout4/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype7/10

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

1979 in context

The 245 songs we’ve measured from 1979 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 7/10, 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

Intensity63
Dynamics67
Tempo39
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability100
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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