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10 songs that feel like This Is Love

Matched to This Is Love by PJ Harvey on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

This Is Love
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This Is Love
PJ Harvey
intense 65/100 intensity 135 BPM
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Foxy Lady — Jimi Hendrix intense 110 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same sensual pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (63/100).

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Steamy Windows — Tina Turner moderate 112 BPM

88% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 52/100. Same layered texture.

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How Do U Want It — 2Pac moderate 106 BPM

Keeps the same sensual pull — sits a little calmer at 52/100. Measured 87% alike.

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Up — Cardi B intense 130 BPM

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

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Melt! — Siouxsie and the Banshees intense 135 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same sensual pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (135 BPM).

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I Have Confidence — Julie Andrews moderate 120 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Same layered texture.

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Drip — Cardi B feat. Migos intense 130 BPM

Keeps the same confident pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (130 BPM).

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Caffeinated Consciousness — TV on the Radio intense 135 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Same layered texture.

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Jumpin' Jack Flash — Aretha Franklin intense 136 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same confident pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (136 BPM).

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My High — Disclosure intense 133 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when This Is Love is more than you want right now.

Love Hangover by Diana Ross
Love Hangover — Diana Ross moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Intensity 68/100, down from 65.

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Roar — Kidz Bop Kids safe 128 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 42/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Figure Eight — They Might Be Giants moderate 120 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 49/100.

Steamy Windows by Tina Turner
Steamy Windows — Tina Turner moderate 112 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 52/100, versus the original's 65.

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How Do U Want It — 2Pac moderate 106 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 52/100, down from 65.

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Beauty and a Beat — Justin Bieber moderate 120 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 42/100 — the pull without the edge.

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Low Rise Jeans — Demi Lovato moderate 120 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 49/100.

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CHUCK THE MONEY — Stephen Sanchez moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. 49/100, versus the original's 65.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “This Is Love” by PJ Harvey?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Foxy Lady” by Jimi Hendrix, “Steamy Windows” by Tina Turner, “How Do U Want It” by 2Pac — 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 “This Is Love” but calmer?

“Love Hangover” by Diana Ross, “Roar” by Kidz Bop Kids, “Figure Eight” by They Might Be Giants keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “This Is Love”?

It measures 65/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, moderate sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 135 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 85% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 65/100 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 89% 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
Workout7/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype7/10

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

2000 in context

The 306 songs we’ve measured from 2000 average a dynamic range of 6.7/10. 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

Intensity65
Dynamics78
Tempo53
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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