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10 songs that feel like victimhood

Matched to victimhood by Björk 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 72/100 intensity 170 BPM
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Hummer — The Smashing Pumpkins intense 160 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (75/100).

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Shaking Hell — Sonic Youth intense 140 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (69/100). Same layered texture.

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Undertow — Tool intense 152 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (70/100). Measured 96% alike.

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Thru the Eyes of Ruby — The Smashing Pumpkins intense 170 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (76/100). Same layered texture.

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Take Me with You When You Go — Jack White intense 140 BPM

A 93% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (69/100).

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Forty Six & 2 — Tool intense 140 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (69/100). Same layered texture.

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Tone Deaf — Eminem intense 170 BPM

Keeps the same intense pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (72/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (170 BPM).

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Gnat — Eminem intense 170 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (72/100). Same layered texture.

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Road Rage — Eminem intense 170 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same intense pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (72/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (170 BPM).

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Broken Face — Pixies intense 170 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (72/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

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I've Gotta Get a Message to You — Bee Gees moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 60/100, down from 72.

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Loser — Grateful Dead moderate 95 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 47/100 — the pull without the edge.

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Fine Again — Seether moderate 90 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 50/100.

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Rock and Roll Suicide — David Bowie moderate 100 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 58/100, versus the original's 72.

All Things Pass by The Jesus and Mary Chain
All Things Pass — The Jesus and Mary Chain moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 49/100, down from 72.

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Pink Turns to Blue — Hüsker Dü moderate 120 BPM

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

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Tunic (Song For Karen) — Sonic Youth moderate 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Reads 65/100.

Prelude in C Sharp Minor, Op. 3 No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in C Sharp Minor, Op. 3 No. 2 — Sergei Rachmaninoff moderate 66 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 38/100, versus the original's 72.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “victimhood” by Björk?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Hummer” by The Smashing Pumpkins, “Shaking Hell” by Sonic Youth, “Undertow” by Tool — 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 “victimhood” but calmer?

“I've Gotta Get a Message to You” by Bee Gees, “Loser” by Grateful Dead, “Fine Again” by Seether keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “victimhood”?

It measures 72/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, moderate sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 170 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 90% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 72/100 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 97% 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
Focus2/10
Workout5/10
Dinner5/10
Party / hype8/10

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

2022 in context

The 362 songs we’ve measured from 2022 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. 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

Intensity72
Dynamics78
Tempo72
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability100
Vocal force75
Trigger load13

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

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