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10 songs that feel like Virginia Beach

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

Virginia Beach
The song you love
Virginia Beach
Drake
moderate 48/100 intensity 140 BPM
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Is There Someone Else? — The Weeknd moderate 135 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (135 BPM).

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Snow on tha Bluff — J. Cole moderate 146 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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Cemetry Gates — The Smiths moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Measured 96% alike.

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Homesick — The Cure moderate 134 BPM

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

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Bedouin Dress — Fleet Foxes safe 135 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (135 BPM).

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Killing an Arab — The Cure moderate 140 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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'Cause I'm a Man — Tame Impala moderate 115 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Measured 95% alike.

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NYC — Interpol moderate 126 BPM

Measures 97% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

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Here Comes the Rain Again — Eurythmics moderate 126 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100).

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Boys Don't Cry — The Cure moderate 126 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

It's Too Late by Carole King
It's Too Late — Carole King safe 126 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 24/100, down from 48.

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Dumb — Nirvana safe 110 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6, so it lands at 19/100 — the pull without the edge.

Paris, Texas by Lana Del Rey
Paris, Texas — Lana Del Rey safe 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 6. Reads 16/100.

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The White Lady Loves You More — Elliott Smith safe 110 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. 19/100, versus the original's 48.

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Alameda — Elliott Smith safe 110 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Intensity 24/100, down from 48.

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Pictures of Me — Elliott Smith safe 120 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6, so it lands at 24/100 — the pull without the edge.

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

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 6. Reads 12/100.

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

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 28/100, versus the original's 48.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Virginia Beach” by Drake?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Is There Someone Else?” by The Weeknd, “Snow on tha Bluff” by J. Cole, “Cemetry Gates” by The Smiths — 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.

What songs are like “Virginia Beach” but calmer?

“It's Too Late” by Carole King, “Dumb” by Nirvana, “Paris, Texas” by Lana Del Rey keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Virginia Beach”?

It measures 48/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 140 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 52% of songs, calmer than the other 48%. Its intensity reading of 48/100 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 a fast, driving tempo: more extreme on that axis than 90% 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

Sleep4/10
Focus8/10
Workout6/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype5/10

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

2023 in context

The 188 songs we’ve measured from 2023 average a dynamic range of 6.1/10. 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

Intensity48
Dynamics56
Tempo56
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force75
Trigger load13

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

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