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10 songs that feel like Waited All Night

Matched to Waited All Night by Jamie xx on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Waited All Night
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Waited All Night
Jamie xx
moderate 60/100 intensity 120 BPM
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I Don't Want to Know — Fleetwood Mac moderate 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Why Bother? — Weezer moderate 120 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

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It's Never Over (Hey Orpheus) — Arcade Fire moderate 124 BPM

Keeps the same emotional pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (124 BPM).

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Wish Maker — Cave In moderate 120 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

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Grendel — Sunny Day Real Estate moderate 130 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100).

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Babies — Pulp moderate 110 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (59/100). Same layered texture.

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Automate — Snail Mail moderate 95 BPM

Keeps the same emotional pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (58/100). Measured 93% alike.

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El Scorcho — Weezer moderate 120 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

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Do Me a Favour — Arctic Monkeys moderate 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Balada Para un Loco — Astor Piazzolla moderate 120 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

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Oblivions — The National safe 110 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 22/100, down from 60. Nearly the same tempo, too.

eternal sunshine by Ariana Grande
eternal sunshine — Ariana Grande safe 120 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 29/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Please, Please, Please by James Brown
Please, Please, Please — James Brown safe 80 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 32/100.

Changes by Black Sabbath
Changes — Black Sabbath safe 72 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. 21/100, versus the original's 60.

Which Will by Nick Drake
Which Will — Nick Drake safe 72 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 11/100, down from 60.

I Remember Everything by John Prine
I Remember Everything — John Prine safe 75 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 2 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 8/100 — the pull without the edge.

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

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 28/100.

William, It Was Really Nothing by The Smiths
William, It Was Really Nothing — The Smiths safe 92 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 25/100, versus the original's 60.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Waited All Night” by Jamie xx?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “I Don't Want to Know” by Fleetwood Mac, “Why Bother?” by Weezer, “It's Never Over (Hey Orpheus)” by Arcade Fire — 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 “Waited All Night” but calmer?

“Oblivions” by The National, “eternal sunshine” by Ariana Grande, “Please, Please, Please” by James Brown keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Waited All Night”?

It measures 60/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, moderate sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 120 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 77% of songs, calmer than the other 23%. Its intensity reading of 60/100 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 77% 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 / hype6/10

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

2024 in context

The 135 songs we’ve measured from 2024 average a dynamic range of 6.2/10. 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

Intensity60
Dynamics67
Tempo44
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load25

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

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