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10 songs that feel like What Kind of Man

Matched to What Kind of Man by Florence + the Machine on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

What Kind of Man
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What Kind of Man
Florence + the Machine
intense 66/100 intensity 146 BPM
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Louder than Bombs — BTS intense 135 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100).

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Still — Foo Fighters intense 162 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (67/100). Same layered texture.

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Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole) — Arcade Fire intense 128 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Measured 96% alike.

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Serpents — Sharon Van Etten intense 126 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Same layered texture.

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But Here We Are — Foo Fighters intense 140 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (69/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (140 BPM).

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Seek & Destroy — SZA intense 145 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (66/100). Same layered texture.

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The King of Carrot Flowers Pts. 2 & 3 — Neutral Milk Hotel intense 140 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Measured 95% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (140 BPM).

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Spark — Tori Amos intense 122 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Same layered texture.

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Eternal Life — Jeff Buckley intense 135 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100).

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Flood — Tool intense 134 BPM

95% 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 What Kind of Man is more than you want right now.

Make Up Your Mind by Florence + The Machine
Make Up Your Mind — Florence + The Machine moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 53/100, down from 66.

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CPR — Wet Leg moderate 130 BPM

It eases off just enough to take the edge off, so it lands at 86/100 — the pull without the edge.

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I've Gotta Get a Message to You — Bee Gees moderate 120 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 60/100.

Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of by U2

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 50/100, versus the original's 66.

Bring the Boys Back Home by Pink Floyd
Bring the Boys Back Home — Pink Floyd moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Intensity 60/100, down from 66.

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Do Me a Favour — Arctic Monkeys moderate 120 BPM

It eases off just enough to take the edge off, so it lands at 60/100 — the pull without the edge.

I Don't Want to Know by Fleetwood Mac
I Don't Want to Know — Fleetwood Mac moderate 120 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 60/100.

Woman in Chains by Tears for Fears
Woman in Chains — Tears for Fears moderate 104 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 58/100, versus the original's 66.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “What Kind of Man” by Florence + the Machine?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Louder than Bombs” by BTS, “Still” by Foo Fighters, “Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)” by Arcade Fire — the top match scores 98% 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 “What Kind of Man” but calmer?

“Make Up Your Mind” by Florence + The Machine, “CPR” by Wet Leg, “I've Gotta Get a Message to You” by Bee Gees keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “What Kind of Man”?

It measures 66/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, moderate sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 146 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 87% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 66/100 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 94% 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
Workout8/10
Dinner5/10
Party / hype7/10

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

2015 in context

The 373 songs we’ve measured from 2015 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

Intensity66
Dynamics78
Tempo59
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load13

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

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