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10 songs that feel like Where Is My Mind?

Matched to Where Is My Mind? by Pixies on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Where Is My Mind?
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Where Is My Mind?
Pixies
moderate 63/100 intensity 160 BPM
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No Prayer for the Dying — Iron Maiden intense 160 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same rebellious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (63/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (160 BPM).

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way back — Travis Scott moderate 140 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (62/100). Same layered texture.

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She's Calling You — Bad Brains moderate 170 BPM

Keeps the same rebellious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100). Measured 95% alike.

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De-Luxe — Lush moderate 140 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (62/100). Same layered texture.

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Mercy — Kanye West intense 145 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same rebellious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (62/100).

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Bad Girl — New York Dolls intense 145 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (62/100). Same layered texture.

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N95 — Kendrick Lamar intense 140 BPM

Keeps the same rebellious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Measured 94% alike.

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Kick in the Eye — Bauhaus intense 142 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (62/100). Same layered texture.

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Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) — Neil Young moderate 128 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same rebellious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100).

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Walking Spanish — Tom Waits intense 135 BPM

94% 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 Where Is My Mind? is more than you want right now.

Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino by Arctic Monkeys
Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino — Arctic Monkeys safe 85 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 13/100, down from 63.

Push the Sky Away by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Push the Sky Away — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds safe 70 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 15/100 — the pull without the edge.

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

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 25/100.

August by Taylor Swift
August — Taylor Swift safe 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. 35/100, versus the original's 63.

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Pink Matter — Frank Ocean safe 64 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 15/100, down from 63.

Dark Paradise by Lana Del Rey
Dark Paradise — Lana Del Rey safe 120 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 19/100 — the pull without the edge.

Shades of Cool by Lana Del Rey
Shades of Cool — Lana Del Rey safe 46 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 14/100.

High by the Beach by Lana Del Rey
High by the Beach — Lana Del Rey safe 94 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. 27/100, versus the original's 63.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Where Is My Mind?” by Pixies?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “No Prayer for the Dying” by Iron Maiden, “way back” by Travis Scott, “She's Calling You” by Bad Brains — 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 “Where Is My Mind?” but calmer?

“Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino” by Arctic Monkeys, “Push the Sky Away” by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, “William, It Was Really Nothing” by The Smiths keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Where Is My Mind?”?

It measures 63/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, moderate sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 160 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 83% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 63/100 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 a fast, driving tempo: more extreme on that axis than 95% 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.

1988 in context

The 212 songs we’ve measured from 1988 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 7/10, 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

Intensity63
Dynamics67
Tempo67
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load13

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

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