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10 songs that feel like White Girl

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

The song you love
White Girl
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intense 75/100 intensity 150 BPM
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Main Offender — The Hives intense 150 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same rebellious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (75/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (150 BPM).

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I Want More — The Hives intense 150 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (75/100). Same layered texture.

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Our Bovine Public — The Cribs intense 140 BPM

Keeps the same rebellious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (75/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Barely Homosapien — The Hives intense 160 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (76/100). Same layered texture.

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Voodoo People — Prodigy intense 138 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same rebellious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (74/100).

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Banquet — Bloc Party intense 135 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (74/100). Same layered texture.

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F.T.W. — The Vines intense 130 BPM

Keeps the same rebellious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (74/100). Measured 96% alike.

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Wild for the Night — A$AP Rocky intense 130 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (74/100). Same layered texture.

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Hate to Say I Told You So — The Hives intense 150 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same rebellious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (79/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (150 BPM).

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Come On — The Hives intense 150 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (79/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

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Time for Heroes — The Libertines moderate 140 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 51/100, down from 75. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Up the Bracket — The Libertines moderate 140 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 55/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Year One — X moderate 130 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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I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts — X moderate 140 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 51/100, versus the original's 75. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Wild Thing — X moderate 140 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 55/100, down from 75. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Instant Hit — The Slits moderate 120 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 49/100 — the pull without the edge.

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I Heard It Through the Grapevine — The Slits moderate 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 49/100.

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Slime — The Slits moderate 130 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 50/100, versus the original's 75.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “White Girl” by X?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Main Offender” by The Hives, “I Want More” by The Hives, “Our Bovine Public” by The Cribs — 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 “White Girl” but calmer?

“Time for Heroes” by The Libertines, “Up the Bracket” by The Libertines, “Year One” by X keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “White Girl”?

It measures 75/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, frequent sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 150 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 92% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 75/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, frequent 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
Focus2/10
Workout8/10
Dinner5/10
Party / hype8/10

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

1981 in context

The 194 songs we’ve measured from 1981 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. 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

Intensity75
Dynamics67
Tempo61
Surprise75
Density33
Predictability100
Vocal force75
Trigger load25

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

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