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10 songs that feel like Work Song

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

Work Song
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Work Song
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safe 24/100 intensity 90 BPM
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Feelin Good Again — Robert Earl Keen safe 80 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100).

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Good to Love You — Guy Clark safe 75 BPM

91% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Same smooth texture.

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The 1 — Taylor Swift safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same intimate pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Begin Again — Taylor Swift safe 95 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Same smooth texture.

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Future Days — Pearl Jam safe 95 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same intimate pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Beautiful — Floetry safe 80 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Same smooth texture.

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Ours — Taylor Swift safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — runs a little hotter at 30/100. Measured 90% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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93 Million Miles — Jason Mraz safe 90 BPM

Measures 90% the same. It runs a little hotter at 30/100. Same smooth texture.

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Marjorie — Taylor Swift safe 70 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100).

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Nho Antone Escaderode — Cesaria Evora safe 80 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Work Song” by Hozier?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Feelin Good Again” by Robert Earl Keen, “Good to Love You” by Guy Clark, “The 1” by Taylor Swift — the top match scores 95% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

How intense is “Work Song”?

It measures 24/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 90 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 sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 84% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 24/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 88% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on full chaos — sudden changes, huge quiet-to-loud swings, and relentless energy — 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

Sleep9/10
Focus10/10
Workout1/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype1/10

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

2014 in context

The 313 songs we’ve measured from 2014 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 5/10, this track is gentler and steadier than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity24
Dynamics44
Tempo28
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load25

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

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