Songs Like Dancing On My Own by Robyn
By Dan Cohen · Published 2026-09-05
Something odd happens at intensity 53, dynamic range 7. An extraordinary number of famous records land there, and Dancing On My Own is one of them — 124 BPM, layered, dynamic vocals, mild shifts, tagged cathartic, energetic and joyful. It is the sound of a floor-filler that hurts.
The others at exactly 53
- Zombie — Fela Kuti. Intensity 53, dynamic range 7, 124 BPM. Identical to the seed on every headline figure.
- Lotus Flower — Radiohead. Intensity 53, dynamic range 7, 124 BPM. Also identical.
- Billie Jean — Michael Jackson. Intensity 53, dynamic range 7, 117 BPM. (the story behind it)
- Heart of Glass — Blondie. Intensity 53, dynamic range 7, 117 BPM.
- Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) — Eurythmics. Intensity 53, dynamic range 7, 125 BPM.
- In Bloom — Nirvana. Intensity 53, dynamic range 7, 120 BPM.
- Where’s Your Head At — Basement Jaxx. Intensity 53, dynamic range 7, 120 BPM.
- Take On Me — a-ha. Intensity 53, dynamic range 6, 168 BPM — by far the fastest here. (the story behind it)
The one that shares all three moods
More Than a Feeling by Boston reads intensity 51, dynamic range 7 — and is the only entry tagged cathartic, energetic and joyful, exactly like the seed. Afrobeat, grunge, disco, synth-pop, arena rock and Radiohead all sitting on one number is the clearest evidence we have that genre and physical behaviour are different things.
Dancing On My Own was released by Robyn in 2010. Figures are our own measurements, read from the public API at build time. The genre and era spread is a consequence of measuring sound rather than style — it is not a claim that these artists resemble each other in any other way. No lyrics are reproduced.