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10 songs that feel like An Imploded View

Matched to An Imploded View by Chevelle 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
An Imploded View
Chevelle
intense 60/100 intensity 120 BPM
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Why Bother? — Weezer moderate 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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I Don't Want to Know — Fleetwood Mac moderate 120 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

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Do Me a Favour — Arctic Monkeys moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same emotional pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Evil Angel — Breaking Benjamin intense 120 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

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Fake It — Seether intense 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Waited All Night — Jamie xx moderate 120 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

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Balada Para un Loco — Astor Piazzolla moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same emotional pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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A Disruption in the Normal Swing of Things — Cursive moderate 120 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

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Hymns for the Heathen — Cursive moderate 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Big Bang — Cursive moderate 120 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when An Imploded View is more than you want right now.

Why Bother? by Weezer
Why Bother? — Weezer 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 60. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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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. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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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. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Hounds of Love by Kate Bush
Hounds of Love — Kate Bush moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. 53/100, versus the original's 60. Nearly the same tempo, too.

What Difference Does It Make? by The Smiths
What Difference Does It Make? — The Smiths moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 49/100, down from 60. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Hunger — Florence and the Machine moderate 110 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 52/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Fallout Today — Eddie Vedder moderate 120 BPM

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

Space Bound by Eminem
Space Bound — Eminem moderate 92 BPM

Holds the same feel while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. 57/100, versus the original's 60.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “An Imploded View” by Chevelle?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Why Bother?” by Weezer, “I Don't Want to Know” by Fleetwood Mac, “Do Me a Favour” by Arctic Monkeys — 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 “An Imploded View” but calmer?

“Why Bother?” by Weezer, “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 “An Imploded View”?

It measures 60/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, moderate sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 120 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

On our 19k-song scale this lands in the middle band — more energetic than 77% of songs, calmer than the other 23%. Its intensity reading of 60/100 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 blazing intensity: more extreme on that axis than 77% 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 / hype6/10

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

2007 in context

The 311 songs we’ve measured from 2007 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. 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

Intensity60
Dynamics67
Tempo44
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load25

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

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