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10 songs that feel like Blown a Wish

Matched to Blown a Wish by My Bloody Valentine 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
Blown a Wish
My Bloody Valentine
intense 60/100 intensity 95 BPM
Young Death — Burial moderate 80 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and sits a little calmer at 52/100.

Come Down to Us — Burial intense 90 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

Gosh — Jamie xx moderate 128 BPM

Keeps the same transcendent pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (62/100). Measured 91% alike.

Spoon — Can moderate 96 BPM

Measures 89% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (56/100). Same layered texture.

Sit — Japanese Breakfast moderate 95 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and sits a little calmer at 54/100. Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

Symphony No. 5 in E minor — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky intense 120 BPM

85% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 70/100. Same layered texture.

Goodbye Evergreen — Sufjan Stevens intense 80 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Measured 95% alike.

Name Taken — Massive Attack intense 85 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

The Night Me and Your Mama Met — Childish Gambino moderate 95 BPM

A 84% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (55/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

Syrinx — Claude Debussy moderate 60 BPM

82% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 44/100.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Blown a Wish is more than you want right now.

Sometimes Always by The Jesus and Mary Chain
Sometimes Always — The Jesus and Mary Chain safe 110 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 19/100, down from 60.

Automate by Snail Mail
Automate — Snail Mail moderate 95 BPM

It eases off just enough to take the edge off, so it lands at 58/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Young Death by Burial
Young Death — Burial moderate 80 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 52/100.

Viðrar vel til loftárása by Sigur Rós
Viðrar vel til loftárása — Sigur Rós moderate 80 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 41/100, versus the original's 60.

Pagan Poetry by Björk
Pagan Poetry — Björk moderate 92 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 30/100, down from 60. Nearly the same tempo, too.

You Are My Sister — Antony and the Johnsons moderate 72 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 34/100 — the pull without the edge.

My Red Little Fox by Sufjan Stevens
My Red Little Fox — Sufjan Stevens moderate 72 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Reads 45/100.

Posing in Bondage by Japanese Breakfast
Posing in Bondage — Japanese Breakfast moderate 85 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. 38/100, versus the original's 60. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Blown a Wish” by My Bloody Valentine?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Young Death” by Burial, “Come Down to Us” by Burial, “Gosh” by Jamie xx — the top match scores 94% 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 “Blown a Wish” but calmer?

“Sometimes Always” by The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Automate” by Snail Mail, “Young Death” by Burial keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Blown a Wish”?

It measures 60/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, moderate sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 95 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 8/10, layered texture, moderate 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 a huge quiet-to-loud swing: more extreme on that axis than 80% 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.

Dial the feeling up or down

Same feeling, calmer: Golden Lady — Stevie Wonder
Same feeling, bigger: Giggy Smile — Faust

What it’s good for

Sleep0/10
Focus5/10
Workout4/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype4/10

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

1991 in context

The 266 songs we’ve measured from 1991 average a dynamic range of 6.8/10. At 8/10, 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
Dynamics78
Tempo31
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability100
Vocal force25
Trigger load63

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

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