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10 songs that feel like Edit the Sad Parts

Matched to Edit the Sad Parts by Modest Mouse on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Edit the Sad Parts
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Edit the Sad Parts
Modest Mouse
moderate 51/100 intensity 140 BPM
Used — SZA feat. Don Toliver moderate 136 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (136 BPM).

Stay — Post Malone moderate 135 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

Cold Shoulder — Adele moderate 130 BPM

Keeps the same emotional pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Measured 98% alike.

Purple Hearts — Kendrick Lamar moderate 140 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100). Same layered texture.

RoboCop — Kanye West moderate 160 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100).

Bottle Up and Explode! — Elliott Smith moderate 120 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

Follow Me Around — Radiohead moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same emotional pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Measured 96% alike.

Paranoid — Kanye West moderate 120 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

Apple Shampoo — Blink-182 moderate 140 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (140 BPM).

Hearing Voices — Foo Fighters moderate 132 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (54/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Edit the Sad Parts is more than you want right now.

I Wish I Hated You by Ariana Grande
I Wish I Hated You — Ariana Grande safe 136 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Intensity 21/100, down from 51. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Oblivions — The National safe 110 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 22/100 — the pull without the edge.

eternal sunshine by Ariana Grande
eternal sunshine — Ariana Grande safe 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 29/100.

If I Were a Boy by Beyoncé
If I Were a Boy — Beyoncé safe 92 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 28/100, versus the original's 51.

Please, Please, Please by James Brown
Please, Please, Please — James Brown safe 80 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 32/100, down from 51.

Champagne Problems by Taylor Swift
Champagne Problems — Taylor Swift safe 68 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 27/100 — the pull without the edge.

The Prophecy by Taylor Swift
The Prophecy — Taylor Swift safe 96 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Reads 17/100.

Broken-Hearted Girl by Beyoncé
Broken-Hearted Girl — Beyoncé safe 70 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. 15/100, versus the original's 51.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Edit the Sad Parts” by Modest Mouse?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Used” by SZA feat. Don Toliver, “Stay” by Post Malone, “Cold Shoulder” by Adele — 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 “Edit the Sad Parts” but calmer?

“I Wish I Hated You” by Ariana Grande, “Oblivions” by The National, “eternal sunshine” by Ariana Grande keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Edit the Sad Parts”?

It measures 51/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 140 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 66% of songs, calmer than the other 34%. Its intensity reading of 51/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and dynamic vocals. It shares this stretch of the spectrum with thousands of other tracks, so the finer fingerprint below is what really separates it.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a fast, driving tempo: more extreme on that axis than 90% 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

Sleep3/10
Focus7/10
Workout6/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype6/10

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

1996 in context

The 309 songs we’ve measured from 1996 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 6/10, this track is right in line with its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity51
Dynamics56
Tempo56
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load13

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

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