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10 songs that feel like Home

Matched to Home by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

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Home
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
moderate 38/100 intensity 90 BPM
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7 Seconds — Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry moderate 95 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same joyful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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1979 — The Smashing Pumpkins moderate 95 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Same layered texture.

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Do You Realize?? — The Flaming Lips moderate 100 BPM

Keeps the same joyful pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Cherry-Coloured Funk — Cocteau Twins moderate 106 BPM

Measures 97% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100). Same layered texture.

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When My Little Girl Is Smiling — The Drifters safe 90 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same joyful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (35/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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More Than Friends — Jason Mraz safe 90 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (35/100). Same layered texture.

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From This Valley — The Civil Wars moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same joyful pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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At the Club — The Drifters moderate 90 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

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Buena Vista Social Club — Buena Vista Social Club moderate 90 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same joyful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Snow (Hey Oh) — Red Hot Chili Peppers moderate 81 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie
This Land Is Your Land — Woody Guthrie safe 100 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Intensity 18/100, down from 38. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Forever Young by Bob Dylan
Forever Young — Bob Dylan safe 75 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 23/100 — the pull without the edge.

Summer by Joe Hisaishi
Summer — Joe Hisaishi safe 90 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 22/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Smooth Operator by Sade
Smooth Operator — Sade safe 76 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 19/100, versus the original's 38.

Banana Pancakes by Jack Johnson
Banana Pancakes — Jack Johnson safe 76 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 6. Intensity 12/100, down from 38.

I'm Yours by Jason Mraz
I'm Yours — Jason Mraz safe 76 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 19/100 — the pull without the edge.

Three Little Birds by Bob Marley
Three Little Birds — Bob Marley safe 76 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 19/100.

Chan Chan by Buena Vista Social Club
Chan Chan — Buena Vista Social Club safe 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 32/100, versus the original's 38. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Home” by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “7 Seconds” by Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry, “1979” by The Smashing Pumpkins, “Do You Realize??” by The Flaming Lips — 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 “Home” but calmer?

“This Land Is Your Land” by Woody Guthrie, “Forever Young” by Bob Dylan, “Summer” by Joe Hisaishi keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Home”?

It measures 38/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild 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

On our 19k-song scale this lands in the middle band — more energetic than 27% of songs, calmer than the other 73%. Its intensity reading of 38/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and soft 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 an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 79% 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

Sleep6/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype2/10

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

2009 in context

The 218 songs we’ve measured from 2009 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

Intensity38
Dynamics56
Tempo28
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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