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10 songs that feel like Even the Losers

Matched to Even the Losers by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 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
Even the Losers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
moderate 50/100 intensity 120 BPM
Something Changed — Pulp moderate 120 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same romantic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

No Particular Place to Go — Chuck Berry safe 120 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

The One That Got Away — Katy Perry moderate 95 BPM

Keeps the same romantic pull — sits a little calmer at 40/100. Measured 89% alike.

My Universe — Coldplay x BTS moderate 125 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

Chelsea Girl — Ride moderate 151 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same romantic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100).

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

If You Leave — Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same romantic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Measured 91% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

I Went to the Store One Day — Father John Misty safe 110 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

Going Mobile — The Who moderate 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same nostalgic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

Cool — Dua Lipa moderate 107 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Cornerstone — Arctic Monkeys safe 128 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 20/100, down from 50. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Two Ghosts by Harry Styles
Two Ghosts — Harry Styles safe 124 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 20/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Racing in the Street by Bruce Springsteen
Racing in the Street — Bruce Springsteen safe 118 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 45/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

There Goes My Miracle by Bruce Springsteen
There Goes My Miracle — Bruce Springsteen safe 110 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 26/100, versus the original's 50. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Salad Days by Mac DeMarco
Salad Days — Mac DeMarco safe 110 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 19/100, down from 50. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 28/100 — the pull without the edge.

These Are the Days of Our Lives by Queen
These Are the Days of Our Lives — Queen safe 75 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 7. Reads 16/100.

Electrolite — R.E.M. safe 92 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. 17/100, versus the original's 50.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Even the Losers” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Something Changed” by Pulp, “No Particular Place to Go” by Chuck Berry, “The One That Got Away” by Katy Perry — 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 “Even the Losers” but calmer?

“Cornerstone” by Arctic Monkeys, “Two Ghosts” by Harry Styles, “Racing in the Street” by Bruce Springsteen keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Even the Losers”?

It measures 50/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild 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 62% of songs, calmer than the other 38%. Its intensity reading of 50/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, 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 blazing intensity: more extreme on that axis than 62% 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.

1979 in context

The 245 songs we’ve measured from 1979 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. 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

Intensity50
Dynamics67
Tempo44
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force75
Trigger load13

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

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