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10 songs that feel like Excuse Me Mr

Matched to Excuse Me Mr by No Doubt 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
Excuse Me Mr
No Doubt
moderate 47/100 intensity 100 BPM
Vasoline — Stone Temple Pilots moderate 100 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same energetic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (100 BPM).

Real Gone — Sheryl Crow moderate 100 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

Keep Your Head Up — Ben Howard moderate 100 BPM

Keeps the same energetic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (100 BPM).

Facts of Life — Talking Heads moderate 104 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same layered texture.

Juice Know the Ledge — Eric B and Rakim moderate 95 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same energetic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

Beats for the Listeners — Eric B and Rakim moderate 95 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

Street Talkin — Slick Rick moderate 95 BPM

Keeps the same energetic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

Nuthin but a G Thang — Dr Dre moderate 95 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

It's Like That — Run-DMC moderate 108 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same energetic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (108 BPM).

Sting in the Tail — Sly and Robbie moderate 90 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Concerto for 4 Violins in B Minor, Op. 3 No. 10, RV 580 by Antonio Vivaldi

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 39/100, down from 47.

Concerto in E-flat "Dumbarton Oaks" — Igor Stravinsky safe 120 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 35/100 — the pull without the edge.

Xtal by Aphex Twin
Xtal — Aphex Twin safe 90 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 30/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. 18/100, versus the original's 47. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Mas Que Nada by Jorge Ben
Mas Que Nada — Jorge Ben safe 100 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 35/100, down from 47. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding
Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay — Otis Redding safe 88 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 20/100 — the pull without the edge.

Riptide by Vance Joy
Riptide — Vance Joy safe 100 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.

One Piece at a Time by Johnny Cash
One Piece at a Time — Johnny Cash safe 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 29/100, versus the original's 47. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Excuse Me Mr” by No Doubt?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Vasoline” by Stone Temple Pilots, “Real Gone” by Sheryl Crow, “Keep Your Head Up” by Ben Howard — 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 “Excuse Me Mr” but calmer?

“Concerto for 4 Violins in B Minor, Op. 3 No. 10, RV 580” by Antonio Vivaldi, “Concerto in E-flat "Dumbarton Oaks"” by Igor Stravinsky, “Xtal” by Aphex Twin keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Excuse Me Mr”?

It measures 47/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 100 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 49% of songs, calmer than the other 51%. Its intensity reading of 47/100 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 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

Sleep4/10
Focus8/10
Workout3/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10

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

1995 in context

The 329 songs we’ve measured from 1995 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. 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

Intensity47
Dynamics56
Tempo33
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load25

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

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