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10 songs that feel like Get in the Mind Shaft

Matched to Get in the Mind Shaft by Jack White on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Get in the Mind Shaft
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Get in the Mind Shaft
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moderate 41/100 intensity 95 BPM
Moonchild — King Crimson moderate 65 BPM

A 91% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and sits a little calmer at 33/100.

Nightmarket — Burial moderate 130 BPM

88% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 48/100. Same layered texture.

Turkey Dog Coma — Flying Lotus moderate 95 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — runs a little hotter at 47/100. Measured 89% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

Nocturnes: III. Sirènes — Claude Debussy moderate 60 BPM

Measures 89% the same. It sits a little calmer at 32/100. Same layered texture.

Features Creatures — Björk moderate 85 BPM

A 86% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and runs a little hotter at 50/100.

Dark Star — Grateful Dead moderate 75 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

Sail to the Moon — Radiohead moderate 75 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (44/100). Measured 88% alike.

To Here Knows When — My Bloody Valentine intense 80 BPM

Measures 88% the same. It runs a little hotter at 60/100. Same layered texture.

Strange World — Iron Maiden moderate 95 BPM

A 86% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and runs a little hotter at 54/100. Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

I Before E Except After C — Yazoo intense 90 BPM

91% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 60/100. Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Get in the Mind Shaft is more than you want right now.

August by Taylor Swift
August — Taylor Swift safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 35/100, down from 41. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino by Arctic Monkeys
Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino — Arctic Monkeys safe 85 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 5, so it lands at 13/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Eventually — Tame Impala safe 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 17/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Electron Blue by R.E.M.
Electron Blue — R.E.M. safe 110 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 19/100, versus the original's 41.

Überlin by R.E.M.
Überlin — R.E.M. safe 92 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 17/100, down from 41. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Undo by Björk
Undo — Björk safe 95 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 25/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Weather Storm by Massive Attack
Weather Storm — Massive Attack safe 80 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 14/100.

Spying Glass by Massive Attack
Spying Glass — Massive Attack safe 80 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 16/100, versus the original's 41.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Get in the Mind Shaft” by Jack White?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Moonchild” by King Crimson, “Nightmarket” by Burial, “Turkey Dog Coma” by Flying Lotus — the top match scores 91% 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 “Get in the Mind Shaft” but calmer?

“August” by Taylor Swift, “Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino” by Arctic Monkeys, “Eventually” by Tame Impala keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Get in the Mind Shaft”?

It measures 41/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and spoken word. 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 35% of songs, calmer than the other 65%. Its intensity reading of 41/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and spoken word. 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 88% 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.

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What it’s good for

Sleep5/10
Focus8/10
Workout2/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype3/10

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

2018 in context

The 461 songs we’ve measured from 2018 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. At 5/10, this track is gentler and steadier than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity41
Dynamics44
Tempo31
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability100
Vocal force40
Trigger load0

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

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