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10 songs that feel like Ghost Rider

Matched to Ghost Rider by Suicide on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Ghost Rider
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Ghost Rider
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intense 72/100 intensity 120 BPM
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I Wanna Be Your Dog — The Stooges intense 120 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same rebellious pull and sits a little calmer at 65/100. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Pills — New York Dolls intense 120 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (76/100). Same harsh texture.

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How Many More Years — Howlin' Wolf intense 120 BPM

Keeps the same heavy pull — runs a little hotter at 79/100. Measured 82% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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T.N.T. — AC/DC intense 128 BPM

Measures 90% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (76/100). Same harsh texture.

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Hunter — Björk intense 120 BPM

A 80% feel-match — carries the same heavy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (70/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Death to My Hometown — Bruce Springsteen intense 120 BPM

78% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (70/100).

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Psycho Therapy — Ramones intense 180 BPM

Keeps the same rebellious pull — runs a little hotter at 81/100. Measured 84% alike.

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Teenage Lobotomy — Ramones intense 175 BPM

Measures 88% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (77/100). Same harsh texture.

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Lord of This World — Black Sabbath intense 145 BPM

A 77% feel-match — carries the same heavy pull and runs a little hotter at 81/100.

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Risingson — Massive Attack intense 95 BPM

78% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 64/100.

…and if you want it calmer

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

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Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne — Suicide moderate 110 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it trades the harsher texture for something layered. Intensity 48/100, down from 72. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Los Ageless — St. Vincent moderate 110 BPM

It trades the harsher texture for something layered, so it lands at 59/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Blueprint — Fugazi moderate 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it trades the harsher texture for something layered. Reads 53/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

All the Rage Back Home by Interpol
All the Rage Back Home — Interpol moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it trades the harsher texture for something layered. 64/100, versus the original's 72. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Ohio — Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young moderate 128 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it trades the harsher texture for something layered. Intensity 50/100, down from 72. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Peace Frog — The Doors moderate 110 BPM

It trades the harsher texture for something layered, so it lands at 52/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode
Personal Jesus — Depeche Mode moderate 129 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it trades the harsher texture for something layered. Reads 54/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Sea of Madness by Iron Maiden
Sea of Madness — Iron Maiden moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it trades the harsher texture for something layered. 60/100, versus the original's 72. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Ghost Rider” by Suicide?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “I Wanna Be Your Dog” by The Stooges, “Pills” by New York Dolls, “How Many More Years” by Howlin' Wolf — the top match scores 90% 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 “Ghost Rider” but calmer?

“Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne” by Suicide, “Los Ageless” by St. Vincent, “Blueprint” by Fugazi keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Ghost Rider”?

It measures 72/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, harsh texture, moderate 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

This is one of the more intense things in our library — more energetic than 90% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 72/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, harsh texture, moderate shifts, and dynamic vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is blazing intensity: 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.

Dial the feeling up or down

Same feeling, bigger: Death Valley '69 — Sonic Youth

What it’s good for

Sleep0/10
Focus2/10
Workout8/10
Dinner5/10
Party / hype8/10

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

1977 in context

The 226 songs we’ve measured from 1977 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

Intensity72
Dynamics67
Tempo44
Surprise50
Density85
Predictability0
Vocal force75
Trigger load50

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

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