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10 songs that feel like The Rite of Spring: Sacrificial Dance

Matched to The Rite of Spring: Sacrificial Dance by Igor Stravinsky on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

The Rite of Spring: Sacrificial Dance
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The Rite of Spring: Sacrificial Dance
Igor Stravinsky
intense 86/100 intensity 90 BPM
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1812 Overture — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky intense 100 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same intense pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (87/100).

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Symphony No. 6 "Tragic" — Gustav Mahler intense 120 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (88/100). Same complex texture.

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Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) — Eric Dolphy intense 90 BPM

Keeps the same intense pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (82/100). Measured 90% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Jam Back at the House — Jimi Hendrix intense 95 BPM

Measures 90% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (82/100). Same complex texture.

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Manfred Symphony — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky intense 100 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same intense pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (83/100).

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Like Herod — Mogwai intense 80 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 79/100.

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Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" — Ludwig van Beethoven intense 142 BPM

Keeps the same intense pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (90/100). Measured 90% alike.

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Out of This World — John Coltrane intense 120 BPM

Measures 89% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (84/100). Same complex texture.

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Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 — Frédéric Chopin intense 120 BPM

A 88% feel-match — carries the same intense pull and sits a little calmer at 76/100.

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88% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 76/100. Same complex texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when The Rite of Spring: Sacrificial Dance is more than you want right now.

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Country Road — Joe Hisaishi safe 80 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 10. Intensity 10/100, down from 86. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Great Pumpkin Waltz — Vince Guaraldi safe 90 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 10, so it lands at 15/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Love Me — The Pretty Reckless moderate 80 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 10. Reads 46/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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John — Lil Wayne moderate 85 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 10. 46/100, versus the original's 86. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde — Travis Tritt moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 10. Intensity 46/100, down from 86. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Southern Justice — Travis Tritt moderate 100 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 10, so it lands at 47/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Made You Look — Nas moderate 90 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 10. Reads 46/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Represent — Nas moderate 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 10. 50/100, versus the original's 86. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “The Rite of Spring: Sacrificial Dance” by Igor Stravinsky?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “1812 Overture” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, “Symphony No. 6 "Tragic"” by Gustav Mahler, “Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)” by Eric Dolphy — the top match scores 95% 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 “The Rite of Spring: Sacrificial Dance” but calmer?

“Country Road” by Joe Hisaishi, “Great Pumpkin Waltz” by Vince Guaraldi, “Love Me” by The Pretty Reckless keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “The Rite of Spring: Sacrificial Dance”?

It measures 86/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 10/10, complex texture, extreme sudden shifts, and instrumental. 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

This is one of the more intense things in our library — more energetic than 98% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 86/100 comes from a dynamic range of 10/10, complex texture, extreme shifts, and instrumental. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a huge quiet-to-loud swing: more extreme on that axis than 100% 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.

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What it’s good for

Sleep0/10
Focus2/10
Workout6/10
Dinner3/10
Party / hype7/10

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

1913 in context

The 7 songs we’ve measured from 1913 average a dynamic range of 8.4/10. At 10/10, 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

Intensity86
Dynamics100
Tempo28
Surprise100
Density60
Predictability100
Vocal force0
Trigger load0

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

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