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10 songs that feel like Love Spreads

Matched to Love Spreads by The Stone Roses on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Love Spreads
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Love Spreads
The Stone Roses
intense 60/100 intensity 112 BPM
Born in the U.S.A. — Bruce Springsteen intense 120 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same rebellious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

obsessed — Olivia Rodrigo moderate 130 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 54/100. Same layered texture.

All Eyez on Me — 2Pac moderate 93 BPM

Keeps the same rebellious pull — sits a little calmer at 54/100. Measured 96% alike.

Get Gone — Fiona Apple moderate 112 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It sits a little calmer at 52/100. Same layered texture.

I Don't Know Why — Stevie Wonder moderate 120 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same rebellious pull and sits a little calmer at 53/100. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

Mariana Trench — Bright Eyes moderate 120 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 53/100. Same layered texture.

Woman Like Me — Adele moderate 124 BPM

Keeps the same rebellious pull — sits a little calmer at 53/100. Measured 95% alike.

Almost Cut My Hair — Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young moderate 124 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It sits a little calmer at 53/100. Same layered texture.

Make Up Your Mind — Florence + The Machine moderate 120 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and sits a little calmer at 53/100. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

When You Sleep — My Bloody Valentine intense 115 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Cruel by St. Vincent
Cruel — St. Vincent moderate 126 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Intensity 60/100, down from 60.

Lion's Teeth by The Mountain Goats
Lion's Teeth — The Mountain Goats moderate 140 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 51/100 — the pull without the edge.

We Exist by Arcade Fire
We Exist — Arcade Fire moderate 128 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Reads 61/100.

obsessed by Olivia Rodrigo
obsessed — Olivia Rodrigo moderate 130 BPM

Holds the same feel while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. 54/100, versus the original's 60.

Warrior — Steve Earle moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 49/100, down from 60. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Vertigo — The Libertines moderate 120 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 49/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Anthrax — Gang of Four moderate 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Reads 69/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Miss World — Hole moderate 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 50/100, versus the original's 60.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Love Spreads” by The Stone Roses?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Born in the U.S.A.” by Bruce Springsteen, “obsessed” by Olivia Rodrigo, “All Eyez on Me” by 2Pac — the top match scores 98% 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 “Love Spreads” but calmer?

“Cruel” by St. Vincent, “Lion's Teeth” by The Mountain Goats, “We Exist” by Arcade Fire keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Love Spreads”?

It measures 60/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 112 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 77% of songs, calmer than the other 23%. Its intensity reading of 60/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, mild 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 a huge quiet-to-loud swing: more extreme on that axis than 80% 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

Sleep2/10
Focus6/10
Workout4/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype6/10

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

1994 in context

The 365 songs we’ve measured from 1994 average a dynamic range of 6.7/10. At 8/10, 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

Intensity60
Dynamics78
Tempo40
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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