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10 songs that feel like No Future

Matched to No Future by Blink-182 on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

No Future
The song you love
No Future
Blink-182
moderate 56/100 intensity 160 BPM
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Hard to Explain — The Strokes moderate 158 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same energetic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (56/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (158 BPM).

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Estimated Prophet — Grateful Dead moderate 140 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (55/100). Same layered texture.

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I Get Around — The Beach Boys moderate 157 BPM

Keeps the same energetic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (56/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (157 BPM).

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Harborcoat — R.E.M. moderate 156 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (56/100). Same layered texture.

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Ocean Breathes Salty — Modest Mouse moderate 152 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same energetic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (56/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (152 BPM).

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Jailhouse Rock — Elvis Presley moderate 172 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (57/100). Same layered texture.

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Future Love — Ride moderate 148 BPM

Keeps the same energetic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (55/100). Measured 98% alike.

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12:51 — The Strokes moderate 146 BPM

Measures 97% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (55/100). Same layered texture.

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Fireworks — Siouxsie and the Banshees moderate 145 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same energetic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (55/100).

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Do It Clean — Echo & the Bunnymen moderate 145 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (55/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when No Future is more than you want right now.

Bemsha Swing by Thelonious Monk
Bemsha Swing — Thelonious Monk safe 180 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 44/100, down from 56.

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Jamming — Bob Marley and the Wailers safe 76 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 31/100 — the pull without the edge.

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

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 39/100.

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Pulcinella Suite — Igor Stravinsky safe 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. 30/100, versus the original's 56.

Says by Nils Frahm
Says — Nils Frahm safe 68 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 9/100, down from 56.

Sæglópur by Sigur Rós
Sæglópur — Sigur Rós safe 90 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 31/100 — the pull without the edge.

An Ending (Ascent) by Brian Eno
An Ending (Ascent) — Brian Eno safe 60 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 12/100.

Both Sides, Now by Joni Mitchell
Both Sides, Now — Joni Mitchell safe 82 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 27/100, versus the original's 56.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “No Future” by Blink-182?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Hard to Explain” by The Strokes, “Estimated Prophet” by Grateful Dead, “I Get Around” by The Beach Boys — 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 “No Future” but calmer?

“Bemsha Swing” by Thelonious Monk, “Jamming” by Bob Marley and the Wailers, “Concerto for 4 Violins in B Minor, Op. 3 No. 10, RV 580” by Antonio Vivaldi keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “No Future”?

It measures 56/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 160 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 76% of songs, calmer than the other 24%. Its intensity reading of 56/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, 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 a fast, driving tempo: more extreme on that axis than 95% 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

Sleep3/10
Focus7/10
Workout7/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype6/10

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

2016 in context

The 368 songs we’ve measured from 2016 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. 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

Intensity56
Dynamics67
Tempo67
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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