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10 songs that feel like Party Monster

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

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moderate 52/100 intensity 150 BPM
Mannequin — Wire moderate 160 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same rebellious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100).

Baby Please Don't Go — Muddy Waters moderate 140 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100). Same layered texture.

Midnight Man — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds moderate 128 BPM

Keeps the same rebellious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (54/100). Measured 93% alike.

Sacred Love — Bad Brains moderate 140 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100). Same layered texture.

Cherry Came Too — The Jesus and Mary Chain moderate 135 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same rebellious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100).

Alegria, Alegria — Caetano Veloso moderate 130 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

Fireworks — Siouxsie and the Banshees moderate 145 BPM

Keeps the same rebellious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (55/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (145 BPM).

Do It Clean — Echo & the Bunnymen moderate 145 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (55/100). Same layered texture.

Dig for Fire — Pixies moderate 142 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same rebellious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (55/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (142 BPM).

Angel of Small Death & the Codeine Scene — Hozier moderate 143 BPM

94% 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 Party Monster is more than you want right now.

Weather Bird — Louis Armstrong safe 160 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 38/100, down from 52. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Six Thirty by Ariana Grande
Six Thirty — Ariana Grande safe 136 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 34/100 — the pull without the edge.

Why Do Fools Fall in Love by Diana Ross
Why Do Fools Fall in Love — Diana Ross safe 159 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 35/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Let's Stay Together by Al Green
Let's Stay Together — Al Green safe 123 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 24/100, versus the original's 52.

BMF by SZA
BMF — SZA safe 130 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 42/100, down from 52.

Waitin' on a Sunny Day by Bruce Springsteen
Waitin' on a Sunny Day — Bruce Springsteen safe 120 BPM

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

You'll Never Know by Ariana Grande
You'll Never Know — Ariana Grande safe 130 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 30/100.

imagine by Ariana Grande
imagine — Ariana Grande safe 128 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. 20/100, versus the original's 52.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Party Monster” by The Weeknd?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Mannequin” by Wire, “Baby Please Don't Go” by Muddy Waters, “Midnight Man” by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — 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 “Party Monster” but calmer?

“Weather Bird” by Louis Armstrong, “Six Thirty” by Ariana Grande, “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” by Diana Ross keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Party Monster”?

It measures 52/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 150 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 68% of songs, calmer than the other 32%. Its intensity reading of 52/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, 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
Workout6/10
Dinner7/10
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 6/10, this track is right in line with its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity52
Dynamics56
Tempo61
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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