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10 songs that feel like Silent Hill

Matched to Silent Hill by Kendrick Lamar (featuring Kodak Black) on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

The song you love
Silent Hill
Kendrick Lamar (featuring Kodak Black)
moderate 47/100 intensity 140 BPM
Lazarus — David Bowie moderate 135 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (135 BPM).

Have a Cigar — Pink Floyd moderate 130 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

Old College Try — The Mountain Goats moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Measured 94% alike.

All Things Pass — The Jesus and Mary Chain moderate 120 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

Gravity Rides Everything — Modest Mouse moderate 120 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100).

YAH. — Kendrick Lamar moderate 134 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

Somebody That I Used to Know — Gotye moderate 129 BPM

Keeps the same contemplative pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Measured 98% alike.

Big Yellow Taxi — Joni Mitchell moderate 120 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

SDP Interlude — Travis Scott moderate 130 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100).

Save Me — BTS moderate 142 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

It's Too Late by Carole King
It's Too Late — Carole King safe 126 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 24/100, down from 47.

If I Were a Boy by Beyoncé
If I Were a Boy — Beyoncé safe 92 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 28/100 — the pull without the edge.

The Times They Are a-Changin' by Bob Dylan
The Times They Are a-Changin' — Bob Dylan safe 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 27/100.

Seigfried by Frank Ocean
Seigfried — Frank Ocean safe 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 33/100, versus the original's 47.

People's Parties by Joni Mitchell
People's Parties — Joni Mitchell safe 110 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 24/100, down from 47.

Man on the Moon by R.E.M.
Man on the Moon — R.E.M. safe 115 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 19/100 — the pull without the edge.

New Test Leper by R.E.M.
New Test Leper — R.E.M. safe 110 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 19/100.

I Like You (A Happier Song) by Post Malone feat. Doja Cat
I Like You (A Happier Song) — Post Malone feat. Doja Cat safe 135 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 39/100, versus the original's 47. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Silent Hill” by Kendrick Lamar (featuring Kodak Black)?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Lazarus” by David Bowie, “Have a Cigar” by Pink Floyd, “Old College Try” by The Mountain Goats — the top match scores 96% 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 “Silent Hill” but calmer?

“It's Too Late” by Carole King, “If I Were a Boy” by Beyoncé, “The Times They Are a-Changin'” by Bob Dylan keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Silent Hill”?

It measures 47/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 140 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 49% of songs, calmer than the other 51%. Its intensity reading of 47/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, 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 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.

What it’s good for

Sleep4/10
Focus8/10
Workout6/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype5/10

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

2022 in context

The 362 songs we’ve measured from 2022 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. At 5/10, this track is gentler and steadier than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity47
Dynamics44
Tempo56
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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