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10 songs that feel like Amy aka Spent Gladiator 1

Matched to Amy aka Spent Gladiator 1 by The Mountain Goats 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
Amy aka Spent Gladiator 1
The Mountain Goats
intense 88/100 intensity 110 BPM
Misunderstood — Wilco intense 85 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (85/100).

No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) — Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer intense 120 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (88/100). Same layered texture.

The Wolves (Act I and II) — Bon Iver intense 85 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (85/100). Measured 95% alike.

Uncontrollable Urge — Devo intense 140 BPM

Measures 93% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (90/100). Same layered texture.

White Elephant — Nick Cave & Warren Ellis intense 85 BPM

A 92% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and sits a little calmer at 82/100.

Untitled #8 — Sigur Rós intense 70 BPM

92% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (84/100). Same layered texture.

I Am the Resurrection — The Stone Roses intense 120 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (88/100). Measured 91% alike.

Let It Die — Foo Fighters intense 95 BPM

Measures 91% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (86/100). Same layered texture.

Today — The Smashing Pumpkins intense 92 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (86/100).

Prison Song — System of a Down intense 120 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 94/100.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Amy aka Spent Gladiator 1 is more than you want right now.

Hunger — Florence and the Machine moderate 110 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. Intensity 52/100, down from 88. Nearly the same tempo, too.

All Around You — Sturgill Simpson moderate 95 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 9, so it lands at 47/100 — the pull without the edge.

Woman in Chains by Tears for Fears
Woman in Chains — Tears for Fears moderate 104 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. Reads 58/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

I've Gotta Get a Message to You — Bee Gees moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. 60/100, versus the original's 88. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Los Ageless — St. Vincent moderate 110 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. Intensity 59/100, down from 88. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Super 8 — Jason Isbell moderate 120 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9, so it lands at 53/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Smackwater Jack by Carole King
Smackwater Jack — Carole King moderate 96 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. Reads 48/100.

Panic — The Smiths moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. 53/100, versus the original's 88. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Amy aka Spent Gladiator 1” by The Mountain Goats?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Misunderstood” by Wilco, “No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)” by Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer, “The Wolves (Act I and II)” by Bon Iver — 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 “Amy aka Spent Gladiator 1” but calmer?

“Hunger” by Florence and the Machine, “All Around You” by Sturgill Simpson, “Woman in Chains” by Tears for Fears keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Amy aka Spent Gladiator 1”?

It measures 88/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 9/10, layered texture, extreme sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 110 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 88/100 comes from a dynamic range of 9/10, layered texture, extreme 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 blazing intensity: more extreme on that axis than 98% 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.

Dial the feeling up or down

Same feeling, calmer: X Gon Give It to Ya — DMX

What it’s good for

Sleep0/10
Focus0/10
Workout6/10
Dinner3/10
Party / hype9/10

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

2012 in context

The 262 songs we’ve measured from 2012 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. At 9/10, 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

Intensity88
Dynamics89
Tempo39
Surprise100
Density33
Predictability100
Vocal force75
Trigger load50

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

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