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10 songs that feel like Street Halo

Matched to Street Halo by Burial 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 43/100 intensity 140 BPM
Thinkin Bout You — Frank Ocean moderate 130 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same intimate pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100).

Girls Need Love — Summer Walker moderate 140 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100). Same layered texture.

Kill Bill — SZA moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same intimate pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Measured 96% alike.

Our Love — Caribou moderate 120 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Same layered texture.

Tell Me When — The Human League moderate 120 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same intimate pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100).

One Man in My Heart — The Human League moderate 120 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Same layered texture.

All I Ever Wanted — The Human League moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same intimate pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Measured 96% alike.

How Can U Luv Me — Unknown Mortal Orchestra moderate 120 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Same layered texture.

Playing Games — Summer Walker moderate 140 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same introspective pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (140 BPM).

Four Out of Five — Arctic Monkeys moderate 124 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Street Halo 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 43.

Please, Please, Please by James Brown
Please, Please, Please — James Brown safe 80 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 32/100 — the pull without the edge.

Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want by The Smiths

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 23/100.

William, It Was Really Nothing by The Smiths
William, It Was Really Nothing — The Smiths safe 92 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 25/100, versus the original's 43.

Mood Indigo by Frank Sinatra
Mood Indigo — Frank Sinatra safe 60 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Intensity 20/100, down from 43.

Changes by Black Sabbath
Changes — Black Sabbath safe 72 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6, so it lands at 21/100 — the pull without the edge.

Which Will by Nick Drake
Which Will — Nick Drake safe 72 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 6. Reads 11/100.

Candy Says by The Velvet Underground
Candy Says — The Velvet Underground safe 72 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. 15/100, versus the original's 43.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Street Halo” by Burial?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Thinkin Bout You” by Frank Ocean, “Girls Need Love” by Summer Walker, “Kill Bill” by SZA — 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 “Street Halo” but calmer?

“It's Too Late” by Carole King, “Please, Please, Please” by James Brown, “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want” by The Smiths keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Street Halo”?

It measures 43/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft 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 39% of songs, calmer than the other 61%. Its intensity reading of 43/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and soft 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

Sleep6/10
Focus10/10
Workout6/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype5/10

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

2011 in context

The 372 songs we’ve measured from 2011 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. 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

Intensity43
Dynamics56
Tempo56
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load25

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

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