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10 songs that feel like The Story of the Hare

Matched to The Story of the Hare by Jethro Tull 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
The Story of the Hare
Jethro Tull
moderate 60/100 intensity 120 BPM
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Of Moons Birds and Monsters — MGMT moderate 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Balada Para un Loco — Astor Piazzolla moderate 120 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

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A Disruption in the Normal Swing of Things — Cursive moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same introspective pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Hymns for the Heathen — Cursive moderate 120 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

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Big Bang — Cursive moderate 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same introspective pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Sugar and Spite — Cursive moderate 120 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

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Television — Sunny Day Real Estate moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same introspective pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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And You Do Not Know a Thing — Mineral moderate 120 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

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The Enemy God — Emerson Lake and Palmer moderate 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same introspective pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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The Sleepwalkers — Van der Graaf Generator moderate 120 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when The Story of the Hare is more than you want right now.

Electron Blue by R.E.M.
Electron Blue — R.E.M. safe 110 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 19/100, down from 60. Nearly the same tempo, too.

How My Heart Sings by Bill Evans
How My Heart Sings — Bill Evans safe 140 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 19/100 — the pull without the edge.

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

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 24/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 27/100, versus the original's 60. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Clean by Taylor Swift
Clean — Taylor Swift safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 26/100, down from 60. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Rêverie by Claude Debussy
Rêverie — Claude Debussy safe 65 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 9/100 — the pull without the edge.

Know Who You Are at Every Age by Cocteau Twins
Know Who You Are at Every Age — Cocteau Twins safe 88 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 17/100.

Rise by Solange
Rise — Solange safe 80 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. 16/100, versus the original's 60.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “The Story of the Hare” by Jethro Tull?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Of Moons Birds and Monsters” by MGMT, “Balada Para un Loco” by Astor Piazzolla, “A Disruption in the Normal Swing of Things” by Cursive — 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 “The Story of the Hare” but calmer?

“Electron Blue” by R.E.M., “How My Heart Sings” by Bill Evans, “It's Too Late” by Carole King keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “The Story of the Hare”?

It measures 60/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, moderate sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 120 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 77% of songs, calmer than the other 23%. Its intensity reading of 60/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, moderate 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 77% 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

Sleep0/10
Focus3/10
Workout7/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype6/10

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

1973 in context

The 297 songs we’ve measured from 1973 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 7/10, 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

Intensity60
Dynamics67
Tempo44
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load25

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

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