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10 songs that feel like Who Makes Your Money

Matched to Who Makes Your Money by Spoon 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
Who Makes Your Money
Spoon
moderate 49/100 intensity 118 BPM
Wang Dang Doodle — Howlin' Wolf moderate 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same playful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

Step Off — Kacey Musgraves moderate 116 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

New Man — Ed Sheeran moderate 125 BPM

Keeps the same playful pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (125 BPM).

Rack of His — Fiona Apple moderate 110 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same layered texture.

Blank Frank — Brian Eno moderate 128 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same playful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100).

I'll Bet You — Funkadelic moderate 105 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same layered texture.

Trigger Cut — Pavement moderate 135 BPM

Keeps the same playful pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Measured 97% alike.

Big Time — Peter Gabriel moderate 116 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (52/100). Same layered texture.

Wild Child — The Black Keys moderate 118 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same playful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (118 BPM).

Highway 61 Revisited — Bob Dylan moderate 120 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Who Makes Your Money is more than you want right now.

Vicar in a Tutu — The Smiths safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Intensity 27/100, down from 49. Nearly the same tempo, too.

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da by The Police
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da — The Police safe 120 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 41/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frankly, Mr. Shankly — The Smiths safe 145 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 33/100.

A-Tisket, A-Tasket by Ella Fitzgerald
A-Tisket, A-Tasket — Ella Fitzgerald safe 110 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 22/100, versus the original's 49. Nearly the same tempo, too.

22 by Taylor Swift
22 — Taylor Swift safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 39/100, down from 49. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Stay Stay Stay by Taylor Swift
Stay Stay Stay — Taylor Swift safe 120 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 26/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Paper Rings by Taylor Swift
Paper Rings — Taylor Swift safe 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 43/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Monday Morning by Fleetwood Mac
Monday Morning — Fleetwood Mac safe 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 41/100, versus the original's 49. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Who Makes Your Money” by Spoon?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Wang Dang Doodle” by Howlin' Wolf, “Step Off” by Kacey Musgraves, “New Man” by Ed Sheeran — 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 “Who Makes Your Money” but calmer?

“Vicar in a Tutu” by The Smiths, “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da” by The Police, “Frankly, Mr. Shankly” by The Smiths keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Who Makes Your Money”?

It measures 49/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 118 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 55% of songs, calmer than the other 45%. Its intensity reading of 49/100 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 an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 79% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on full chaos — sudden changes, huge quiet-to-loud swings, and relentless energy — 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
Focus7/10
Workout3/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype5/10

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

2009 in context

The 218 songs we’ve measured from 2009 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

Intensity49
Dynamics56
Tempo43
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load13

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

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