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10 songs that feel like Window

Matched to Window by Fiona Apple 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
Window
Fiona Apple
intense 89/100 intensity
all-american bitch — Olivia Rodrigo intense 120 BPM

A 89% feel-match — carries the same angry pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (88/100).

Trailer Trash — Modest Mouse intense 85 BPM

86% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (88/100). Same complex texture.

Cassavetes — Fugazi intense 120 BPM

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

Lazaretto — Jack White intense 95 BPM

Measures 89% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (84/100). Same complex texture.

The Sun Always Shines on TV — a-ha intense 110 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (94/100).

Sheep — Pink Floyd intense 85 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (91/100). Same complex texture.

Earth Intruders — Björk intense 126 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — sits a little calmer at 83/100. Measured 89% alike.

Tame — Pixies intense 170 BPM

Measures 81% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (93/100).

Izabella — Jimi Hendrix intense 120 BPM

A 93% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (94/100).

Death to My Hometown — Bruce Springsteen intense 120 BPM

73% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 70/100. Same complex texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Ohio — Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young moderate 128 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 50/100, down from 89.

Los Ageless — St. Vincent moderate 110 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 59/100 — the pull without the edge.

We the People.... by A Tribe Called Quest
We the People.... — A Tribe Called Quest moderate 92 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 50/100.

Trapped by Tupac Shakur
Trapped — Tupac Shakur moderate 92 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 50/100, versus the original's 89.

Come On by Lucinda Williams
Come On — Lucinda Williams moderate 85 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 46/100, down from 89.

Super 8 — Jason Isbell moderate 120 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 53/100 — the pull without the edge.

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 it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 48/100.

Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode
Personal Jesus — Depeche Mode moderate 129 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 54/100, versus the original's 89.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Window” by Fiona Apple?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “all-american bitch” by Olivia Rodrigo, “Trailer Trash” by Modest Mouse, “Cassavetes” by Fugazi — the top match scores 89% 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 “Window” but calmer?

“Ohio” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, “Los Ageless” by St. Vincent, “We the People....” by A Tribe Called Quest keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Window”?

It measures 89/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, complex texture, extreme sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals.

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 89/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, complex 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 a slow, unhurried pace: more extreme on that axis than 100% 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

Sleep0/10
Focus0/10
Workout6/10
Dinner3/10
Party / hype7/10

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

The fingerprint

Intensity89
Dynamics78
Tempo33
Surprise100
Density60
Predictability100
Vocal force75
Trigger load13

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

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