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10 songs that feel like Wipeout

Matched to Wipeout by The Ventures 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
Wipeout
The Ventures
moderate 62/100 intensity 160 BPM
Surf Beat — Dick Dale intense 140 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same playful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (64/100).

El Mambo — Tito Puente intense 180 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 68/100. Same layered texture.

Piano Concerto in G Major — Maurice Ravel moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same playful pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (63/100). Measured 90% alike.

PAPAT4 [pineal mix] — Aphex Twin intense 155 BPM

Measures 90% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

Hungarian Dance No. 5 — Johannes Brahms intense 130 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same playful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (67/100).

Potato Head Blues — Louis Armstrong moderate 160 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 53/100. Same layered texture.

The Adventures of Mutt — John Williams intense 160 BPM

Keeps the same playful pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Measured 89% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (160 BPM).

He's a Pirate — Hans Zimmer intense 170 BPM

Measures 89% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

Trepak — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky intense 180 BPM

A 88% feel-match — carries the same playful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (63/100).

Earth Beat — Herbie Hancock intense 120 BPM

88% 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 Wipeout is more than you want right now.

Surfin' U.S.A. by The Beach Boys
Surfin' U.S.A. — The Beach Boys safe 160 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 39/100, down from 62. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Weather Bird — Louis Armstrong safe 160 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 38/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Settin' the Woods on Fire by Hank Williams
Settin' the Woods on Fire — Hank Williams safe 145 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 22/100.

I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love by Buddy Holly & The Crickets
I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love — Buddy Holly & The Crickets safe 175 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. 36/100, versus the original's 62.

Hawaii Five-O — The Ventures safe 140 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 34/100, down from 62.

Friday I'm In Love by The Cure
Friday I'm In Love — The Cure safe 135 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 34/100 — the pull without the edge.

Shiny Happy People by R.E.M.
Shiny Happy People — R.E.M. safe 135 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 42/100.

Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard by Paul Simon
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard — Paul Simon safe 130 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 42/100, versus the original's 62.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Wipeout” by The Ventures?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Surf Beat” by Dick Dale, “El Mambo” by Tito Puente, “Piano Concerto in G Major” by Maurice Ravel — the top match scores 94% 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 “Wipeout” but calmer?

“Surfin' U.S.A.” by The Beach Boys, “Weather Bird” by Louis Armstrong, “Settin' the Woods on Fire” by Hank Williams keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Wipeout”?

It measures 62/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, frequent sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 160 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 83% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 62/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, frequent shifts, and instrumental. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a fast, driving tempo: more extreme on that axis than 95% 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.

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What it’s good for

Sleep1/10
Focus5/10
Workout7/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype7/10

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

1963 in context

The 116 songs we’ve measured from 1963 average a dynamic range of 5.7/10. At 7/10, 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

Intensity62
Dynamics67
Tempo67
Surprise75
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force0
Trigger load25

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

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