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10 songs that feel like You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth

Matched to You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth by The Temptations on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth
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You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth
The Temptations
intense 82/100 intensity 108 BPM
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Norupo — Heilung intense 110 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (82/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (110 BPM).

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Tusk — Fleetwood Mac intense 100 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (81/100). Same complex texture.

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Arisen My Senses — Björk intense 120 BPM

Keeps the same transcendent pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (83/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Lightning Bolt — Pearl Jam intense 122 BPM

Measures 97% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (83/100). Same complex texture.

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I Can See for Miles — The Who intense 124 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (83/100).

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Spirit in the Dark — Aretha Franklin moderate 110 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (78/100). Same complex texture.

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A Minha Menina — Os Mutantes intense 130 BPM

Keeps the same transcendent pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (84/100). Measured 96% alike.

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Rattlesnake — King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard intense 130 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (84/100). Same complex texture.

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Let It Happen — Tame Impala intense 115 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (86/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (115 BPM).

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Thriller — Michael Jackson intense 118 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (86/100). Same complex texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth is more than you want right now.

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Emerald Rush — Jon Hopkins moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 43/100, down from 82.

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Incident at Neshabur — Carlos Santana moderate 120 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 43/100 — the pull without the edge.

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New Lands — Justice moderate 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 43/100.

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Sun Goddess — Ramsey Lewis featuring Earth, Wind & Fire moderate 95 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 61/100, versus the original's 82.

Phase Dance by Pat Metheny Group
Phase Dance — Pat Metheny Group moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 54/100, down from 82.

Ricochet by Tangerine Dream
Ricochet — Tangerine Dream moderate 110 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 38/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Do the Astral Plane by Flying Lotus
Do the Astral Plane — Flying Lotus moderate 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 52/100.

And She Was by Talking Heads
And She Was — Talking Heads moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 53/100, versus the original's 82.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth” by The Temptations?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Norupo” by Heilung, “Tusk” by Fleetwood Mac, “Arisen My Senses” by Björk — 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 “You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth” but calmer?

“Emerald Rush” by Jon Hopkins, “Incident at Neshabur” by Carlos Santana, “New Lands” by Justice keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth”?

It measures 82/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, complex texture, frequent sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 108 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 95% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 82/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, complex texture, frequent 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 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.

What it’s good for

Sleep0/10
Focus1/10
Workout6/10
Dinner4/10
Party / hype6/10

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

1970 in context

The 307 songs we’ve measured from 1970 average a dynamic range of 6.1/10. At 8/10, 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

Intensity82
Dynamics78
Tempo38
Surprise75
Density60
Predictability100
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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