Pink Floyd by the Numbers: The Catalog, Measured
By Dan Cohen · Published 2026-06-24
We measured all 64 Pink Floyd songs in our library — tempo, dynamic range, texture, how abruptly each song shifts, how hard the vocal pushes — and rolled it into a single intensity score from 0 to 100. No other site scores a catalog this way. Here is Pink Floyd by the numbers: muscular in the middle — neither sleepy nor relentless, with room at both ends.
The catalog at a glance
- Average intensity: 49/100
- Average dynamic range: 6.7/10
- Average tempo: 92 BPM across 64 timed songs
- One of the widest emotional ranges we've measured for any single artist — a 79-point gap from calmest to most intense.
The calmest Pink Floyd songs
- Marooned — intensity 12/100, 60 BPM, dynamic range 4/10
- Brain Damage — intensity 14/100, 62 BPM, dynamic range 4/10
- Nobody Home — intensity 14/100, 60 BPM, dynamic range 4/10
The most intense
- Sheep — intensity 91/100, 85 BPM, dynamic range 9/10
- One of These Days — intensity 86/100, 120 BPM, dynamic range 9/10
- In the Flesh — intensity 83/100, 120 BPM, dynamic range 8/10
The biggest quiet-to-loud swings
- Comfortably Numb — dynamic range 10/10
- Sheep — dynamic range 9/10
- Pigs (Three Different Ones) — dynamic range 9/10
Tempo extremes: slowest is Comfortably Numb (60 BPM), fastest is On the Run (165 BPM).
Every song here has its own measured profile — tempo, dynamics, sonic twins, what it's good for — on its page. Start from the Pink Floyd artist page.
Computed from Music I Want's own measurements of 64 Pink Floyd songs as of 2026-06-24. The intensity score combines dynamic range, tempo, texture, sudden changes, vocal force, and predictability. Figures update as the catalog is refined.