Radiohead by the Numbers: The Catalog, Measured
By Dan Cohen · Published 2026-06-24
We measured all 78 Radiohead 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 Radiohead 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: 6.6/10
- Average tempo: 96 BPM across 78 timed songs
- One of the widest emotional ranges we've measured for any single artist — a 73-point gap from calmest to most intense.
The calmest Radiohead songs
- How I Made My Millions — intensity 15/100, 72 BPM, dynamic range 4/10
- The Numbers — intensity 16/100, 77 BPM, dynamic range 4/10
- Glass Eyes — intensity 16/100, 75 BPM, dynamic range 4/10
The most intense
- Ful Stop — intensity 88/100, 95 BPM, dynamic range 8/10
- Idioteque — intensity 87/100, 128 BPM, dynamic range 9/10
- Feral — intensity 83/100, 120 BPM, dynamic range 8/10
The biggest quiet-to-loud swings
- Idioteque — dynamic range 9/10
- Paranoid Android — dynamic range 9/10
- Palo Alto — dynamic range 8/10
Tempo extremes: slowest is Harry Patch (In Memory Of) (60 BPM), fastest is Electioneering (162 BPM).
Every song here has its own measured profile — tempo, dynamics, sonic twins, what it's good for — on its page. Start from the Radiohead artist page.
Computed from Music I Want's own measurements of 78 Radiohead 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.