← Back to 5000

10 songs that feel like 5000

Matched to 5000 by Bonobo 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
5000
Bonobo
safe 36/100 intensity 90 BPM
♪
Underwater Sunlight — Tangerine Dream safe 95 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

♪
Seneca — Tortoise moderate 90 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100). Same layered texture.

♪
Professor Backwards — Rachel's moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

♪
Automates — Johann Johannsson moderate 80 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Same layered texture.

♪
African Sketchbook — Abdullah Ibrahim safe 80 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100).

♪
Handwriting — Rachel's moderate 70 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (35/100). Same layered texture.

♪
Which Way Is East — Charles Lloyd moderate 70 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (35/100). Measured 94% alike.

♪
Charny Water — Tortoise moderate 120 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Same layered texture.

♪
Sirena — Dirty Three moderate 80 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100).

♪
The Restless Waves — Dirty Three moderate 80 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Same layered texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “5000” by Bonobo?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Underwater Sunlight” by Tangerine Dream, “Seneca” by Tortoise, “Professor Backwards” by Rachel's — 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.

How intense is “5000”?

It measures 36/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 90 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

On our 19k-song scale this lands in the middle band — more energetic than 24% of songs, calmer than the other 76%. Its intensity reading of 36/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and instrumental. It shares this stretch of the spectrum with thousands of other tracks, so the finer fingerprint below is what really separates it.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 79% 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

Sleep6/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype2/10

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

2017 in context

The 461 songs we’ve measured from 2017 average a dynamic range of 6.0/10. At 6/10, this track is right in line with its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity36
Dynamics56
Tempo28
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force0
Trigger load25

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

Want the single closest match, with every dimension compared?

Find its sonic twin →
Share on X
Check another song →