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10 songs that feel like A Night in Tunisia

Matched to A Night in Tunisia by Clifford Brown 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
A Night in Tunisia
Clifford Brown
moderate 50/100 intensity 200 BPM
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Thriving on a Riff — Charlie Parker moderate 200 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same energetic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (200 BPM).

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A Night in Tunisia — Art Blakey moderate 210 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100). Same layered texture.

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Cotton Tail — Duke Ellington moderate 200 BPM

Keeps the same energetic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (200 BPM).

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Now's the Time — Charlie Parker moderate 200 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

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A Night in Tunisia — Dexter Gordon moderate 200 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same energetic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (200 BPM).

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Scrapple from the Apple — Charlie Parker moderate 180 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same layered texture.

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Moose the Mooche — Charlie Parker moderate 240 BPM

Keeps the same energetic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (52/100). Measured 96% alike.

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Segment — Charlie Parker moderate 240 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (52/100). Same layered texture.

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Quasimodo — Charlie Parker moderate 240 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same energetic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (52/100).

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Epistrophy — Thelonious Monk moderate 200 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when A Night in Tunisia is more than you want right now.

Monday Morning by Fleetwood Mac
Monday Morning — Fleetwood Mac safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 41/100, down from 50.

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence by Ryuichi Sakamoto
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence — Ryuichi Sakamoto safe 70 BPM

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

Gymnopédies No. 1 by Erik Satie
Gymnopédies No. 1 — Erik Satie safe 92 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 18/100.

Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 by Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 — Frédéric Chopin safe 60 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. 25/100, versus the original's 50.

Mas Que Nada by Jorge Ben
Mas Que Nada — Jorge Ben safe 100 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 35/100, down from 50.

Riptide by Vance Joy
Riptide — Vance Joy safe 100 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 22/100 — the pull without the edge.

Heart of Gold by Neil Young
Heart of Gold — Neil Young safe 90 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 17/100.

Blowin' in the Wind by Bob Dylan
Blowin' in the Wind — Bob Dylan safe 80 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 7. 12/100, versus the original's 50.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “A Night in Tunisia” by Clifford Brown?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Thriving on a Riff” by Charlie Parker, “A Night in Tunisia” by Art Blakey, “Cotton Tail” by Duke Ellington — 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 “A Night in Tunisia” but calmer?

“Monday Morning” by Fleetwood Mac, “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence” by Ryuichi Sakamoto, “Gymnopédies No. 1” by Erik Satie keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “A Night in Tunisia”?

It measures 50/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 200 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 62% of songs, calmer than the other 38%. Its intensity reading of 50/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, 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 a fast, driving tempo: more extreme on that axis than 99% 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

Sleep5/10
Focus9/10
Workout3/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype6/10

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

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity50
Dynamics67
Tempo89
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force0
Trigger load13

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

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