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10 songs that feel like Butterfly Effect

Matched to Butterfly Effect by Travis Scott on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Butterfly Effect
The song you love
Butterfly Effect
Travis Scott
moderate 44/100 intensity 150 BPM
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Dirt Off Your Shoulder — Jay-Z moderate 92 BPM

A 88% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100).

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Hold It Don't Drop It — Jennifer Lopez moderate 120 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Same smooth texture.

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Blow That Smoke — Major Lazer moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same energetic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Measured 94% alike.

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To Be Young, Gifted and Black — Nina Simone moderate 100 BPM

Measures 90% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100). Same smooth texture.

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Higher Love — Kygo & Whitney Houston moderate 100 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100).

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Awake My Soul — Mumford & Sons moderate 100 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100). Same smooth texture.

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Positions — Ariana Grande moderate 130 BPM

Keeps the same feel — lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100). Measured 96% alike.

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No Tears Left to Cry — Ariana Grande moderate 120 BPM

Measures 89% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same smooth texture.

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I Like It — Cardi B intense 136 BPM

A 93% feel-match — carries the same energetic pull and runs a little hotter at 60/100.

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Jah Jah — Burna Boy moderate 95 BPM

88% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100). Same smooth texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Butterfly Effect is more than you want right now.

Here I Am by Dolly Parton
Here I Am — Dolly Parton safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 45/100, down from 44.

Behind the Gardens by Andreas Vollenweider
Behind the Gardens — Andreas Vollenweider safe 55 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 20/100 — the pull without the edge.

Give Peace a Chance by John Lennon
Give Peace a Chance — John Lennon safe 100 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 31/100.

The Times They Are a-Changin' by Bob Dylan
The Times They Are a-Changin' — Bob Dylan safe 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 27/100, versus the original's 44.

Changes by David Bowie
Changes — David Bowie safe 124 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 27/100, down from 44.

9 to 5 by Dolly Parton
9 to 5 — Dolly Parton safe 120 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 42/100 — the pull without the edge.

Two Doors Down by Dolly Parton
Two Doors Down — Dolly Parton safe 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 36/100.

Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That by Dolly Parton
Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That — Dolly Parton safe 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 45/100, versus the original's 44.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Butterfly Effect” by Travis Scott?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Dirt Off Your Shoulder” by Jay-Z, “Hold It Don't Drop It” by Jennifer Lopez, “Blow That Smoke” by Major Lazer — the top match scores 88% 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 “Butterfly Effect” but calmer?

“Here I Am” by Dolly Parton, “Behind the Gardens” by Andreas Vollenweider, “Give Peace a Chance” by John Lennon keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Butterfly Effect”?

It measures 44/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 150 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 41% of songs, calmer than the other 59%. Its intensity reading of 44/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. 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 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.

Dial the feeling up or down

Same feeling, bigger: I Like It — Cardi B

What it’s good for

Sleep5/10
Focus9/10
Workout6/10
Dinner9/10
Party / hype5/10

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

2018 in context

The 461 songs we’ve measured from 2018 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. At 7/10, 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

Intensity44
Dynamics67
Tempo61
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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