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10 songs that feel like Cretin Hop

Matched to Cretin Hop by Ramones 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
Cretin Hop
Ramones
intense 60/100 intensity 185 BPM
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12XU — Wire intense 180 BPM

A 88% feel-match — carries the same rebellious pull and runs a little hotter at 70/100. Nearly the same tempo, too (180 BPM).

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What Do I Get — Buzzcocks intense 180 BPM

83% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 74/100. Same harsh texture.

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Roll Over Beethoven — Chuck Berry moderate 182 BPM

Keeps the same playful pull — sits a little calmer at 51/100. Measured 78% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (182 BPM).

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White Riot — The Clash intense 165 BPM

Measures 83% the same. It runs a little hotter at 73/100. Same harsh texture.

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Maybellene — Chuck Berry moderate 173 BPM

A 78% feel-match — carries the same playful pull and sits a little calmer at 51/100.

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Whip It — Devo moderate 152 BPM

77% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 49/100.

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1969 — The Stooges intense 128 BPM

Keeps the same rebellious pull — runs a little hotter at 66/100. Measured 81% alike.

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Shake for Me — Howlin' Wolf moderate 148 BPM

Measures 77% the same. It sits a little calmer at 49/100.

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Thirty Days (To Come Back Home) — Chuck Berry moderate 148 BPM

A 77% feel-match — carries the same playful pull and sits a little calmer at 49/100.

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Brown Eyed Handsome Man — Chuck Berry moderate 145 BPM

76% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 48/100.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Maybellene by Chuck Berry
Maybellene — Chuck Berry moderate 173 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it trades the harsher texture for something layered. Intensity 51/100, down from 60.

Roll Over Beethoven by Chuck Berry
Roll Over Beethoven — Chuck Berry moderate 182 BPM

It trades the harsher texture for something layered, so it lands at 51/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Too Much Monkey Business by Chuck Berry
Too Much Monkey Business — Chuck Berry moderate 160 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it trades the harsher texture for something layered. Reads 56/100.

Carol by Chuck Berry
Carol — Chuck Berry moderate 161 BPM

Holds the same feel while it trades the harsher texture for something layered. 63/100, versus the original's 60.

School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell) by Chuck Berry
School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell) — Chuck Berry moderate 160 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it trades the harsher texture for something layered. Intensity 56/100, down from 60.

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I Get Along — The Libertines moderate 120 BPM

It trades the harsher texture for something layered, so it lands at 49/100 — the pull without the edge.

That's Pep! by Devo
That's Pep! — Devo moderate 142 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it trades the harsher texture for something layered. Reads 51/100.

Theme from Doctor Detroit by DEVO
Theme from Doctor Detroit — DEVO moderate 132 BPM

Holds the same feel while it trades the harsher texture for something layered. 54/100, versus the original's 60.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Cretin Hop” by Ramones?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “12XU” by Wire, “What Do I Get” by Buzzcocks, “Roll Over Beethoven” by Chuck Berry — 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 “Cretin Hop” but calmer?

“Maybellene” by Chuck Berry, “Roll Over Beethoven” by Chuck Berry, “Too Much Monkey Business” by Chuck Berry keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Cretin Hop”?

It measures 60/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, harsh texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 185 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 77% of songs, calmer than the other 23%. Its intensity reading of 60/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, harsh texture, mild shifts, and dynamic vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

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.

Dial the feeling up or down

Same feeling, calmer: I Am the Fly — Wire
Same feeling, bigger: Teenage Lobotomy — Ramones

What it’s good for

Sleep3/10
Focus6/10
Workout4/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype6/10

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

1977 in context

The 226 songs we’ve measured from 1977 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 4/10, this track is gentler and steadier than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity60
Dynamics33
Tempo81
Surprise25
Density85
Predictability0
Vocal force75
Trigger load38

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

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