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10 songs that feel like Evidence

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

Evidence
The song you love
Evidence
Thelonious Monk
moderate 43/100 intensity 160 BPM
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Sweet Georgia Brown — Joe Pass moderate 180 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same playful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (44/100).

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Solar — Keith Jarrett moderate 140 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

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Struttin' With Some Barbecue — Louis Armstrong moderate 180 BPM

Keeps the same playful pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (44/100). Measured 96% alike.

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Billie's Bounce — Charlie Parker moderate 160 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

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Cornet Chop Suey — Louis Armstrong moderate 160 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same playful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (160 BPM).

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When Will the Blues Leave? — Ornette Coleman moderate 160 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100). Same layered texture.

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Mumblin' Guitar — Bo Diddley moderate 152 BPM

Keeps the same playful pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Measured 95% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (152 BPM).

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Spanish Kiss — Dick Dale moderate 140 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

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Ramblin' — Ornette Coleman moderate 180 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same playful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100).

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Woody'n You — Dizzy Gillespie moderate 180 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

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Weather Bird — Louis Armstrong safe 160 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 38/100, down from 43. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Surfin' U.S.A. by The Beach Boys
Surfin' U.S.A. — The Beach Boys safe 160 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 39/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Bemsha Swing by Thelonious Monk
Bemsha Swing — Thelonious Monk safe 180 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 44/100.

Settin' the Woods on Fire by Hank Williams
Settin' the Woods on Fire — Hank Williams safe 145 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. 22/100, versus the original's 43.

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 43.

Friday I'm In Love by The Cure
Friday I'm In Love — The Cure safe 135 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 34/100 — the pull without the edge.

Shiny Happy People by R.E.M.
Shiny Happy People — R.E.M. safe 135 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 42/100.

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Uncle John's Band — Grateful Dead safe 140 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. 30/100, versus the original's 43.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Evidence” by Thelonious Monk?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Sweet Georgia Brown” by Joe Pass, “Solar” by Keith Jarrett, “Struttin' With Some Barbecue” by Louis Armstrong — the top match scores 96% 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 “Evidence” but calmer?

“Weather Bird” by Louis Armstrong, “Surfin' U.S.A.” by The Beach Boys, “Bemsha Swing” by Thelonious Monk keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Evidence”?

It measures 43/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 160 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 39% of songs, calmer than the other 61%. Its intensity reading of 43/100 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 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.

What it’s good for

Sleep6/10
Focus10/10
Workout6/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype5/10

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

1958 in context

The 83 songs we’ve measured from 1958 average a dynamic range of 6.2/10. 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

Intensity43
Dynamics56
Tempo67
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force0
Trigger load13

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

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