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10 songs that feel like F for You

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

F for You
The song you love
F for You
Disclosure
moderate 33/100 intensity 110 BPM
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Atavista — Childish Gambino moderate 95 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (32/100).

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Breeze — Lush safe 95 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Same layered texture.

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Sweetness and Light — Lush safe 95 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (32/100). Measured 97% alike.

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Know You — Bonobo moderate 95 BPM

Measures 93% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Same layered texture.

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Mr Magic (Through the Smoke) — Amy Winehouse safe 90 BPM

A 86% feel-match — carries the same dreamy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (30/100).

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A Love International — Khruangbin safe 85 BPM

86% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (30/100).

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Sunbathing — Lush safe 95 BPM

Keeps the same dreamy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Measured 95% alike.

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Supercut — Lorde moderate 124 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

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Mad World — Tears for Fears moderate 92 BPM

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

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Samba do Avião — Antônio Carlos Jobim safe 92 BPM

84% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 21/100.

…and if you want it calmer

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

We Could Forever by Bonobo
We Could Forever — Bonobo safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 15/100, down from 33.

Cypress by Tycho
Cypress — Tycho safe 95 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 37/100 — the pull without the edge.

A Love International by Khruangbin
A Love International — Khruangbin safe 85 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 30/100.

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Mr Magic (Through the Smoke) — Amy Winehouse safe 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 30/100, versus the original's 33.

Moonshadow by Cat Stevens
Moonshadow — Cat Stevens safe 92 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 17/100, down from 33.

Samba do Avião by Antônio Carlos Jobim
Samba do Avião — Antônio Carlos Jobim safe 92 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 21/100 — the pull without the edge.

The Girl from Ipanema by Antonio Carlos Jobim
The Girl from Ipanema — Antonio Carlos Jobim safe 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 19/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) by Hall and Oates
I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) — Hall and Oates safe 100 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 31/100, versus the original's 33. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “F for You” by Disclosure?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Atavista” by Childish Gambino, “Breeze” by Lush, “Sweetness and Light” by Lush — the top match scores 97% 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 “F for You” but calmer?

“We Could Forever” by Bonobo, “Cypress” by Tycho, “A Love International” by Khruangbin keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “F for You”?

It measures 33/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 110 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 22% of songs, calmer than the other 78%. Its intensity reading of 33/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and soft vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 88% 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

Sleep7/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype4/10

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

2013 in context

The 408 songs we’ve measured from 2013 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. At 5/10, 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

Intensity33
Dynamics44
Tempo39
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load25

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

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