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10 songs that feel like Flake

Matched to Flake by Jack Johnson 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
Flake
Jack Johnson
safe 21/100 intensity 92 BPM
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Cherry Blossom Girl — Air safe 90 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Same smooth texture.

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Primary — The Cure safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same calm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Today Was a Good Day — Ice Cube safe 84 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same smooth texture.

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Free Fallin' — John Mayer safe 84 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (84 BPM).

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Bells of Rhymney — Pete Seeger safe 80 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same smooth texture.

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Sunny — Hovvdy safe 80 BPM

Keeps the same calm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Music for Evenings — Young Marble Giants safe 80 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same smooth texture.

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Samba do Avião — Antônio Carlos Jobim safe 92 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (92 BPM).

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Dream Baby — Glen Campbell safe 90 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Flake” by Jack Johnson?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Cherry Blossom Girl” by Air, “All the Trees of the Field Will Clap Their Hands” by Sufjan Stevens, “Primary” by The Cure — 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.

How intense is “Flake”?

It measures 21/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 92 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

This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 87% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 21/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden 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

Sleep9/10
Focus10/10
Workout1/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype1/10

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

2001 in context

The 324 songs we’ve measured from 2001 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. 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

Intensity21
Dynamics44
Tempo29
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load13

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

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