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10 songs that feel like Freddie Freeloader

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

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Freddie Freeloader
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safe 37/100 intensity 120 BPM
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Theme of No Repeat — Clifford Brown safe 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same feel and lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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92% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

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Lose Yourself to Dance — Daft Punk moderate 116 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Measured 91% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (116 BPM).

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Indiana — Oscar Peterson moderate 120 BPM

Measures 91% the same. It runs a little hotter at 43/100. Same layered texture.

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Parisian Thoroughfare — Clifford Brown safe 120 BPM

A 91% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and runs a little hotter at 43/100. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Blues for Duane — Freddie Hubbard moderate 120 BPM

91% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 43/100. Same layered texture.

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Piano Trio in B-flat major — Ludwig van Beethoven moderate 110 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Measured 91% alike.

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Septet in E-flat major — Ludwig van Beethoven moderate 110 BPM

Measures 91% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Same layered texture.

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Bessie’s Blues — John Coltrane moderate 120 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same feel and lands at almost exactly the same energy (33/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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West Coast Blues — Wes Montgomery safe 120 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (33/100). Same layered texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Freddie Freeloader” by Miles Davis?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Theme of No Repeat” by Clifford Brown, “Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a: Theme” by Yo-Yo Ma, “Lose Yourself to Dance” by Daft Punk — 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 “Freddie Freeloader”?

It measures 37/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 120 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 25% of songs, calmer than the other 75%. Its intensity reading of 37/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, no sudden 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 deep calm: more extreme on that axis than 75% 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
Workout5/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype4/10

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

1959 in context

The 96 songs we’ve measured from 1959 average a dynamic range of 5.9/10. 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

Intensity37
Dynamics67
Tempo44
Surprise0
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force0
Trigger load0

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

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