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10 songs that feel like Go With the Flow

Matched to Go With the Flow by Queens of the Stone Age 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
Go With the Flow
Queens of the Stone Age
intense 60/100 intensity 92 BPM
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Self Esteem — The Offspring intense 95 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same rebellious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Heavy Metal Machine — Smashing Pumpkins moderate 95 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (58/100). Same layered texture.

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Sweatpants — Childish Gambino moderate 95 BPM

Keeps the same rebellious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (58/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Loose Booty — Funkadelic intense 105 BPM

Measures 97% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

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Bukowski — Modest Mouse moderate 92 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same rebellious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (57/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (92 BPM).

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Sleep to Dream — Fiona Apple intense 85 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

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My Power — Beyoncé intense 92 BPM

Keeps the same rebellious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (92 BPM).

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Shock the Monkey — Peter Gabriel moderate 112 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (59/100). Same layered texture.

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Encore — Eminem intense 94 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same rebellious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (94 BPM).

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Not Today — BTS intense 95 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Go With the Flow is more than you want right now.

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The Revolution Starts Now — Steve Earle moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 49/100, down from 60.

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Radio Disk Jockey — Hard-Fi moderate 120 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 49/100 — the pull without the edge.

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The Devil — The Rapture moderate 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Reads 53/100.

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Get Free — The Vines moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. 53/100, versus the original's 60.

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The Ha Ha Wall — The Libertines moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 49/100, down from 60.

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Tell the King — The Libertines moderate 120 BPM

It eases off just enough to take the edge off, so it lands at 53/100 — the pull without the edge.

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Radio America — The Libertines moderate 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 49/100.

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I Get Along — The Libertines moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 49/100, versus the original's 60.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Go With the Flow” by Queens of the Stone Age?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Self Esteem” by The Offspring, “Heavy Metal Machine” by Smashing Pumpkins, “Sweatpants” by Childish Gambino — 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.

What songs are like “Go With the Flow” but calmer?

“The Revolution Starts Now” by Steve Earle, “Radio Disk Jockey” by Hard-Fi, “The Devil” by The Rapture keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Go With the Flow”?

It measures 60/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, moderate sudden shifts, and dynamic 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

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 7/10, layered texture, moderate 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 blazing intensity: more extreme on that axis than 77% 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

Sleep0/10
Focus3/10
Workout4/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype4/10

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

2002 in context

The 332 songs we’ve measured from 2002 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. 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

Intensity60
Dynamics67
Tempo29
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load25

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

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