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10 songs that feel like Have Love Will Travel

Matched to Have Love Will Travel by The Black Keys 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
Have Love Will Travel
The Black Keys
intense 72/100 intensity 126 BPM
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Rocket USA — Suicide intense 140 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same rebellious pull and sits a little calmer at 66/100.

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Shake a Leg — AC/DC intense 138 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 84/100. Same harsh texture.

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Screwdriver — The White Stripes intense 142 BPM

Keeps the same rebellious pull — runs a little hotter at 81/100. Measured 89% alike.

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Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground — The White Stripes intense 144 BPM

Measures 89% the same. It runs a little hotter at 81/100. Same harsh texture.

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If You Want Blood (You've Got It) — AC/DC intense 130 BPM

A 89% feel-match — carries the same rebellious pull and runs a little hotter at 83/100. Nearly the same tempo, too (130 BPM).

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Big Cheese — Nirvana intense 142 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 81/100. Same harsh texture.

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DEATHCAMP — Tyler, the Creator intense 160 BPM

Keeps the same rebellious pull — runs a little hotter at 82/100. Measured 88% alike.

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Motorbreath — Metallica intense 174 BPM

Measures 87% the same. It runs a little hotter at 83/100. Same harsh texture.

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Breed — Nirvana intense 160 BPM

A 87% feel-match — carries the same rebellious pull and runs a little hotter at 86/100.

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Spoilin' for a Fight — AC/DC intense 132 BPM

91% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 80/100. Same harsh texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Have Love Will Travel is more than you want right now.

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Vertigo — The Libertines moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 49/100, down from 72. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Relax — Frankie Goes to Hollywood moderate 130 BPM

It trades the harsher texture for something layered, so it lands at 70/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Peek-A-Boo! by Devo
Peek-A-Boo! — Devo moderate 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it trades the harsher texture for something layered. Reads 60/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Working in the Coal Mine by Devo
Working in the Coal Mine — Devo moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it trades the harsher texture for something layered. 60/100, versus the original's 72. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Got Nuffin by Spoon
Got Nuffin — Spoon moderate 126 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it trades the harsher texture for something layered. Intensity 53/100, down from 72. Nearly the same tempo, too.

All the Rage Back Home by Interpol
All the Rage Back Home — Interpol moderate 120 BPM

It trades the harsher texture for something layered, so it lands at 64/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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The Heinrich Maneuver — Interpol moderate 126 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it trades the harsher texture for something layered. Reads 53/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Abacab — Genesis moderate 136 BPM

Holds the same feel while it trades the harsher texture for something layered. 61/100, versus the original's 72. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Have Love Will Travel” by The Black Keys?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Rocket USA” by Suicide, “Shake a Leg” by AC/DC, “Screwdriver” by The White Stripes — the top match scores 90% 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 “Have Love Will Travel” but calmer?

“Vertigo” by The Libertines, “Relax” by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, “Peek-A-Boo!” by Devo keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Have Love Will Travel”?

It measures 72/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, harsh texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 126 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 is one of the more intense things in our library — more energetic than 90% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 72/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, harsh texture, mild 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 90% 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.

Dial the feeling up or down

Same feeling, bigger: ***Flawless — Beyoncé

What it’s good for

Sleep1/10
Focus5/10
Workout8/10
Dinner5/10
Party / hype8/10

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

2003 in context

The 365 songs we’ve measured from 2003 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. At 8/10, 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

Intensity72
Dynamics78
Tempo48
Surprise25
Density85
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load25

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

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