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10 songs that feel like I Wanna Know If It's Good To You

Matched to I Wanna Know If It's Good To You by Funkadelic on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

I Wanna Know If It's Good To You
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I Wanna Know If It's Good To You
Funkadelic
moderate 51/100 intensity 95 BPM
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Skew It on the Bar-B — Outkast moderate 95 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same playful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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When in Rome — Mac Miller moderate 95 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100). Same layered texture.

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Readymade — Red Hot Chili Peppers moderate 92 BPM

Keeps the same playful pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (92 BPM).

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Entertainment — Phoenix moderate 102 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100). Same layered texture.

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Praying Hands — Devo moderate 110 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same playful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100).

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Expensive Shit — Fela Kuti moderate 110 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (52/100). Same layered texture.

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Operation Doomsday — MF DOOM moderate 95 BPM

Keeps the same playful pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Measured 94% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) — The Offspring moderate 92 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

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Step Right Up — Tom Waits moderate 120 BPM

A 93% feel-match — carries the same playful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100).

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Hey! Good Lookin' — Bo Diddley moderate 120 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (53/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when I Wanna Know If It's Good To You is more than you want right now.

Monday Morning by Fleetwood Mac
Monday Morning — Fleetwood Mac safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 41/100, down from 51.

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da by The Police
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da — The Police safe 120 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 41/100 — the pull without the edge.

William, It Was Really Nothing by The Smiths
William, It Was Really Nothing — The Smiths safe 92 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 25/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Toosie Slide by Drake
Toosie Slide — Drake safe 82 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. 16/100, versus the original's 51.

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Stand — R.E.M. safe 106 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 40/100, down from 51.

Kinky Reggae by Bob Marley
Kinky Reggae — Bob Marley safe 92 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 38/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Goodbye Weekend by Mac DeMarco
Goodbye Weekend — Mac DeMarco safe 85 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 16/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

The Lady Don't Mind by Talking Heads
The Lady Don't Mind — Talking Heads safe 95 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. 21/100, versus the original's 51. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “I Wanna Know If It's Good To You” by Funkadelic?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Skew It on the Bar-B” by Outkast, “When in Rome” by Mac Miller, “Readymade” by Red Hot Chili Peppers — 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 “I Wanna Know If It's Good To You” but calmer?

“Monday Morning” by Fleetwood Mac, “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da” by The Police, “William, It Was Really Nothing” by The Smiths keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “I Wanna Know If It's Good To You”?

It measures 51/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 95 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 66% of songs, calmer than the other 34%. Its intensity reading of 51/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and dynamic vocals. 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 blazing intensity: more extreme on that axis than 66% 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

Sleep3/10
Focus7/10
Workout3/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype4/10

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

1970 in context

The 307 songs we’ve measured from 1970 average a dynamic range of 6.1/10. 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

Intensity51
Dynamics67
Tempo31
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load38

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

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