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10 songs that feel like Love the One You're With

Matched to Love the One You're With by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 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
Love the One You're With
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
moderate 47/100 intensity 132 BPM
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Just Like Magic — Ariana Grande moderate 128 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same confident pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (128 BPM).

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HOME — BTS safe 128 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

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Hard Headed Woman — Cat Stevens moderate 124 BPM

Keeps the same confident pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Measured 98% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (124 BPM).

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Chant Down Babylon — Bob Marley & The Wailers moderate 143 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same layered texture.

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Love in Store — Fleetwood Mac safe 120 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100).

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Loves Me Like a Rock — Paul Simon safe 116 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

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Golden Years — David Bowie moderate 113 BPM

Keeps the same confident pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Measured 96% alike.

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She Works Hard for the Money — Donna Summer moderate 130 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100). Same layered texture.

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Zimbabwe — Bob Marley moderate 126 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same confident pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (126 BPM).

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Me in Honey — R.E.M. safe 110 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Love the One You're With is more than you want right now.

Superman Theme by John Williams
Superman Theme — John Williams safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 44/100, down from 47.

Jump Then Fall by Taylor Swift
Jump Then Fall — Taylor Swift safe 120 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 26/100 — the pull without the edge.

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Moon — Jin of BTS safe 126 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 34/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

HOME by BTS
HOME — BTS safe 128 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 45/100, versus the original's 47. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Mikrokosmos by BTS
Mikrokosmos — BTS safe 136 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 31/100, down from 47. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Love in Store by Fleetwood Mac
Love in Store — Fleetwood Mac safe 120 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 45/100 — the pull without the edge.

Waitin' on a Sunny Day by Bruce Springsteen
Waitin' on a Sunny Day — Bruce Springsteen safe 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 31/100.

How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) by Marvin Gaye
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) — Marvin Gaye safe 126 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 24/100, versus the original's 47. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Love the One You're With” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Just Like Magic” by Ariana Grande, “HOME” by BTS, “Hard Headed Woman” by Cat Stevens — 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 “Love the One You're With” but calmer?

“Superman Theme” by John Williams, “Jump Then Fall” by Taylor Swift, “Moon” by Jin of BTS keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Love the One You're With”?

It measures 47/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 132 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 49% of songs, calmer than the other 51%. Its intensity reading of 47/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, 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 a fast, driving tempo: 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 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

Sleep4/10
Focus8/10
Workout6/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype5/10

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 6/10, this track is right in line with its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity47
Dynamics56
Tempo51
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force75
Trigger load13

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

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