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10 songs that feel like Make Me Bad

Matched to Make Me Bad by Korn 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
Make Me Bad
Korn
intense 76/100 intensity 90 BPM
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Three Days — Jane's Addiction intense 95 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (80/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Faint — Linkin Park intense 95 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (80/100). Same complex texture.

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Fear — Disturbed intense 100 BPM

Keeps the same emotional pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (81/100). Measured 95% alike.

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Facade — Disturbed intense 120 BPM

Measures 92% the same. It runs a little hotter at 83/100. Same complex texture.

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Infant — Deafheaven intense 120 BPM

A 92% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and runs a little hotter at 83/100.

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A Single Tear — Converge intense 120 BPM

92% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 83/100. Same complex texture.

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The Duke — Lamb of God intense 120 BPM

Keeps the same emotional pull — runs a little hotter at 83/100. Measured 92% alike.

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One — Metallica intense 90 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (80/100). Same complex texture.

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Jesus Christ Pose — Soundgarden intense 90 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same intense pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (80/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Dead Skin Mask — Slayer intense 90 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (80/100). Same complex texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Make Me Bad is more than you want right now.

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Savitri — Gustav Holst moderate 80 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 49/100, down from 76. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Symphony No 1 by Jean Sibelius
Symphony No 1 — Jean Sibelius moderate 80 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 50/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Woman in Chains by Tears for Fears
Woman in Chains — Tears for Fears moderate 104 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 58/100.

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Surrender — Diana Ross moderate 105 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 59/100, versus the original's 76.

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Adam Lives In Theory (Live) — Lauryn Hill moderate 85 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 46/100, down from 76. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Biko by Peter Gabriel
Biko — Peter Gabriel moderate 95 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 47/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Long Time Gone by Crosby, Stills & Nash
Long Time Gone — Crosby, Stills & Nash moderate 92 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 50/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

25 to Life by Eminem
25 to Life — Eminem moderate 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while it measures markedly calmer overall. 46/100, versus the original's 76. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Make Me Bad” by Korn?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Three Days” by Jane's Addiction, “Faint” by Linkin Park, “Fear” by Disturbed — the top match scores 96% 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 “Make Me Bad” but calmer?

“Savitri” by Gustav Holst, “Symphony No 1” by Jean Sibelius, “Woman in Chains” by Tears for Fears keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Make Me Bad”?

It measures 76/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, complex texture, frequent sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 90 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 92% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 76/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, complex texture, frequent 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 92% 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
Focus1/10
Workout5/10
Dinner4/10
Party / hype6/10

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

1999 in context

The 304 songs we’ve measured from 1999 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

Intensity76
Dynamics67
Tempo28
Surprise75
Density60
Predictability100
Vocal force75
Trigger load38

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

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