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10 songs that feel like Make Yourself

Matched to Make Yourself by Incubus 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 Yourself
Incubus
moderate 50/100 intensity 90 BPM
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Set — Youssou NDour moderate 100 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same uplifting pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100).

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New Africa — Youssou NDour moderate 100 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100). Same layered texture.

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M'Bemba — Salif Keita moderate 100 BPM

Keeps the same uplifting pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Waati — Oumou Sangare moderate 90 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

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Rumors — Lizzo moderate 90 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same uplifting pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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7 Seconds — Youssou NDour moderate 90 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

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Rise Above This — Seether moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same uplifting pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Put Your Lights On — Carlos Santana moderate 90 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

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Ride Natty Ride — Bob Marley moderate 92 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same uplifting pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (92 BPM).

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We Don't Care — Kanye West moderate 92 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

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Everybody Hurts — R.E.M. safe 75 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 22/100, down from 50.

Daylight by Taylor Swift
Daylight — Taylor Swift safe 100 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 25/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Redemption Song — Bob Marley safe 75 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 12/100.

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Jamming — Bob Marley and the Wailers safe 76 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 31/100, versus the original's 50.

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Positive Vibration — Bob Marley & The Wailers safe 78 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 42/100, down from 50.

What Do I Know? by Ed Sheeran
What Do I Know? — Ed Sheeran safe 92 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 21/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Just a Closer Walk with Thee — Sister Rosetta Tharpe safe 90 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 37/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Long Walk to Freedom by Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Long Walk to Freedom — Ladysmith Black Mambazo safe 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. 29/100, versus the original's 50. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Make Yourself” by Incubus?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Set” by Youssou NDour, “New Africa” by Youssou NDour, “M'Bemba” by Salif Keita — the top match scores 98% 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 Yourself” but calmer?

“Everybody Hurts” by R.E.M., “Daylight” by Taylor Swift, “Redemption Song” by Bob Marley keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Make Yourself”?

It measures 50/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild 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

On our 19k-song scale this lands in the middle band — more energetic than 62% of songs, calmer than the other 38%. Its intensity reading of 50/100 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 a slow, unhurried pace: more extreme on that axis than 71% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on full chaos — sudden changes, huge quiet-to-loud swings, and relentless energy — 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.

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

Intensity50
Dynamics67
Tempo28
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load25

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

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