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10 songs that feel like Minority

Matched to Minority by Green Day 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
Minority
Green Day
moderate 47/100 intensity 100 BPM
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Ride Natty Ride — Bob Marley moderate 92 BPM

A 96% 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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Word to the Mother Land — Big Daddy Kane moderate 100 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

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Here We Go — Run DMC moderate 100 BPM

Keeps the same uplifting pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (100 BPM).

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Super Bowl LII — Justin Timberlake moderate 100 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

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Keep Your Head Up — Ben Howard moderate 100 BPM

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

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Saa Magni — Oumou Sangare moderate 100 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

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Soro — Salif Keita moderate 100 BPM

Keeps the same uplifting pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (100 BPM).

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Kalkidan — Mahmoud Ahmed moderate 100 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

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Nafqot Neger New — Mahmoud Ahmed moderate 100 BPM

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

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Talk That Talk — Ohio Players moderate 100 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty
I Won't Back Down — Tom Petty safe 100 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 25/100, down from 47. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Stand — R.E.M. safe 106 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 40/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Ramblin' Fever by Merle Haggard
Ramblin' Fever — Merle Haggard safe 115 BPM

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

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Free and Easy — Dierks Bentley safe 95 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 29/100, versus the original's 47. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Hot Air — Recess Monkey safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 43/100, down from 47. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Can't Stop The Feeling — KIDZ BOP Kids safe 98 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 39/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Buffalo Soldier by Bob Marley and the Wailers
Buffalo Soldier — Bob Marley and the Wailers safe 81 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 28/100.

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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 47.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Minority” by Green Day?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Ride Natty Ride” by Bob Marley, “Word to the Mother Land” by Big Daddy Kane, “Here We Go” by Run DMC — 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 “Minority” but calmer?

“I Won't Back Down” by Tom Petty, “Stand” by R.E.M., “Ramblin' Fever” by Merle Haggard keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Minority”?

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 100 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 an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 79% 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

Sleep4/10
Focus8/10
Workout3/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10

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

2000 in context

The 306 songs we’ve measured from 2000 average a dynamic range of 6.7/10. At 6/10, this track is gentler and steadier than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity47
Dynamics56
Tempo33
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load25

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

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