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10 songs that feel like Money Trees

Matched to Money Trees by Kendrick Lamar on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Money Trees
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Money Trees
Kendrick Lamar
moderate 48/100 intensity 106 BPM
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Fake Happy — Paramore moderate 108 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (108 BPM).

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Coyote — Joni Mitchell moderate 110 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same layered texture.

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Where Is Her Head — The National moderate 110 BPM

Keeps the same contemplative pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (110 BPM).

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Human Behaviour — Björk moderate 92 BPM

Measures 97% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

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Wilson (Expensive Mistakes) — Fall Out Boy moderate 120 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100).

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Antes de Morirme — Natti Natasha moderate 92 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

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Loving the Alien — David Bowie moderate 92 BPM

Keeps the same contemplative pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Measured 97% alike.

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Safe from Harm — Massive Attack moderate 92 BPM

Measures 97% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

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Señor (Tales of Yankee Power) — Bob Dylan moderate 92 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100).

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Hairpin Turns — The National moderate 92 BPM

97% 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 Money Trees is more than you want right now.

Every Breath You Take by The Police
Every Breath You Take — The Police safe 117 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 27/100, down from 48.

What a Fool Believes by The Doobie Brothers
What a Fool Believes — The Doobie Brothers safe 100 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 22/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Circles by Post Malone
Circles — Post Malone safe 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 27/100.

If I Were a Boy by Beyoncé
If I Were a Boy — Beyoncé safe 92 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 28/100, versus the original's 48.

Both Sides, Now by Joni Mitchell
Both Sides, Now — Joni Mitchell safe 82 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 27/100, down from 48.

Fire and Rain by James Taylor
Fire and Rain — James Taylor safe 90 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 21/100 — the pull without the edge.

Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding
Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay — Otis Redding safe 88 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 20/100.

Waterfalls by TLC
Waterfalls — TLC safe 82 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 38/100, versus the original's 48.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Money Trees” by Kendrick Lamar?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Fake Happy” by Paramore, “Coyote” by Joni Mitchell, “Where Is Her Head” by The National — 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 “Money Trees” but calmer?

“Every Breath You Take” by The Police, “What a Fool Believes” by The Doobie Brothers, “Circles” by Post Malone keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Money Trees”?

It measures 48/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 106 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 52% of songs, calmer than the other 48%. Its intensity reading of 48/100 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.

2012 in context

The 262 songs we’ve measured from 2012 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. 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

Intensity48
Dynamics56
Tempo37
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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