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10 songs that feel like Oh, Good Grief

Matched to Oh, Good Grief by Vince Guaraldi 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
Oh, Good Grief
Vince Guaraldi
safe 21/100 intensity 120 BPM
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A-Tisket, A-Tasket — Ella Fitzgerald safe 110 BPM

A 91% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100).

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Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) — Ella Fitzgerald safe 120 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Same smooth texture.

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Apple Blossom — The White Stripes safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Measured 90% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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The Way Young Lovers Do — Van Morrison safe 120 BPM

Measures 90% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Same smooth texture.

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Standing on the Corner — Dean Martin safe 120 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Chim Chim Cher-ee — Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews safe 120 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Same smooth texture.

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Nashville Skyline Rag — Bob Dylan safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100). Measured 90% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Theme from Endless Summer — The Ventures safe 120 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Same smooth texture.

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I Could Write a Book — Ella Fitzgerald safe 110 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100).

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Bottomless Lake — John Prine safe 110 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Oh, Good Grief” by Vince Guaraldi?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” by Ella Fitzgerald, “Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)” by Ella Fitzgerald, “Apple Blossom” by The White Stripes — the top match scores 91% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

How intense is “Oh, Good Grief”?

It measures 21/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 120 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 sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 87% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 21/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is an unusually steady, even volume: 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 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

Sleep9/10
Focus10/10
Workout4/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10

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

1968 in context

The 182 songs we’ve measured from 1968 average a dynamic range of 6.1/10. At 5/10, 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

Intensity21
Dynamics44
Tempo44
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force0
Trigger load0

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

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