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10 songs that feel like Perfidia

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

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Perfidia
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safe 26/100 intensity 120 BPM
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Samba de Uma Nota So — Stan Getz safe 120 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (26/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Sam's Place — Buck Owens safe 120 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100). Same layered texture.

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Born at the Right Time — Paul Simon safe 92 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Measured 88% alike.

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Concerning Hobbits — Howard Shore safe 90 BPM

Measures 93% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Same layered texture.

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Oh, Good Grief — Vince Guaraldi safe 120 BPM

A 87% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Palace Posy — Boards of Canada moderate 95 BPM

92% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 20/100. Same layered texture.

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Nashville Skyline Rag — Bob Dylan safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — sits a little calmer at 17/100. Measured 87% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Charlie Brown Theme — Vince Guaraldi safe 120 BPM

Measures 87% the same. It sits a little calmer at 17/100.

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Tree by the River — Iron & Wine safe 110 BPM

A 86% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and runs a little hotter at 33/100.

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This Magic Moment — The Drifters safe 72 BPM

86% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Same layered texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Perfidia” by The Ventures?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Samba de Uma Nota So” by Stan Getz, “Sam's Place” by Buck Owens, “Born at the Right Time” by Paul Simon — 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.

How intense is “Perfidia”?

It measures 26/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, layered 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 83% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 26/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, layered 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

Sleep8/10
Focus10/10
Workout4/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10

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

1962 in context

The 107 songs we’ve measured from 1962 average a dynamic range of 5.9/10. 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

Intensity26
Dynamics44
Tempo44
Surprise0
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force0
Trigger load13

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

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