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10 songs that feel like RABi

Matched to RABi by Bon Iver 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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safe 24/100 intensity 85 BPM
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Jazz (We've Got) — A Tribe Called Quest safe 95 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (25/100).

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Cursum Perficio — Enya safe 85 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Same smooth texture.

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Why? — Tracy Chapman safe 85 BPM

Keeps the same introspective pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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Chanel — Frank Ocean safe 80 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Same smooth texture.

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Can You Get to That — Funkadelic safe 92 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same introspective pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (25/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (92 BPM).

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Touching Home — Jerry Lee Lewis safe 85 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Same smooth texture.

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Jesus Is Lord — Kanye West safe 70 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Measured 93% alike.

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Gloria — Kendrick Lamar (feat. SZA) safe 70 BPM

Measures 97% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Same smooth texture.

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A 99% feel-match — carries the same introspective pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

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Smile — Scarface feat. 2Pac safe 80 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “RABi” by Bon Iver?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Jazz (We've Got)” by A Tribe Called Quest, “Cursum Perficio” by Enya, “Why?” by Tracy Chapman — 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.

How intense is “RABi”?

It measures 24/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 85 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 84% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 24/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. 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 97% 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

Sleep7/10
Focus9/10
Workout1/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype1/10

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

2019 in context

The 448 songs we’ve measured from 2019 average a dynamic range of 6.1/10. At 4/10, 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

Intensity24
Dynamics33
Tempo25
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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