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10 songs that feel like Solid

Matched to Solid by Grant Green 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
Solid
Grant Green
moderate 38/100 intensity 110 BPM
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Cinco de Mayo — Tortoise moderate 120 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100).

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Cascade — Future Sound of London moderate 120 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Same layered texture.

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128 Harrowgate — Four Tet moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same calm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Locked — Four Tet moderate 120 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Same layered texture.

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Glue of the World — Four Tet moderate 120 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100).

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Jupiters — Four Tet moderate 120 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Same layered texture.

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Circulation — Bonobo moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same calm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Firefly — Tortoise moderate 90 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Same layered texture.

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My Angel Rocks Back and Forth — Four Tet moderate 90 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100).

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Sleepy Seven — Bonobo safe 90 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Clean by Taylor Swift
Clean — Taylor Swift safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 26/100, down from 38. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Desafinado — Joao Gilberto safe 120 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 23/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Body and Soul by Stan Getz
Body and Soul — Stan Getz safe 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 39/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Lush Life by Stan Getz
Lush Life — Stan Getz safe 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 24/100, versus the original's 38. Nearly the same tempo, too.

The Cruel Sea by The Ventures
The Cruel Sea — The Ventures safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 26/100, down from 38. Nearly the same tempo, too.

It's Too Late by Carole King
It's Too Late — Carole King safe 126 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 24/100 — the pull without the edge.

Going to California by Led Zeppelin
Going to California — Led Zeppelin safe 80 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 23/100.

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Blackbird — The Beatles safe 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 24/100, versus the original's 38.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Solid” by Grant Green?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Cinco de Mayo” by Tortoise, “Cascade” by Future Sound of London, “128 Harrowgate” by Four Tet — 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.

What songs are like “Solid” but calmer?

“Clean” by Taylor Swift, “Desafinado” by Joao Gilberto, “Body and Soul” by Stan Getz keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Solid”?

It measures 38/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 110 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 27% of songs, calmer than the other 73%. Its intensity reading of 38/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and instrumental. 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

Sleep6/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype4/10

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

1979 in context

The 245 songs we’ve measured from 1979 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. 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

Intensity38
Dynamics56
Tempo39
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force0
Trigger load25

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

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