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10 songs that feel like Somewhere on a Beach

Matched to Somewhere on a Beach by Dierks Bentley 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
Somewhere on a Beach
Dierks Bentley
safe 39/100 intensity 100 BPM
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Girlfriend — NSYNC moderate 100 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same joyful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (100 BPM).

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Hold Me — Fleetwood Mac moderate 100 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Same smooth texture.

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Cry Baby — Megan Thee Stallion moderate 86 BPM

Keeps the same joyful pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Measured 95% alike.

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Kilimanjaro — Miriam Makeba moderate 90 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same smooth texture.

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Watermelon Sugar — Harry Styles moderate 95 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same joyful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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It's Gonna Be Me — NSYNC moderate 92 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Same smooth texture.

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Dude (Looks Like a Lady) — Aerosmith moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same joyful pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Measured 96% alike.

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Star Spangled Banner — Marvin Gaye moderate 85 BPM

Measures 90% the same. It runs a little hotter at 45/100. Same smooth texture.

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I Want You To Know — Zedd featuring Selena Gomez moderate 120 BPM

A 91% feel-match — carries the same joyful pull and runs a little hotter at 48/100.

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Mama Guela — Tito Puente moderate 115 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (44/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Somewhere on a Beach” by Dierks Bentley?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Girlfriend” by NSYNC, “Hold Me” by Fleetwood Mac, “Cry Baby” by Megan Thee Stallion — 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 “Somewhere on a Beach”?

It measures 39/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 100 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 32% of songs, calmer than the other 68%. Its intensity reading of 39/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth 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 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

Sleep5/10
Focus9/10
Workout2/10
Dinner9/10
Party / hype3/10

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

2016 in context

The 368 songs we’ve measured from 2016 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. 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

Intensity39
Dynamics44
Tempo33
Surprise25
Density0
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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