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10 songs that feel like Sunbeams and Some Beans

Matched to Sunbeams and Some Beans by Kimya Dawson 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
Sunbeams and Some Beans
Kimya Dawson
safe 9/100 intensity 85 BPM
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III. Urn — Childish Gambino safe 80 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (12/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

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Wiegenlied — Johannes Brahms safe 72 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100). Same smooth texture.

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Won't You Be My Neighbor? — Fred Rogers safe 70 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (7/100). Measured 97% alike.

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The Nearness of You — Norah Jones safe 60 BPM

Measures 92% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (10/100). Same smooth texture.

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Sleepytime — Bluey safe 60 BPM

A 92% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (10/100).

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Jesus Loves Me — Traditional safe 90 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (9/100). Same smooth texture.

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Tree, Tree, Tree — Fred Rogers safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (9/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star — Cedarmont Kids safe 80 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (8/100). Same smooth texture.

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May Ninth — Khruangbin safe 70 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100).

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Lebanese Blonde — Thievery Corporation safe 90 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (13/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Sunbeams and Some Beans” by Kimya Dawson?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “III. Urn” by Childish Gambino, “Wiegenlied” by Johannes Brahms, “Won't You Be My Neighbor?” by Fred Rogers — the top match scores 94% 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 “Sunbeams and Some Beans”?

It measures 9/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 2/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft 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 100% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 9/100 comes from a dynamic range of 2/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is deep calm: more extreme on that axis than 100% 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

Sleep10/10
Focus9/10
Workout0/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype0/10

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

2008 in context

The 259 songs we’ve measured from 2008 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 2/10, 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

Intensity9
Dynamics11
Tempo25
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load13

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

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