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10 songs that feel like Take What You Want

Matched to Take What You Want by Post Malone on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Take What You Want
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Take What You Want
Post Malone
moderate 49/100 intensity 81 BPM
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Chained and Bound — Otis Redding moderate 85 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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Melt My Heart to Stone — Adele moderate 72 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

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I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) — Otis Redding moderate 72 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Long Time Gone — Crosby, Stills & Nash moderate 92 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

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Soundtrack 2 My Life — Kid Cudi moderate 92 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100).

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Save Yourself — Sharon Van Etten moderate 85 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

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Ghostin' — Ariana Grande intense 72 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — runs a little hotter at 60/100. Measured 96% alike.

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Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks — The National moderate 80 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

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Shrike — Hozier moderate 72 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100).

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Don't Say You Love Me — Depeche Mode moderate 72 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Take What You Want is more than you want right now.

If I Were a Boy by Beyoncé
If I Were a Boy — Beyoncé safe 92 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 28/100, down from 49.

Have You Ever by Brandy
Have You Ever — Brandy safe 80 BPM

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

Scar Tissue by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Scar Tissue — Red Hot Chili Peppers safe 81 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 29/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Candle in the Wind by Elton John
Candle in the Wind — Elton John safe 86 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 24/100, versus the original's 49. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Please, Please, Please by James Brown
Please, Please, Please — James Brown safe 80 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 32/100, down from 49. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Jealous Guy by John Lennon
Jealous Guy — John Lennon safe 76 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 22/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Goodbye by Spice Girls
Goodbye — Spice Girls safe 80 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 27/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Champagne Problems by Taylor Swift
Champagne Problems — Taylor Swift safe 68 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. 27/100, versus the original's 49.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Take What You Want” by Post Malone?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Chained and Bound” by Otis Redding, “Melt My Heart to Stone” by Adele, “I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)” by Otis Redding — the top match scores 99% 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 “Take What You Want” but calmer?

“If I Were a Boy” by Beyoncé, “Have You Ever” by Brandy, “Scar Tissue” by Red Hot Chili Peppers keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Take What You Want”?

It measures 49/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 81 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 55% of songs, calmer than the other 45%. Its intensity reading of 49/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered 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 a slow, unhurried pace: more extreme on that axis than 78% 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

Sleep3/10
Focus7/10
Workout3/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10

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 7/10, this track is louder and more dynamic than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity49
Dynamics67
Tempo23
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load13

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

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