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10 songs that feel like The Less I Know the Better

Matched to The Less I Know the Better by Tame Impala on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

The Less I Know the Better
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The Less I Know the Better
Tame Impala
safe 29/100 intensity 116 BPM
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Come on to Me — Diplo moderate 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same joyful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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My Brother Did It — Justin Roberts safe 120 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Same smooth texture.

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The Rhyming Circus — Ralph's World safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same joyful pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Happy Lemons — Ralph's World safe 120 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Same smooth texture.

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Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You — Bob Dylan safe 110 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same joyful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (110 BPM).

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Whenever, Wherever — Shakira moderate 100 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (31/100). Same smooth texture.

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The Goldfish (Let's Go Swimming) — The Laurie Berkner Band safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same energetic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Friday I'm In Love — The Cure safe 135 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (34/100). Same smooth texture.

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That's What I Like — Bruno Mars moderate 134 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same joyful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (30/100).

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Count on Me — Bruno Mars safe 97 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (27/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “The Less I Know the Better” by Tame Impala?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Come on to Me” by Diplo, “My Brother Did It” by Justin Roberts, “The Rhyming Circus” by Ralph's World — 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.

How intense is “The Less I Know the Better”?

It measures 29/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 116 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 81% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 29/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, mild 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 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

Sleep7/10
Focus10/10
Workout1/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype4/10

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

2015 in context

The 373 songs we’ve measured from 2015 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

Intensity29
Dynamics44
Tempo42
Surprise25
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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