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10 songs that feel like Time to Get It Together

Matched to Time to Get It Together by Marvin Gaye on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Time to Get It Together
The song you love
Time to Get It Together
Marvin Gaye
moderate 43/100 intensity 104 BPM
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More Than You Thought — Flume moderate 104 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (104 BPM).

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Tales of Brave Ulysses — Cream moderate 100 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100). Same layered texture.

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Cry Your Heart Out — Adele moderate 100 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (100 BPM).

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Firestone — Kygo feat. Conrad Sewell moderate 100 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (43/100). Same layered texture.

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Strange Mercy — St Vincent moderate 110 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (44/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (110 BPM).

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Piano Man — Billy Joel moderate 118 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

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I'm Beginning to See the Light — Duke Ellington moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Measured 97% alike.

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Feels Like We Only Go Backwards — Tame Impala moderate 110 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (44/100). Same layered texture.

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Don't Speak — No Doubt moderate 103 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (103 BPM).

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Cherry-Coloured Funk — Cocteau Twins moderate 106 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Time to Get It Together is more than you want right now.

Riptide by Vance Joy
Riptide — Vance Joy safe 100 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 22/100, down from 43. Nearly the same tempo, too.

That's the Way It Is by Celine Dion
That's the Way It Is — Celine Dion safe 90 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 36/100 — the pull without the edge.

Kinky Reggae by Bob Marley
Kinky Reggae — Bob Marley safe 92 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 38/100.

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African Playground — Putumayo Kids safe 110 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 45/100, versus the original's 43. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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World Playground: A Musical Adventure for Kids — Putumayo Kids (Various Artists) safe 110 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 41/100, down from 43. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Good Day Sunshine by The Beatles
Good Day Sunshine — The Beatles safe 125 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 27/100 — the pull without the edge.

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Jamming — Bob Marley and the Wailers safe 76 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 31/100.

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Creepin' In — Norah Jones featuring Dolly Parton safe 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. 19/100, versus the original's 43.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Time to Get It Together” by Marvin Gaye?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “More Than You Thought” by Flume, “Tales of Brave Ulysses” by Cream, “Cry Your Heart Out” by Adele — 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 “Time to Get It Together” but calmer?

“Riptide” by Vance Joy, “That's the Way It Is” by Celine Dion, “Kinky Reggae” by Bob Marley keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Time to Get It Together”?

It measures 43/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 104 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 39% of songs, calmer than the other 61%. Its intensity reading of 43/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and soft 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 deep calm: more extreme on that axis than 61% 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
Focus10/10
Workout3/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype3/10

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

1978 in context

The 214 songs we’ve measured from 1978 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

Intensity43
Dynamics67
Tempo36
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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