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10 songs that feel like Too Good to Be True

Matched to Too Good to Be True by Kacey Musgraves on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Too Good to Be True
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Too Good to Be True
Kacey Musgraves
safe 12/100 intensity 75 BPM
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How Can I Tell You — Cat Stevens safe 75 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same intimate pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (12/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (75 BPM).

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Dimming of the Day — Richard Thompson safe 75 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (12/100). Same smooth texture.

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Hold on My Heart — Genesis safe 77 BPM

Keeps the same intimate pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (12/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (77 BPM).

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Love of My Life — Harry Styles safe 72 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100). Same smooth texture.

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Oh My Heart — R.E.M. safe 72 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same intimate pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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Make You Feel My Love — Bob Dylan safe 72 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100). Same smooth texture.

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Into My Arms — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds safe 72 BPM

Keeps the same intimate pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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If We Were Vampires — Jason Isbell safe 72 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100). Same smooth texture.

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If I Needed You — Townes Van Zandt safe 72 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same intimate pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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Sozinho — Caetano Veloso safe 72 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Too Good to Be True” by Kacey Musgraves?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “How Can I Tell You” by Cat Stevens, “Dimming of the Day” by Richard Thompson, “Hold on My Heart” by Genesis — 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 “Too Good to Be True”?

It measures 12/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 3/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 75 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 99% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 12/100 comes from a dynamic range of 3/10, 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 an unusually steady, even volume: 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.

2024 in context

The 135 songs we’ve measured from 2024 average a dynamic range of 6.2/10. At 3/10, 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

Intensity12
Dynamics22
Tempo19
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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