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10 songs that feel like Truth Lies Low

Matched to Truth Lies Low by Andrew Bird on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Truth Lies Low
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Truth Lies Low
Andrew Bird
moderate 47/100 intensity 95 BPM
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TALKING — ¥$ (Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign) moderate 95 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same confident pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Be My Baby — Ariana Grande moderate 92 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

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make up — Ariana Grande moderate 92 BPM

Keeps the same confident pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (92 BPM).

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Bodyguard — Beyoncé moderate 95 BPM

Measures 90% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100). Same layered texture.

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Sick Love — Red Hot Chili Peppers moderate 104 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same confident pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100).

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Sexual Eruption — Snoop Dogg moderate 90 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

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Good in Bed — Dua Lipa moderate 110 BPM

Keeps the same confident pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Measured 97% alike.

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Dimples — John Lee Hooker moderate 120 BPM

Measures 92% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

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Crew Love — Drake featuring The Weeknd moderate 92 BPM

A 91% feel-match — carries the same confident pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (92 BPM).

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Skew It on the Bar-B — Outkast moderate 95 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (51/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Truth Lies Low is more than you want right now.

One More Chance by The Notorious B.I.G.
One More Chance — The Notorious B.I.G. safe 94 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 25/100, down from 47. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Electric Relaxation by A Tribe Called Quest
Electric Relaxation — A Tribe Called Quest safe 92 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6, so it lands at 25/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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The Girl Is Mine — Michael Jackson (feat. Paul McCartney) safe 93 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 6. Reads 13/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

I Can't Get Next to You by Al Green
I Can't Get Next to You — Al Green safe 95 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 27/100, versus the original's 47. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Smoothie — Kimya Dawson safe 110 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 6. Intensity 15/100, down from 47.

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If I Didn't Have You — Randy Newman safe 90 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6, so it lands at 31/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper
Time After Time — Cyndi Lauper safe 98 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 21/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

You've Got a Friend in Me by Randy Newman
You've Got a Friend in Me — Randy Newman safe 96 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 21/100, versus the original's 47. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Truth Lies Low” by Andrew Bird?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “TALKING” by ¥$ (Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign), “Be My Baby” by Ariana Grande, “make up” by Ariana Grande — the top match scores 96% 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 “Truth Lies Low” but calmer?

“One More Chance” by The Notorious B.I.G., “Electric Relaxation” by A Tribe Called Quest, “The Girl Is Mine” by Michael Jackson (feat. Paul McCartney) keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Truth Lies Low”?

It measures 47/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 95 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 49% of songs, calmer than the other 51%. Its intensity reading of 47/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, 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 an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 79% 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

Sleep4/10
Focus8/10
Workout3/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10

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

2016 in context

The 368 songs we’ve measured from 2016 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. At 6/10, this track is right in line with its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity47
Dynamics56
Tempo31
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load38

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

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