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10 songs that feel like Warning

Matched to Warning by The Notorious B.I.G. on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Warning
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Warning
The Notorious B.I.G.
moderate 46/100 intensity 88 BPM
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Electric Guitar — Talking Heads moderate 110 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same paranoid pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100).

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Doves in the Wind — SZA moderate 88 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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Tell Your Friends — The Weeknd moderate 88 BPM

Keeps the same confident pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (88 BPM).

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Girls — Kid Cudi moderate 88 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

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NOID — Tyler, The Creator intense 95 BPM

A 86% feel-match — carries the same paranoid pull and runs a little hotter at 61/100. Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Heat — 50 Cent moderate 90 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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Made You Look — Nas moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same confident pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Wanksta — 50 Cent moderate 85 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

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John — Lil Wayne moderate 85 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same confident pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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Mob Ties — Drake moderate 92 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

The Best Thing I Never Had by Beyoncé
The Best Thing I Never Had — Beyoncé safe 81 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 27/100, down from 46. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 25/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty
I Won't Back Down — Tom Petty safe 100 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 25/100.

Toosie Slide by Drake
Toosie Slide — Drake safe 82 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. 16/100, versus the original's 46. Nearly the same tempo, too.

That Girl by Stevie Wonder
That Girl — Stevie Wonder safe 100 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 30/100, down from 46.

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Roots, Rock, Reggae — Bob Marley & The Wailers safe 78 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 34/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

shut up by Ariana Grande
shut up — Ariana Grande safe 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Reads 17/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

6:16 in LA by Kendrick Lamar
6:16 in LA — Kendrick Lamar safe 73 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. 15/100, versus the original's 46.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Warning” by The Notorious B.I.G.?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Electric Guitar” by Talking Heads, “Doves in the Wind” by SZA, “Tell Your Friends” by The Weeknd — the top match scores 94% 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 “Warning” but calmer?

“The Best Thing I Never Had” by Beyoncé, “One More Chance” by The Notorious B.I.G., “I Won't Back Down” by Tom Petty keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Warning”?

It measures 46/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 88 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 44% of songs, calmer than the other 56%. Its intensity reading of 46/100 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.

1994 in context

The 365 songs we’ve measured from 1994 average a dynamic range of 6.7/10. At 6/10, 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

Intensity46
Dynamics56
Tempo27
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load13

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

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