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10 songs that feel like Who Is It

Matched to Who Is It by Björk on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Who Is It
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Who Is It
Björk
moderate 48/100 intensity 110 BPM
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TALKING — ¥$ (Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign) moderate 95 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100).

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Sou Ni Tile — Amadou and Mariam moderate 110 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same layered texture.

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Felt Good on My Lips — Tim McGraw moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Measured 95% alike.

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Thank You Baby — Shania Twain moderate 100 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

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Paisley Park — Prince moderate 112 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same joyful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (112 BPM).

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I'm in Love — Black Uhuru moderate 80 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

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Happy — Anthony Hamilton moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Measured 94% alike.

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Jammin — Raheem DeVaughn moderate 90 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

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Forget Me Not — Martha and the Vandellas moderate 120 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100).

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Play It Again — Luke Bryan moderate 120 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Let's Stay Together by Al Green
Let's Stay Together — Al Green safe 123 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 24/100, down from 48.

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

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 21/100 — the pull without the edge.

So Danco Samba by Stan Getz
So Danco Samba — Stan Getz safe 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 41/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Samba de Uma Nota So by Stan Getz
Samba de Uma Nota So — Stan Getz safe 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 26/100, versus the original's 48. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Pride and Joy — Marvin Gaye safe 100 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 45/100, down from 48. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing — Marvin Gaye safe 110 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 35/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Give Me the Simple Life — Oscar Peterson safe 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 39/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Come Fly with Me — Michael Buble safe 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 45/100, versus the original's 48. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Who Is It” by Björk?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “TALKING” by ¥$ (Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign), “Sou Ni Tile” by Amadou and Mariam, “Felt Good on My Lips” by Tim McGraw — the top match scores 97% 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 “Who Is It” but calmer?

“Let's Stay Together” by Al Green, “You've Got a Friend in Me” by Randy Newman, “So Danco Samba” by Stan Getz keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Who Is It”?

It measures 48/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 110 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 52% of songs, calmer than the other 48%. Its intensity reading of 48/100 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 / hype5/10

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

2004 in context

The 334 songs we’ve measured from 2004 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. 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

Intensity48
Dynamics56
Tempo39
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load25

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

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