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10 songs that feel like Almeda

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

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moderate 46/100 intensity 85 BPM
Loyal Brave True — Christina Aguilera moderate 72 BPM

A 93% feel-match — carries the same empowering pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100).

Free Black People — Burning Spear moderate 80 BPM

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

Big Grrrl Small World — Lizzo moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same empowering pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Measured 95% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

Curly Locks — Lee "Scratch" Perry moderate 75 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

Unification — Black Uhuru moderate 80 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

Free — Madison Beer moderate 100 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Same layered texture.

Power Is a Woman — SZA moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same empowering pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

Truth Hurts — Lizzo moderate 90 BPM

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

Power of Right — Eddie Vedder moderate 90 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same empowering pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

God is a Woman — Ariana Grande moderate 104 BPM

93% 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 Almeda is more than you want right now.

If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out by Cat Stevens
If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out — Cat Stevens safe 92 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Intensity 17/100, down from 46. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Teach Your Children — Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young safe 92 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6, so it lands at 17/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Brown Skin Girl by Beyoncé
Brown Skin Girl — Beyoncé safe 92 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 28/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

All Night by Beyoncé
All Night — Beyoncé safe 82 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 30/100, versus the original's 46. Nearly the same tempo, too.

This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie
This Land Is Your Land — Woody Guthrie safe 100 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Intensity 18/100, down from 46.

BLACKBIIRD by Beyoncé
BLACKBIIRD — Beyoncé safe 72 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6, so it lands at 15/100 — the pull without the edge.

Anthem by Leonard Cohen
Anthem — Leonard Cohen safe 85 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 16/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Happy For You by Dua Lipa
Happy For You — Dua Lipa safe 95 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 29/100, versus the original's 46. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Almeda” by Solange?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Loyal Brave True” by Christina Aguilera, “Free Black People” by Burning Spear, “Big Grrrl Small World” by Lizzo — the top match scores 93% 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 “Almeda” but calmer?

“If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out” by Cat Stevens, “Teach Your Children” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, “Brown Skin Girl” by Beyoncé keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Almeda”?

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 85 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.

2019 in context

The 448 songs we’ve measured from 2019 average a dynamic range of 6.1/10. 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

Intensity46
Dynamics56
Tempo25
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load25

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

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