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10 songs that feel like Cucurucu

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

The song you love
Cucurucu
Nick Mulvey
moderate 38/100 intensity 90 BPM
Ai Bine — Ali Farka Toure moderate 90 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

Happy Time — Tim Buckley moderate 90 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

If You Feel — Jefferson Airplane moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same calm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

Grace — Country Joe and the Fish moderate 90 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

Kahuna Sunset — Buffalo Springfield moderate 90 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

Rose Rouge — Jorja Smith moderate 90 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

Call It What You Want — Taylor Swift moderate 80 BPM

Keeps the same calm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Measured 98% alike.

Heart Is a Drum — Beck moderate 80 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

Secret of the Easy Yoke — Pedro the Lion moderate 80 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100).

This Song — Floetry moderate 80 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Blackbird — The Beatles safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 24/100, down from 38. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Going to California by Led Zeppelin
Going to California — Led Zeppelin safe 80 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 23/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Epiphany by Taylor Swift
Epiphany — Taylor Swift safe 60 BPM

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

Invisible String by Taylor Swift
Invisible String — Taylor Swift safe 80 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 28/100, versus the original's 38. Nearly the same tempo, too.

How Low by José González
How Low — José González safe 85 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 6. Intensity 13/100, down from 38. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Open Book by José González
Open Book — José González safe 85 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6, so it lands at 16/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Bi Lambam — Toumani Diabate safe 90 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 32/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Si Naani by Toumani Diabate
Si Naani — Toumani Diabate safe 80 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 22/100, versus the original's 38. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Cucurucu” by Nick Mulvey?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Ai Bine” by Ali Farka Toure, “Happy Time” by Tim Buckley, “If You Feel” by Jefferson Airplane — 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.

What songs are like “Cucurucu” but calmer?

“Blackbird” by The Beatles, “Going to California” by Led Zeppelin, “Epiphany” by Taylor Swift keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Cucurucu”?

It measures 38/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 90 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 27% of songs, calmer than the other 73%. Its intensity reading of 38/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and soft 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

Sleep6/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype2/10

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

2014 in context

The 313 songs we’ve measured from 2014 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

Intensity38
Dynamics56
Tempo28
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load13

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

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