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10 songs that feel like Get Free

Matched to Get Free by Major Lazer 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 38/100 intensity 100 BPM
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Isabella — Jimi Hendrix moderate 70 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100).

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Sleepwalking — Bring Me the Horizon moderate 85 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 30/100. Same smooth texture.

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Mr Magic (Through the Smoke) — Amy Winehouse safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same calm pull — sits a little calmer at 30/100. Measured 90% alike.

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A Love International — Khruangbin safe 85 BPM

Measures 89% the same. It sits a little calmer at 30/100. Same smooth texture.

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A 89% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and sits a little calmer at 29/100.

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Always with Me — Yumi Kimura safe 72 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 29/100. Same smooth texture.

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Lay It Down — Al Green safe 70 BPM

Keeps the same calm pull — sits a little calmer at 29/100. Measured 89% alike.

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Silent Worship — Handel safe 60 BPM

Measures 88% the same. It sits a little calmer at 28/100. Same smooth texture.

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Up on the Roof — James Taylor safe 72 BPM

A 87% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and sits a little calmer at 25/100.

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Lull — Radiohead safe 90 BPM

87% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 23/100. Same smooth texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Sæglópur by Sigur Rós
Sæglópur — Sigur Rós safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Intensity 31/100, down from 38. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Fire and Rain by James Taylor
Fire and Rain — James Taylor safe 90 BPM

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

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Gil Scott-Heron
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised — Gil Scott-Heron safe 90 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 32/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding
Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay — Otis Redding safe 88 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 20/100, versus the original's 38.

Raoui by Souad Massi
Raoui — Souad Massi safe 85 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 20/100, down from 38.

Don't Know Why by Norah Jones
Don't Know Why — Norah Jones safe 84 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 20/100 — the pull without the edge.

Near Light by Ólafur Arnalds
Near Light — Ólafur Arnalds safe 75 BPM

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

Awake by Tycho
Awake — Tycho safe 80 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 26/100, versus the original's 38.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Get Free” by Major Lazer?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Isabella” by Jimi Hendrix, “Sleepwalking” by Bring Me the Horizon, “Mr Magic (Through the Smoke)” by Amy Winehouse — 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 “Get Free” but calmer?

“Sæglópur” by Sigur Rós, “Fire and Rain” by James Taylor, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” by Gil Scott-Heron keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Get Free”?

It measures 38/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, smooth texture, moderate sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 100 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, smooth texture, moderate 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

Sleep3/10
Focus7/10
Workout2/10
Dinner9/10
Party / hype2/10

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

2013 in context

The 408 songs we’ve measured from 2013 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. 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
Tempo33
Surprise50
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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