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10 songs that feel like Home Cooking

Matched to Home Cooking by X 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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Home Cooking
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moderate 49/100 intensity 120 BPM
Little of Your Love — Haim moderate 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

Felt Good on My Lips — Tim McGraw moderate 120 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

Everything — Michael Buble safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

500 (Shake Baby Shake) — Lush moderate 120 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

Summer in the City — Joe Cocker moderate 120 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

Love Overboard — Gladys Knight and the Pips moderate 110 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same layered texture.

Sparks Fly — Taylor Swift moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same intimate pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

Sober — Lorde moderate 124 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

Soothe Me Baby — Sam and Dave moderate 100 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100).

Zemenaye — Mahmoud Ahmed moderate 100 BPM

96% 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 Home Cooking 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 49. Nearly the same tempo, too.

The Girl from Ipanema by Stan Getz
The Girl from Ipanema — Stan Getz safe 120 BPM

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

Good Day Sunshine by The Beatles
Good Day Sunshine — The Beatles safe 125 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 27/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Riptide by Vance Joy
Riptide — Vance Joy safe 100 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 22/100, versus the original's 49.

Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper
Time After Time — Cyndi Lauper safe 98 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 21/100, down from 49.

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.

That's the Way It Is by Celine Dion
That's the Way It Is — Celine Dion safe 90 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 36/100.

When I Fall in Love by Celine Dion
When I Fall in Love — Celine Dion safe 100 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 25/100, versus the original's 49.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Home Cooking” by X?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Little of Your Love” by Haim, “Felt Good on My Lips” by Tim McGraw, “Everything” by Michael Buble — 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 “Home Cooking” but calmer?

“Let's Stay Together” by Al Green, “The Girl from Ipanema” by Stan Getz, “Good Day Sunshine” by The Beatles keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Home Cooking”?

It measures 49/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 120 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 55% of songs, calmer than the other 45%. Its intensity reading of 49/100 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
Focus7/10
Workout6/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype5/10

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

1985 in context

The 186 songs we’ve measured from 1985 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

Intensity49
Dynamics56
Tempo44
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load13

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

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