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10 songs that feel like Jonny's Odyssey

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

Jonny's Odyssey
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Jonny's Odyssey
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safe 14/100 intensity 85 BPM
Mr. White — Khruangbin safe 88 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same relaxed pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (88 BPM).

Marijuana — Kid Cudi safe 80 BPM

91% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Same smooth texture.

Toddy — Khruangbin safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same relaxed pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100). Measured 91% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

Drinking Champagne — Dean Martin safe 72 BPM

Measures 91% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Same smooth texture.

Mexico — James Taylor safe 106 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same relaxed pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (18/100).

You Don't Know How It Feels — Tom Petty moderate 90 BPM

88% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 24/100. Same smooth texture.

Sweet Jane — The Velvet Underground safe 132 BPM

Keeps the same relaxed pull — runs a little hotter at 21/100. Measured 87% alike.

One Note Samba — Antonio Carlos Jobim safe 94 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100). Same smooth texture.

Where Angels Fear to Tread — Disclosure safe 110 BPM

A 88% feel-match — carries the same relaxed pull and runs a little hotter at 26/100.

Hold On, We're Going Home — Drake moderate 90 BPM

88% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 24/100. Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Jonny's Odyssey” by Mac DeMarco?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Mr. White” by Khruangbin, “Marijuana” by Kid Cudi, “Toddy” by Khruangbin — 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.

How intense is “Jonny's Odyssey”?

It measures 14/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. 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

This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 97% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 14/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is deep calm: more extreme on that axis than 97% 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

Sleep10/10
Focus9/10
Workout0/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype0/10

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 4/10, this track is gentler and steadier than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity14
Dynamics33
Tempo25
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force0
Trigger load0

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

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