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10 songs that feel like Judy Is a Punk

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

Judy Is a Punk
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Judy Is a Punk
Ramones
intense 60/100 intensity 180 BPM
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Love You More — Buzzcocks intense 175 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same rebellious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (175 BPM).

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Knock Knock — Mac Miller moderate 165 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 50/100. Same layered texture.

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Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair — Arctic Monkeys moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same confident pull — sits a little calmer at 50/100. Measured 87% alike.

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Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee — Jerry Lee Lewis moderate 120 BPM

Measures 87% the same. It sits a little calmer at 50/100. Same layered texture.

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Bo Diddley — Bo Diddley moderate 144 BPM

A 91% feel-match — carries the same confident pull and sits a little calmer at 48/100.

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I'm Bad — Bo Diddley moderate 144 BPM

91% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 48/100. Same layered texture.

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Johnny B. Goode — Chuck Berry moderate 168 BPM

Keeps the same confident pull — sits a little calmer at 54/100. Measured 91% alike.

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Beverly Hills — Weezer moderate 142 BPM

Measures 91% the same. It sits a little calmer at 48/100. Same layered texture.

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Money Made — AC/DC intense 135 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same confident pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100).

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Diddley Daddy — Bo Diddley moderate 144 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 48/100. Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Judy Is a Punk is more than you want right now.

Too Much Monkey Business by Chuck Berry
Too Much Monkey Business — Chuck Berry moderate 160 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it eases off just enough to take the edge off. Intensity 56/100, down from 60.

Carol by Chuck Berry
Carol — Chuck Berry moderate 161 BPM

It eases off just enough to take the edge off, so it lands at 63/100 — the pull without the edge.

Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee by Jerry Lee Lewis
Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee — Jerry Lee Lewis moderate 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 50/100.

Hey! Good Lookin' by Bo Diddley
Hey! Good Lookin' — Bo Diddley moderate 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. 53/100, versus the original's 60.

Crackin' Up by Bo Diddley
Crackin' Up — Bo Diddley moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 50/100, down from 60.

Big Legs, Tight Skirt by John Lee Hooker
Big Legs, Tight Skirt — John Lee Hooker moderate 120 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 46/100 — the pull without the edge.

Skew It on the Bar-B by Outkast
Skew It on the Bar-B — Outkast moderate 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it measures markedly calmer overall. Reads 51/100.

If You Want Me to Stay by Sly and the Family Stone
If You Want Me to Stay — Sly and the Family Stone moderate 110 BPM

Holds the same feel while it eases off just enough to take the edge off. 63/100, versus the original's 60.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Judy Is a Punk” by Ramones?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Love You More” by Buzzcocks, “Knock Knock” by Mac Miller, “Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair” by Arctic Monkeys — 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 “Judy Is a Punk” but calmer?

“Too Much Monkey Business” by Chuck Berry, “Carol” by Chuck Berry, “Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee” by Jerry Lee Lewis keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Judy Is a Punk”?

It measures 60/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 180 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 77% of songs, calmer than the other 23%. Its intensity reading of 60/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and dynamic vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a fast, driving tempo: more extreme on that axis than 98% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on near-total stillness — steady volume, no surprises, a slow and unhurried pulse — 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.

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What it’s good for

Sleep2/10
Focus6/10
Workout4/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype6/10

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

1976 in context

The 192 songs we’ve measured from 1976 average a dynamic range of 6.2/10. At 7/10, this track is louder and more dynamic than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity60
Dynamics67
Tempo78
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force75
Trigger load38

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

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