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10 songs that feel like Push Push

Matched to Push Push by Black Uhuru 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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Push Push
Black Uhuru
moderate 46/100 intensity 90 BPM
Bam Bam — Sly and Robbie moderate 90 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same uplifting pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

Riddim Driven — Sly and Robbie moderate 90 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

You Can Get It If You Really Want — Jimmy Cliff moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same uplifting pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

Could You Be Loved — Joe Cocker moderate 90 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

Rock Steady — No Doubt moderate 90 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same uplifting pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

Izzo — Jay Z moderate 90 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

El Apagon — Bad Bunny moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same uplifting pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

In Da Getto — J Balvin moderate 90 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

Ella Me Levanto — Daddy Yankee moderate 90 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same uplifting pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

Mayor Que Yo — Daddy Yankee moderate 90 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Jamming — Bob Marley and the Wailers safe 76 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 31/100, down from 46.

Positive Vibration — Bob Marley & The Wailers safe 78 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 42/100 — the pull without the edge.

Free and Easy — Dierks Bentley safe 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 29/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Hot Air — Recess Monkey safe 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 43/100, versus the original's 46. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Can't Stop The Feeling — KIDZ BOP Kids safe 98 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 39/100, down from 46. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Stand — R.E.M. safe 106 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 40/100 — the pull without the edge.

Holiday by Vampire Weekend
Holiday — Vampire Weekend safe 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 45/100.

This Time I Know It's for Real by Donna Summer
This Time I Know It's for Real — Donna Summer safe 118 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 41/100, versus the original's 46.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Push Push” by Black Uhuru?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Bam Bam” by Sly and Robbie, “Riddim Driven” by Sly and Robbie, “You Can Get It If You Really Want” by Jimmy Cliff — 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 “Push Push” but calmer?

“Jamming” by Bob Marley and the Wailers, “Positive Vibration” by Bob Marley & The Wailers, “Free and Easy” by Dierks Bentley keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Push Push”?

It measures 46/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic 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 44% of songs, calmer than the other 56%. Its intensity reading of 46/100 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
Focus8/10
Workout3/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10

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

1981 in context

The 194 songs we’ve measured from 1981 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

Intensity46
Dynamics56
Tempo28
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load25

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

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