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Songs that sound like When You Are Who You Are

Gil Scott-Heron · 1971

Its closest older relatives from the 1940s and 1960s are Paying the Cost to Be the Boss by B.B. King and Three Hundred Pounds of Joy by Howlin' Wolf. Newer songs that carry its sound include Next to Me by Tab Benoit and Anything Goes by Harry Connick, Jr.. Outside its genre, its closest match is These Dreams of You by Van Morrison (rock).

When You Are Who You AreGil Scott-Heron · 1971Apple Music · Spotify

Sounds like it

10 songs matched on the audio, not on genre tags.

Get Up I Feel Like Being Like A Sex Machine (Pts. 1 & 2)James Brown · 1970Apple Music · Spotify
You're A Wonderful OneMarvin GayeApple Music · Spotify
Mr. PitifulOtis Redding · 1965Apple Music · Spotify
Too HighStevie WonderApple Music · Spotify
Work SongNina Simone · 1966Apple Music · Spotify
Ain't That Good NewsSam CookeApple Music · Spotify
SecurityEtta JamesApple Music · Spotify
I Got a WomanRay Charles · 1957Apple Music · Spotify
She Suits Me to a TBuddy Guy · 1967Apple Music · Spotify
The Way You Do the Things You DoThe Temptations · 1965Apple Music · Spotify

Before it

Older songs it sounds like.

Paying the Cost to Be the BossB.B. King · 1968Apple Music · Spotify
Three Hundred Pounds of JoyHowlin' Wolf · 1963Apple Music · Spotify
Oh MarieLouis Prima · 1944Apple Music · Spotify

After it

Newer songs that sound like it.

Next to MeTab BenoitApple Music · Spotify
Anything GoesHarry Connick, Jr.Apple Music · Spotify
I'm Gonna Be a Wheel SomedayFats Domino · 2002Apple Music · Spotify

Its twins in other genres

The closest match in each.

rockThese Dreams of YouVan Morrison · 1970Apple Music · Spotify
popLate In the EveningPaul Simon · 1980Apple Music · Spotify

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Artists like Gil Scott-Heron

More by Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Home Is Where the Hatred Is, The Bottle, I Think I'll Call It Morning, Lady Day and John Coltrane, Pieces of a Man.