Songs that sound like The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Gil Scott-Heron · 1970

Its closest older relatives from the 1950s are I Got a Woman by Ray Charles and Caravan by Nat "King" Cole. Newer songs that carry its sound include Slow Dance by John Legend and Goin' Down South by R.L. Burnside. Outside its genre, its closest match is Doin' Time (Uptown Dub) by Sublime (rock).

The Revolution Will Not Be TelevisedGil Scott-Heron · 1970Apple Music · Spotify

Sounds like it

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

Get Up I Feel Like Being Like A Sex MachineJames Brown · 1970Apple Music · Spotify

Love ManOtis ReddingApple Music · Spotify

Use MeBill WithersApple Music · Spotify

A Funky Space ReincarnationMarvin GayeSpotify

Stretchin' Out (In a Rubber Band)Bootsy Collins · 1976Apple Music · Spotify

Mannish BoyMuddy Waters · 1955Apple Music · Spotify

Papa Was a Rollin' StoneThe TemptationsApple Music · Spotify

Fire On the BayouThe Meters · 1975Apple Music · Spotify

Never Too MuchLuther Vandross · 1981Apple Music · Spotify

Move On UpCurtis Mayfield · 1970Apple Music · Spotify

Before it

Older songs it sounds like.

I Got a WomanRay Charles · 1957Apple Music · Spotify

CaravanNat "King" Cole · 1957Apple Music · Spotify

I Like This Kind of PartyLouis ArmstrongSpotify

After it

Newer songs that sound like it.

Slow DanceJohn Legend · 2006Apple Music · Spotify

Goin' Down SouthR.L. Burnside · 2004Apple Music · Spotify

MotownphillyBoyz II Men · 1991Apple Music · Spotify

Its twins in other genres

The closest match in each.

rockDoin' Time (Uptown Dub)Sublime · 1996Apple Music · Spotify

popLate In the EveningPaul Simon · 1980Apple Music · Spotify

hip-hopLight ItJ Dilla · 2006Apple Music · Spotify

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Artists like Gil Scott-Heron

More by Gil Scott-Heron: Home Is Where the Hatred Is, The Bottle, I Think I'll Call It Morning, Lady Day and John Coltrane, When You Are Who You Are, Pieces of a Man.