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10 songs that feel like Amazing

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

The song you love
Amazing
Aerosmith
moderate 49/100 intensity 75 BPM
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In the Upper Room — Mahalia Jackson moderate 72 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same uplifting pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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A Change Is Gonna Come — Bobby Womack moderate 70 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same layered texture.

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Pray — Sam Smith moderate 85 BPM

Keeps the same uplifting pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Ghetto Gospel — Tupac Shakur moderate 92 BPM

Measures 97% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

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Hold On — H.E.R. moderate 80 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same uplifting pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

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A Change Is Gonna Come — Eric Benet moderate 70 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same layered texture.

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Precious Lord, Take My Hand / You've Got a Friend — Aretha Franklin moderate 65 BPM

Keeps the same uplifting pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Measured 95% alike.

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Release — Pearl Jam moderate 75 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

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Love Is an Angry Thing — Anthony Hamilton moderate 75 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (75 BPM).

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Move On — Ledisi moderate 80 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

I Was Here by Beyoncé
I Was Here — Beyoncé safe 85 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 28/100, down from 49. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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It's My Turn — Diana Ross safe 80 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 38/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Beautiful by Christina Aguilera
Beautiful — Christina Aguilera safe 72 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 37/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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I Am Moana (Song of the Ancestors) — Auli'i Cravalho safe 72 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 37/100, versus the original's 49. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Everybody Hurts — R.E.M. safe 75 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 22/100, down from 49. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Friends Will Be Friends by Queen
Friends Will Be Friends — Queen safe 90 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 38/100 — the pull without the edge.

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Teach Your Children — Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young safe 92 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 17/100.

But Daddy I Love Him by Taylor Swift
But Daddy I Love Him — Taylor Swift safe 80 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. 29/100, versus the original's 49. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Amazing” by Aerosmith?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “In the Upper Room” by Mahalia Jackson, “A Change Is Gonna Come” by Bobby Womack, “Pray” by Sam Smith — 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 “Amazing” but calmer?

“I Was Here” by Beyoncé, “It's My Turn” by Diana Ross, “Beautiful” by Christina Aguilera keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Amazing”?

It measures 49/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 75 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 55% of songs, calmer than the other 45%. Its intensity reading of 49/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, 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 a slow, unhurried pace: more extreme on that axis than 88% 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

Sleep3/10
Focus7/10
Workout3/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10

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

1993 in context

The 260 songs we’ve measured from 1993 average a dynamic range of 6.6/10. At 7/10, 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

Intensity49
Dynamics67
Tempo19
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load25

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

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