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10 songs that feel like As Time Goes By

Matched to As Time Goes By by Josh Groban 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
As Time Goes By
Josh Groban
safe 22/100 intensity 65 BPM
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Come Rain or Come Shine — Frank Sinatra safe 65 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same nostalgic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (65 BPM).

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Beth/Rest — Bon Iver safe 72 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Same smooth texture.

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I Stand Accused — Isaac Hayes safe 72 BPM

Keeps the same nostalgic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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Grapefruit Moon — Tom Waits moderate 60 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (18/100). Same smooth texture.

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Nothing Compares 2 U — Sinead O'Connor safe 67 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same intimate pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (67 BPM).

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Always on My Mind — Pet Shop Boys safe 67 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Same smooth texture.

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Dream a Little Dream of Me — Ella Fitzgerald safe 70 BPM

Keeps the same intimate pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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Someone to Watch Over Me — Ella Fitzgerald safe 70 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Same smooth texture.

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When I Look at You — Miley Cyrus moderate 70 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same intimate pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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The Last Time — Bring Me the Horizon moderate 70 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “As Time Goes By” by Josh Groban?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Come Rain or Come Shine” by Frank Sinatra, “Beth/Rest” by Bon Iver, “I Stand Accused” by Isaac Hayes — 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.

How intense is “As Time Goes By”?

It measures 22/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 65 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

This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 86% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 22/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a slow, unhurried pace: more extreme on that axis than 97% 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

Sleep8/10
Focus10/10
Workout1/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype1/10

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

2026 in context

The 20 songs we’ve measured from 2026 average a dynamic range of 6.0/10. 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

Intensity22
Dynamics56
Tempo14
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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