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10 songs that feel like Barton Hollow

Matched to Barton Hollow by The Civil Wars 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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safe 41/100 intensity 80 BPM
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The Only Living Boy in New York — Simon & Garfunkel moderate 80 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same intimate pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

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Simple Twist of Fate — Bob Dylan moderate 78 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Same layered texture.

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Last Request — Paolo Nutini moderate 85 BPM

Keeps the same intimate pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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Wild Roses — Of Monsters and Men moderate 85 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Same layered texture.

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Teardrop — Massive Attack moderate 70 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same intimate pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100).

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Plush — Stone Temple Pilots moderate 90 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Same layered texture.

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Love Sick — Bob Dylan moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same intimate pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Measured 98% alike.

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All We Know — The Chainsmokers moderate 90 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Same layered texture.

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Over the Hills and Far Away — Led Zeppelin moderate 82 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same intimate pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (82 BPM).

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2Wicky — Hooverphonic moderate 85 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (42/100). Same layered texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Barton Hollow” by The Civil Wars?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “The Only Living Boy in New York” by Simon & Garfunkel, “Simple Twist of Fate” by Bob Dylan, “Last Request” by Paolo Nutini — 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 “Barton Hollow”?

It measures 41/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 80 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 35% of songs, calmer than the other 65%. Its intensity reading of 41/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and soft 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 85% 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

Sleep5/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype3/10

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

2011 in context

The 372 songs we’ve measured from 2011 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 7/10, this track is louder and more dynamic than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity41
Dynamics67
Tempo22
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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