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10 songs that feel like Blue Moon

Matched to Blue Moon by Billie Holiday 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
Blue Moon
Billie Holiday
safe 23/100 intensity 70 BPM
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Amelia — Joni Mitchell moderate 70 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 — Sergei Rachmaninoff safe 64 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Same smooth texture.

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How Deep Is the Ocean — Chet Baker safe 70 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Measured 94% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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Rückert-Lieder — Gustav Mahler safe 60 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (18/100). Same smooth texture.

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Every Grain of Sand — Emmylou Harris safe 70 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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Talk Tonight — Oasis safe 85 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same smooth texture.

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Svefn-g-englar — Sigur Rós safe 70 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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Tonight I Climbed the Wall — Alan Jackson safe 70 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Same smooth texture.

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A 96% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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The Carpet Crawlers — Genesis safe 65 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Blue Moon” by Billie Holiday?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Amelia” by Joni Mitchell, “Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14” by Sergei Rachmaninoff, “How Deep Is the Ocean” by Chet Baker — the top match scores 96% 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 “Blue Moon”?

It measures 23/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 70 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 85% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 23/100 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 96% 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.

1957 in context

The 71 songs we’ve measured from 1957 average a dynamic range of 6.1/10. 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

Intensity23
Dynamics56
Tempo17
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load13

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

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