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10 songs that feel like Book of Days

Matched to Book of Days by Enya 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
Book of Days
Enya
safe 20/100 intensity 72 BPM
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Neon Lights — Kraftwerk safe 90 BPM

A 87% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100).

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Hours — Tycho safe 90 BPM

85% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100).

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Horizon — Tycho safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Measured 90% alike.

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Sowiesoso — Cluster safe 60 BPM

Measures 83% the same. It sits a little calmer at 8/100.

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Sugar for the Pill — Slowdive safe 60 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100).

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Palace Posy — Boards of Canada moderate 95 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same layered texture.

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Theft, And Wandering Around Lost — Cocteau Twins safe 85 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Measured 87% alike.

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Sapphire — Bonobo safe 90 BPM

Measures 82% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100).

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Other Voices — The Cure moderate 90 BPM

A 93% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and runs a little hotter at 26/100.

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Northern Sky — Nick Drake safe 72 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same layered texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Book of Days” by Enya?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Neon Lights” by Kraftwerk, “Hours” by Tycho, “Horizon” by Tycho — the top match scores 87% 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 “Book of Days”?

It measures 20/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, layered texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 72 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 88% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 20/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, layered 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 an unusually steady, even volume: 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

Sleep9/10
Focus10/10
Workout1/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype1/10

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

1991 in context

The 266 songs we’ve measured from 1991 average a dynamic range of 6.8/10. At 4/10, this track is gentler and steadier than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity20
Dynamics33
Tempo18
Surprise0
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load13

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

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