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10 songs that feel like Bye Bye

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

Bye Bye
The song you love
Bye Bye
Mariah Carey
moderate 46/100 intensity 72 BPM
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Confessions Part II — Usher moderate 92 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100).

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The Climb — Miley Cyrus intense 70 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 60/100. Same layered texture.

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Corduroy — Pearl Jam moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (44/100). Measured 95% alike.

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The Heart Gently Weeps — Wu-Tang Clan moderate 85 BPM

Measures 97% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same layered texture.

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Vivo Per Lei — Andrea Bocelli moderate 75 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same feel and lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (75 BPM).

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Miserere — Andrea Bocelli moderate 72 BPM

91% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 52/100. Same layered texture.

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Memory — Andrew Lloyd Webber moderate 66 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — runs a little hotter at 52/100. Measured 91% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (66 BPM).

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Core 'ngrato — Luciano Pavarotti moderate 85 BPM

Measures 90% the same. It runs a little hotter at 54/100. Same layered texture.

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C.R.E.A.M. — Wu-Tang Clan moderate 85 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and runs a little hotter at 54/100.

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Bound 2 — Kanye West moderate 82 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (44/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

End of the Road by Boyz II Men
End of the Road — Boyz II Men safe 60 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 37/100, down from 46.

Have You Ever by Brandy
Have You Ever — Brandy safe 80 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 24/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Scar Tissue by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Scar Tissue — Red Hot Chili Peppers safe 81 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 8. Reads 29/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Candle in the Wind by Elton John
Candle in the Wind — Elton John safe 86 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8. 24/100, versus the original's 46.

Jealous Guy by John Lennon
Jealous Guy — John Lennon safe 76 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 8. Intensity 22/100, down from 46. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Goodbye by Spice Girls
Goodbye — Spice Girls safe 80 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 8, so it lands at 27/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Runaway — The National safe 70 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 8. Reads 15/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Dark Side of the Gym — The National safe 70 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 8. 15/100, versus the original's 46. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Bye Bye” by Mariah Carey?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Confessions Part II” by Usher, “The Climb” by Miley Cyrus, “Corduroy” by Pearl Jam — 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.

What songs are like “Bye Bye” but calmer?

“End of the Road” by Boyz II Men, “Have You Ever” by Brandy, “Scar Tissue” by Red Hot Chili Peppers keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Bye Bye”?

It measures 46/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, no sudden shifts, and dynamic 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

On our 19k-song scale this lands in the middle band — more energetic than 44% of songs, calmer than the other 56%. Its intensity reading of 46/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, layered texture, no sudden 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 90% 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.

Dial the feeling up or down

Same feeling, bigger: The Climb — Miley Cyrus

What it’s good for

Sleep4/10
Focus9/10
Workout3/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10

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

2005 in context

The 363 songs we’ve measured from 2005 average a dynamic range of 6.2/10. At 8/10, 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

Intensity46
Dynamics78
Tempo18
Surprise0
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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