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10 songs that feel like Dear No One

Matched to Dear No One by H.E.R. 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
Dear No One
H.E.R.
safe 27/100 intensity 80 BPM
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Rider on the Wheel — Nick Drake moderate 70 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (26/100).

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Little Driver — Daniel Caesar safe 75 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (26/100). Same smooth texture.

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Love is a Losing Game — Amy Winehouse moderate 60 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (25/100). Measured 96% alike.

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The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived — Taylor Swift safe 80 BPM

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

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Cold As You — Taylor Swift safe 80 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

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Sad Beautiful Tragic — Taylor Swift safe 80 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Same smooth texture.

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Thumbing My Way — Pearl Jam safe 80 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

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Crepuscular Solidao — Cesaria Evora safe 80 BPM

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

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Hanging on a Star — Nick Drake safe 80 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

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Hoax — Taylor Swift safe 72 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 “Dear No One” by H.E.R.?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Rider on the Wheel” by Nick Drake, “Little Driver” by Daniel Caesar, “Love is a Losing Game” by Amy Winehouse — the top match scores 98% 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 “Dear No One”?

It measures 27/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, smooth texture, no 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

This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 83% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 27/100 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 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

Sleep8/10
Focus10/10
Workout1/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype1/10

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

2017 in context

The 461 songs we’ve measured from 2017 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

Intensity27
Dynamics56
Tempo22
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load13

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

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