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10 songs that feel like Ellens dritter Gesang

Matched to Ellens dritter Gesang by Franz Schubert 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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Ellens dritter Gesang
Franz Schubert
safe 15/100 intensity 65 BPM
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Balcony Man — Nick Cave & Warren Ellis safe 65 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (65 BPM).

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Love Is All We Have Left — U2 safe 70 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100). Same smooth texture.

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Wiegenlied — Johannes Brahms safe 72 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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Corpus Christi Carol — Jeff Buckley moderate 60 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (14/100). Same smooth texture.

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Evenstar — Howard Shore safe 60 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (14/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (60 BPM).

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Cradle Song — Edvard Grieg safe 60 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (14/100). Same smooth texture.

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Face of Love — Jewel safe 72 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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Slow Cheetah — Red Hot Chili Peppers safe 70 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Same smooth texture.

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Long Dark Night — Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds moderate 60 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (14/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (60 BPM).

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No Place to Fall — Townes Van Zandt safe 85 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (13/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Ellens dritter Gesang” by Franz Schubert?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Balcony Man” by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, “Love Is All We Have Left” by U2, “Wiegenlied” by Johannes Brahms — 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 “Ellens dritter Gesang”?

It measures 15/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 65 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 97% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 15/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, 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 deep calm: 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

Sleep10/10
Focus9/10
Workout0/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype0/10

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

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity15
Dynamics33
Tempo14
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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