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10 songs that feel like Faded Love

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

Faded Love
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Faded Love
Willie Nelson
safe 15/100 intensity 72 BPM
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My Funny Valentine — Frank Sinatra safe 72 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same romantic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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Old Money — Lana Del Rey moderate 72 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Same smooth texture.

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Coney Island Baby — Lou Reed safe 80 BPM

Keeps the same romantic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (18/100). Measured 94% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

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Wendell Gee — R.E.M. moderate 72 BPM

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

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First Times — Ed Sheeran safe 72 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same romantic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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How Would You Feel (Paean) — Ed Sheeran safe 72 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Same smooth texture.

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You Said Something — PJ Harvey safe 72 BPM

Keeps the same romantic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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The Way You Look Tonight — Tony Bennett safe 72 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Same smooth texture.

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Walk Through This World with Me — George Jones safe 72 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same romantic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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Piazza, New York Catcher — Belle and Sebastian safe 92 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Faded Love” by Willie Nelson?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “My Funny Valentine” by Frank Sinatra, “Old Money” by Lana Del Rey, “Coney Island Baby” by Lou Reed — 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 “Faded Love”?

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 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 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.

1980 in context

The 257 songs we’ve measured from 1980 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. 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

Intensity15
Dynamics33
Tempo18
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load13

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

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