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10 songs that feel like Forgotten Eyes

Matched to Forgotten Eyes by Big Thief 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
Forgotten Eyes
Big Thief
safe 16/100 intensity 85 BPM
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Banjo — Leonard Cohen safe 80 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

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Fallen Fruit — Lorde safe 80 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Same smooth texture.

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Song for Sharon — Joni Mitchell safe 85 BPM

Keeps the same contemplative pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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Paradise Circus — Massive Attack moderate 85 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Same smooth texture.

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Zebra — Beach House safe 85 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

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Free Until They Cut Me Down — Iron & Wine safe 85 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Same smooth texture.

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The Letters — Leonard Cohen moderate 72 BPM

Keeps the same contemplative pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Measured 97% alike.

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Knockin' on Heaven's Door — Bob Dylan moderate 72 BPM

Measures 97% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Same smooth texture.

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My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) — Neil Young moderate 72 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100).

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Campaigner — Neil Young safe 72 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Forgotten Eyes” by Big Thief?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Banjo” by Leonard Cohen, “Fallen Fruit” by Lorde, “Song for Sharon” by Joni Mitchell — 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 “Forgotten Eyes”?

It measures 16/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 85 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 95% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 16/100 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 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

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

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

2019 in context

The 448 songs we’ve measured from 2019 average a dynamic range of 6.1/10. 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

Intensity16
Dynamics33
Tempo25
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load13

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

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