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10 songs that feel like Fragile

Matched to Fragile by Sting 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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safe 20/100 intensity 78 BPM
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Cold Cold Heart — Norah Jones safe 80 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

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Yaye Boye — Youssou N'Dour moderate 75 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Same smooth texture.

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Tequila Sunrise — Eagles safe 75 BPM

Keeps the same calm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (75 BPM).

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Six Feet Under — Billie Eilish safe 70 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Same smooth texture.

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Little Girl Blue — Chet Baker safe 70 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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Making Believe — Emmylou Harris safe 70 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Same smooth texture.

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Be Here to Love Me — Norah Jones safe 70 BPM

Keeps the same calm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Measured 98% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay — Otis Redding safe 88 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same smooth texture.

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Can't Help Falling in Love — Elvis Presley safe 67 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100).

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Fire and Rain — James Taylor safe 90 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Fragile” by Sting?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Cold Cold Heart” by Norah Jones, “Yaye Boye” by Youssou N'Dour, “Tequila Sunrise” by Eagles — 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 “Fragile”?

It measures 20/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 78 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 88% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 20/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, 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 88% 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

Sleep9/10
Focus10/10
Workout1/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype1/10

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

1987 in context

The 205 songs we’ve measured from 1987 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. At 5/10, 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

Intensity20
Dynamics44
Tempo21
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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