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10 songs that feel like Fruit Tree

Matched to Fruit Tree by Nick Drake 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
Fruit Tree
Nick Drake
safe 20/100 intensity 80 BPM
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Red Dirt Girl — Emmylou Harris safe 75 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (75 BPM).

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

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Cracking Codes — Andrew Bird safe 70 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Measured 98% alike.

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For the Good Times — Kris Kristofferson safe 70 BPM

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

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Desperados Waiting for a Train — Guy Clark safe 70 BPM

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

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L.A. Freeway — Guy Clark 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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The Randall Knife — Guy Clark safe 70 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Half a World Away — R.E.M. safe 90 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Same smooth texture.

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Don't Think Twice — Joan Baez safe 90 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100).

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Both Sides Now — Judy Collins 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 “Fruit Tree” by Nick Drake?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Red Dirt Girl” by Emmylou Harris, “Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning” by Alan Jackson, “Cracking Codes” by Andrew Bird — 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 “Fruit Tree”?

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 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 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.

1969 in context

The 222 songs we’ve measured from 1969 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. 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
Tempo22
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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