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10 songs that feel like Goodbye Blue Sky

Matched to Goodbye Blue Sky by Pink Floyd on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Goodbye Blue Sky
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Goodbye Blue Sky
Pink Floyd
moderate 36/100 intensity 60 BPM
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Naked As We Came — Iron & Wine moderate 70 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same nostalgic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (33/100).

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Untitled #5 — Sigur Rós moderate 65 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Same layered texture.

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Chinese Café/Unchained Melody — Joni Mitchell moderate 80 BPM

Keeps the same nostalgic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Measured 96% alike.

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Towers — Bon Iver moderate 80 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

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Gollum's Song — Howard Shore moderate 70 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100).

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Prisoner — The Weeknd feat. Lana Del Rey moderate 80 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (34/100). Same layered texture.

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Haiti — Arcade Fire moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same nostalgic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Measured 93% alike.

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Measures 97% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Same layered texture.

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Beetlebum — Blur moderate 76 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100).

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On the Way Home — Buffalo Springfield moderate 90 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Goodbye Blue Sky is more than you want right now.

Forrest Gump by Frank Ocean
Forrest Gump — Frank Ocean safe 70 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Intensity 15/100, down from 36. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Close to You by Frank Ocean
Close to You — Frank Ocean safe 70 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 6, so it lands at 11/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Flume — Bon Iver safe 75 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Reads 16/100.

Visions of Gideon by Sufjan Stevens
Visions of Gideon — Sufjan Stevens safe 70 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. 15/100, versus the original's 36. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Eugene by Sufjan Stevens
Eugene — Sufjan Stevens safe 75 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 6. Intensity 18/100, down from 36.

I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You by Tom Waits

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 6, so it lands at 12/100 — the pull without the edge.

Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) by Tom Waits

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Reads 15/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis by Tom Waits

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 6. 13/100, versus the original's 36. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Goodbye Blue Sky” by Pink Floyd?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Naked As We Came” by Iron & Wine, “Untitled #5” by Sigur Rós, “Chinese Café/Unchained Melody” by Joni Mitchell — the top match scores 95% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

What songs are like “Goodbye Blue Sky” but calmer?

“Forrest Gump” by Frank Ocean, “Close to You” by Frank Ocean, “Flume” by Bon Iver keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Goodbye Blue Sky”?

It measures 36/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 60 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

On our 19k-song scale this lands in the middle band — more energetic than 24% of songs, calmer than the other 76%. Its intensity reading of 36/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and soft vocals. It shares this stretch of the spectrum with thousands of other tracks, so the finer fingerprint below is what really separates it.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a slow, unhurried pace: more extreme on that axis than 100% 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

Sleep6/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype2/10

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

1979 in context

The 245 songs we’ve measured from 1979 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 6/10, this track is right in line with its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity36
Dynamics56
Tempo11
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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