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10 songs that feel like Hey Jude

Matched to Hey Jude by The Beatles on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Hey Jude
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Hey Jude
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safe 45/100 intensity 72 BPM
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Because You Loved Me — Celine Dion moderate 65 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (65 BPM).

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Live Forever — Oasis moderate 85 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

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Go Let It Out — Oasis moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Measured 96% alike.

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Thank God I Found You — Mariah Carey moderate 90 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

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Doo Wop (That Thing) — Lauryn Hill moderate 96 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and runs a little hotter at 51/100.

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A Boy Named Sue — Johnny Cash moderate 90 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

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My Hero — Foo Fighters moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same cathartic pull — runs a little hotter at 54/100. Measured 94% alike.

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Untitled 2 — Sigur Rós moderate 70 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same layered texture.

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Untitled #3 — Sigur Rós moderate 70 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same cathartic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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Untitled #4 — Sigur Rós moderate 70 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same layered texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Hey Jude” by The Beatles?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Because You Loved Me” by Celine Dion, “Live Forever” by Oasis, “Go Let It Out” by Oasis — the top match scores 98% 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 “Hey Jude”?

It measures 45/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic 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

On our 19k-song scale this lands in the middle band — more energetic than 42% of songs, calmer than the other 58%. Its intensity reading of 45/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and dynamic 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 90% 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

Sleep3/10
Focus8/10
Workout3/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype3/10

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

1968 in context

The 182 songs we’ve measured from 1968 average a dynamic range of 6.1/10. At 7/10, this track is louder and more dynamic than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity45
Dynamics67
Tempo18
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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