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10 songs that feel like Hey Jude

Matched to Hey Jude by Rockabye Baby 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
Hey Jude
Rockabye Baby
safe 9/100 intensity 72 BPM
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Says — Nils Frahm safe 68 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (9/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (68 BPM).

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Won't You Be My Neighbor? — Fred Rogers safe 70 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (7/100). Same smooth texture.

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Sowiesoso — Cluster safe 60 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (8/100). Measured 95% alike.

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Through Hollow Lands — Brian Eno safe 85 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100). Same smooth texture.

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Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) — Diana Ross safe 60 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (10/100).

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Jesus Loves Me — Traditional safe 90 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (9/100). Same smooth texture.

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Count on Me — Kidz Bop Kids safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (13/100). Measured 89% alike.

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We Could Forever — Bonobo safe 90 BPM

Measures 94% the same. It runs a little hotter at 15/100. Same smooth texture.

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Tomorrow — Fred Rogers safe 70 BPM

A 89% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (7/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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Days Like This — Van Morrison safe 90 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 17/100. Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Hey Jude” by Rockabye Baby?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Says” by Nils Frahm, “Won't You Be My Neighbor?” by Fred Rogers, “Sowiesoso” by Cluster — the top match scores 96% 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 9/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 3/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. 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

This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 100% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 9/100 comes from a dynamic range of 3/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. 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 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

Sleep10/10
Focus9/10
Workout0/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype0/10

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

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity9
Dynamics22
Tempo18
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force0
Trigger load13

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

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