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10 songs that feel like How Deep Is the Ocean

Matched to How Deep Is the Ocean by Chet Baker 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
How Deep Is the Ocean
Chet Baker
safe 19/100 intensity 70 BPM
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Rückert-Lieder — Gustav Mahler safe 60 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (18/100).

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When My Ship Comes In — Clint Black safe 70 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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Talk Tonight — Oasis safe 85 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Measured 97% alike.

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Slow Cheetah — Red Hot Chili Peppers safe 70 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Same smooth texture.

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River of Sorrow — Antony and the Johnsons safe 70 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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Alexandra Leaving — Leonard Cohen moderate 72 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Same smooth texture.

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Water Shows the Hidden Heart — Enya safe 72 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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Dark Turn of Mind — Gillian Welch moderate 72 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Same smooth texture.

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Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 — Sergei Rachmaninoff safe 64 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (64 BPM).

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The Houses of Healing — Howard Shore safe 65 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “How Deep Is the Ocean” by Chet Baker?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Rückert-Lieder” by Gustav Mahler, “When My Ship Comes In” by Clint Black, “Talk Tonight” 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 “How Deep Is the Ocean”?

It measures 19/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 70 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 91% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 19/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden 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 96% 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.

1954 in context

The 33 songs we’ve measured from 1954 average a dynamic range of 5.8/10. 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

Intensity19
Dynamics44
Tempo17
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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