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10 songs that feel like I Have a Dream

Matched to I Have a Dream by ABBA on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

I Have a Dream
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I Have a Dream
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safe 19/100 intensity 70 BPM
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Imagine — John Lennon safe 75 BPM

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

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Stardust — Louis Armstrong safe 60 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (18/100). Same smooth texture.

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Nightingale — Carole King safe 84 BPM

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

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Let It Be — The Beatles safe 71 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Same smooth texture.

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I Shall Sing — Miriam Makeba safe 75 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (75 BPM).

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Country Road — James Taylor safe 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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Sailing — Christopher Cross safe 63 BPM

Keeps the same transcendent pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (14/100). Measured 95% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (63 BPM).

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Cosmogony — Björk safe 60 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (14/100). Same smooth texture.

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Li Beirut — Fairuz safe 70 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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Six Feet Under — Billie Eilish safe 70 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “I Have a Dream” by ABBA?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Imagine” by John Lennon, “Stardust” by Louis Armstrong, “Nightingale” by Carole King — 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 “I Have a Dream”?

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.

1979 in context

The 245 songs we’ve measured from 1979 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. 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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