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10 songs that feel like I've Seen All Good People

Matched to I've Seen All Good People by Yes 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
I've Seen All Good People
Yes
moderate 61/100 intensity 130 BPM
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Float On — Modest Mouse moderate 120 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same uplifting pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100).

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The View — Modest Mouse moderate 133 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (61/100). Same layered texture.

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Galvanize — The Chemical Brothers intense 123 BPM

Keeps the same uplifting pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (123 BPM).

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Houses of the Holy — Led Zeppelin moderate 130 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (65/100). Same layered texture.

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Love Is All Around — Husker Du intense 140 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same uplifting pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (62/100).

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Balada Para un Loco — Astor Piazzolla moderate 120 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

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A Disruption in the Normal Swing of Things — Cursive moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same introspective pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Hymns for the Heathen — Cursive moderate 120 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

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Big Bang — Cursive moderate 120 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same introspective pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100).

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Sugar and Spite — Cursive moderate 120 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (60/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when I've Seen All Good People is more than you want right now.

Epiphany by BTS
Epiphany — BTS safe 136 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 25/100, down from 61. Nearly the same tempo, too.

It's Too Late by Carole King
It's Too Late — Carole King safe 126 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 24/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

The Times They Are a-Changin' by Bob Dylan
The Times They Are a-Changin' — Bob Dylan safe 120 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 27/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Clean by Taylor Swift
Clean — Taylor Swift safe 120 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. 26/100, versus the original's 61. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Everybody Hurts — R.E.M. safe 75 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 22/100, down from 61.

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Redemption Song — Bob Marley safe 75 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 12/100 — the pull without the edge.

Long Walk to Freedom by Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Long Walk to Freedom — Ladysmith Black Mambazo safe 90 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 29/100.

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Hymn to Freedom — Oscar Peterson safe 80 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 39/100, versus the original's 61.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “I've Seen All Good People” by Yes?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Float On” by Modest Mouse, “The View” by Modest Mouse, “Galvanize” by The Chemical Brothers — 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.

What songs are like “I've Seen All Good People” but calmer?

“Epiphany” by BTS, “It's Too Late” by Carole King, “The Times They Are a-Changin'” by Bob Dylan keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “I've Seen All Good People”?

It measures 61/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, moderate sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 130 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 is one of the more intense things in our library — more energetic than 81% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 61/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, moderate shifts, and dynamic vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a fast, driving tempo: more extreme on that axis than 86% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on near-total stillness — steady volume, no surprises, a slow and unhurried pulse — 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

Sleep0/10
Focus3/10
Workout7/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype7/10

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

1971 in context

The 257 songs we’ve measured from 1971 average a dynamic range of 6.2/10. 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

Intensity61
Dynamics67
Tempo50
Surprise50
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load25

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

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