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10 songs that feel like It Never Entered My Mind

Matched to It Never Entered My Mind by Miles Davis on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

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It Never Entered My Mind
Miles Davis
safe 20/100 intensity 70 BPM
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God Bless the Child — Kenny Burrell safe 70 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same introspective pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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Stella by Starlight — Keith Jarrett safe 60 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Same smooth texture.

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Detour Ahead — Bill Evans safe 68 BPM

Keeps the same contemplative pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (68 BPM).

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Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune — Claude Debussy safe 64 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Same smooth texture.

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Blame It on My Youth — Keith Jarrett Trio safe 62 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same introspective pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (62 BPM).

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Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 — Frédéric Chopin safe 60 BPM

91% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (25/100). Same smooth texture.

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Gymnopédies No. 1 — Erik Satie safe 92 BPM

Keeps the same introspective pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (18/100). Measured 94% alike.

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The Pearl — Harold Budd safe 50 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Same smooth texture.

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Autumn Leaves — Joe Pass safe 90 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same feel and lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100).

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Always — Joe Pass safe 90 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “It Never Entered My Mind” by Miles Davis?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “God Bless the Child” by Kenny Burrell, “Stella by Starlight” by Keith Jarrett, “Detour Ahead” by Bill Evans — 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 “It Never Entered My Mind”?

It measures 20/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. 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 88% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 20/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, 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 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.

1957 in context

The 71 songs we’ve measured from 1957 average a dynamic range of 6.1/10. 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

Intensity20
Dynamics44
Tempo17
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability50
Vocal force0
Trigger load0

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

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