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10 songs that feel like Man of the Hour

Matched to Man of the Hour by Norah Jones 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
Man of the Hour
Norah Jones
safe 23/100 intensity 70 BPM
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Take These Chains from My Heart — Ray Charles safe 70 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same calm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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The Reason — Celine Dion moderate 74 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Same smooth texture.

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Home Tonight — Aerosmith safe 78 BPM

Keeps the same calm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (23/100). Measured 98% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (78 BPM).

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Baby Baby Don't Cry — Smokey Robinson safe 70 BPM

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

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Mae Velhinha — Cesaria Evora safe 70 BPM

A 96% 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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Duerme Negrito — Mercedes Sosa safe 70 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Same smooth texture.

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Take Good Care of Yourself — Bill Withers safe 70 BPM

Keeps the same calm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (19/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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Time After Time — Chet Baker safe 70 BPM

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

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At the Ryman — Emmylou Harris safe 70 BPM

A 96% 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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Gold — Emmylou Harris safe 70 BPM

96% 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 “Man of the Hour” by Norah Jones?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Take These Chains from My Heart” by Ray Charles, “The Reason” by Celine Dion, “Home Tonight” by Aerosmith — 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 “Man of the Hour”?

It measures 23/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, 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 85% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 23/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. 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

Sleep8/10
Focus10/10
Workout1/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype1/10

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

2004 in context

The 334 songs we’ve measured from 2004 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 6/10, this track is right in line with its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity23
Dynamics56
Tempo17
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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