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10 songs that feel like Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8)

Matched to Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8) by Bill Monroe & his Blue Grass Boys 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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Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8)
Bill Monroe & his Blue Grass Boys
safe 33/100 intensity 140 BPM
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The Lady Is a Tramp — Ella Fitzgerald safe 140 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same confident pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (33/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (140 BPM).

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Candy Man — Roy Orbison safe 140 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (33/100). Same smooth texture.

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Not Fade Away — Buddy Holly safe 135 BPM

Keeps the same confident pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (135 BPM).

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Barbara Ann — The Beach Boys moderate 136 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (33/100). Same smooth texture.

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I've Got the World on a String — Louis Armstrong safe 120 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same confident pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (31/100).

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The Lady Is a Tramp — Frank Sinatra safe 140 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Same smooth texture.

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Dance Tonight — Calvin Harris safe 128 BPM

Keeps the same energetic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (32/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Lana — Roy Orbison safe 140 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (33/100). Same smooth texture.

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A 94% feel-match — carries the same confident pull and sits a little calmer at 27/100.

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You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man) — Loretta Lynn safe 118 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 27/100. Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8)” by Bill Monroe & his Blue Grass Boys?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “The Lady Is a Tramp” by Ella Fitzgerald, “Candy Man” by Roy Orbison, “Not Fade Away” by Buddy Holly — 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 “Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8)”?

It measures 33/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 140 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

On our 19k-song scale this lands in the middle band — more energetic than 22% of songs, calmer than the other 78%. Its intensity reading of 33/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden 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 90% 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

Sleep6/10
Focus10/10
Workout5/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype4/10

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

1940 in context

The 15 songs we’ve measured from 1940 average a dynamic range of 5.6/10. At 5/10, 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

Intensity33
Dynamics44
Tempo56
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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