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10 songs that feel like My Funny Valentine

Matched to My Funny Valentine 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.

The song you love
My Funny Valentine
Miles Davis
safe 22/100 intensity 80 BPM
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The Swan — Yo-Yo Ma safe 70 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same intimate pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100).

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Besame Mucho — Wes Montgomery safe 90 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Same smooth texture.

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Midnight Blue — Kenny Burrell safe 70 BPM

Keeps the same intimate pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Sophisticated Lady — Duke Ellington safe 80 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Same smooth texture.

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Gabriel's Oboe — Ennio Morricone safe 80 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same intimate pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (22/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

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Memories of You — Clifford Brown safe 70 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Same smooth texture.

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Prelude to a Kiss — Duke Ellington safe 75 BPM

Keeps the same intimate pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (75 BPM).

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Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (24/100). Same smooth texture.

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Meditation from Thaïs — Yo-Yo Ma safe 70 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same intimate pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100).

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Autumn Sequence — Charles Lloyd safe 70 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “My Funny Valentine” by Miles Davis?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “The Swan” by Yo-Yo Ma, “Besame Mucho” by Wes Montgomery, “Midnight Blue” by Kenny Burrell — 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.

How intense is “My Funny Valentine”?

It measures 22/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 80 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 86% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 22/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, 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 deep calm: 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 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.

1957 in context

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

Intensity22
Dynamics56
Tempo22
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force0
Trigger load0

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

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