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10 songs that feel like Nashville Skyline Rag

Matched to Nashville Skyline Rag by Bob Dylan 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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Nashville Skyline Rag
Bob Dylan
safe 17/100 intensity 120 BPM
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Charlie Brown Theme — Vince Guaraldi safe 120 BPM

A 91% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Last Train Home — Pat Metheny Group safe 120 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Same smooth texture.

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Letter from Home — Pat Metheny Group safe 85 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (14/100). Measured 89% alike.

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You Are My Sunshine — Traditional safe 100 BPM

Measures 89% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (14/100). Same smooth texture.

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Oh, Good Grief — Vince Guaraldi safe 120 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (21/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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The Shire — Howard Shore safe 80 BPM

87% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 10/100. Same smooth texture.

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Moonshadow — Cat Stevens safe 92 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100). Measured 86% alike.

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Baby Beluga — Raffi safe 90 BPM

Measures 86% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100). Same smooth texture.

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Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy — Tchaikovsky safe 120 BPM

A 91% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (17/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) — Ella Fitzgerald safe 120 BPM

87% 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 “Nashville Skyline Rag” by Bob Dylan?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Charlie Brown Theme” by Vince Guaraldi, “Last Train Home” by Pat Metheny Group, “Letter from Home” by Pat Metheny Group — the top match scores 91% 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 “Nashville Skyline Rag”?

It measures 17/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 120 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 93% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 17/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, 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 an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 97% 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
Workout3/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10

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

1969 in context

The 222 songs we’ve measured from 1969 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. At 4/10, 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

Intensity17
Dynamics33
Tempo44
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force0
Trigger load25

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

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