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10 songs that feel like Sara

Matched to Sara 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.

Sara
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Sara
Bob Dylan
safe 37/100 intensity 180 BPM
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Hey, Good Lookin' — Hank Williams safe 170 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same nostalgic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100).

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Why Do Fools Fall in Love — Diana Ross safe 159 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (35/100). Same smooth texture.

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Come See About Me — The Supremes safe 130 BPM

Keeps the same intimate pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (32/100). Measured 90% alike.

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Lullaby of Birdland — Ella Fitzgerald safe 140 BPM

Measures 91% the same. It sits a little calmer at 29/100. Same smooth texture.

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The Lady Is a Tramp — Frank Sinatra safe 140 BPM

A 91% feel-match — carries the same nostalgic pull and sits a little calmer at 29/100.

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Someday We'll Be Together — The Supremes safe 100 BPM

84% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (33/100). Same smooth texture.

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I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love — Buddy Holly & The Crickets safe 175 BPM

Keeps the same feel — lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Measured 95% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (175 BPM).

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New York — St. Vincent safe 110 BPM

Measures 84% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Same smooth texture.

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Walkin' the Boogie — John Lee Hooker safe 140 BPM

A 90% feel-match — carries the same nostalgic pull and sits a little calmer at 29/100.

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Baby Love — The Supremes safe 135 BPM

90% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Sara” by Bob Dylan?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Hey, Good Lookin'” by Hank Williams, “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” by Diana Ross, “Come See About Me” by The Supremes — 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 “Sara”?

It measures 37/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 180 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 25% of songs, calmer than the other 75%. Its intensity reading of 37/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. It shares this stretch of the spectrum with thousands of other tracks, so the finer fingerprint below is what really separates it.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a fast, driving tempo: more extreme on that axis than 98% 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
Workout2/10
Dinner9/10
Party / hype4/10

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

1976 in context

The 192 songs we’ve measured from 1976 average a dynamic range of 6.2/10. 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

Intensity37
Dynamics44
Tempo78
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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