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10 songs that feel like Scarborough Fair/Canticle
Matched to Scarborough Fair/Canticle by Simon & Garfunkel on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.
A 95% feel-match — carries the same intimate pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (35/100).
94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (36/100). Same complex texture.
Keeps the same spacious pull — sits a little calmer at 27/100. Measured 89% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (75 BPM).
Measures 85% the same. It runs a little hotter at 48/100. Same complex texture.
A 89% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and sits a little calmer at 29/100.
84% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100).
Keeps the same spacious pull — sits a little calmer at 30/100. Measured 88% alike.
Measures 83% the same. It sits a little calmer at 20/100.
A 87% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100).
83% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (40/100).
Frequently asked
What songs sound like “Scarborough Fair/Canticle” by Simon & Garfunkel?
The closest feel-matches we measure are “Knowing Me, Knowing You” by ABBA, “The Winner Takes It All” by ABBA, “Space Song” by Beach House — the top match scores 95% 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 “Scarborough Fair/Canticle”?
It measures 37/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, complex texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 75 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 6/10, complex texture, no sudden shifts, and soft 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 slow, unhurried pace: more extreme on that axis than 88% 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
Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.
1966 in context
The 166 songs we’ve measured from 1966 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
The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.
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