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10 songs that feel like Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Matched to Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Ahmad Jamal 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
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Ahmad Jamal
safe 32/100 intensity 70 BPM
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I Had Me a Girl — The Civil Wars moderate 70 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (32/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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No Woman No Cry — Bob Marley safe 75 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (32/100). Same smooth texture.

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Behind Blue Eyes — The Who moderate 78 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (32/100). Measured 98% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (78 BPM).

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Diamonds and Rust — Joan Baez safe 70 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100). Same smooth texture.

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She's Already Made Up Her Mind — Lyle Lovett safe 70 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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Better as a Memory — Kenny Chesney safe 72 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100). Same smooth texture.

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You're a Big Girl Now — Bob Dylan moderate 80 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (33/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Mar Azul — Cesaria Evora safe 80 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (33/100). Same smooth texture.

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Soldier of Fortune — Deep Purple moderate 70 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (32/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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Life by the Drop — Stevie Ray Vaughan safe 70 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (32/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” by Ahmad Jamal?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “I Had Me a Girl” by The Civil Wars, “No Woman No Cry” by Bob Marley, “Behind Blue Eyes” by The Who — 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 “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”?

It measures 32/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, smooth texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 70 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 21% of songs, calmer than the other 79%. Its intensity reading of 32/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, smooth texture, mild shifts, and soft vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a slow, unhurried pace: more extreme on that axis than 96% 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

Sleep6/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype2/10

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

1958 in context

The 83 songs we’ve measured from 1958 average a dynamic range of 6.2/10. 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

Intensity32
Dynamics56
Tempo17
Surprise25
Density0
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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