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10 songs that feel like Stay Love

Matched to Stay Love by Lewis Capaldi 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
Stay Love
Lewis Capaldi
moderate 40/100 intensity 68 BPM
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I Still Have Faith in You — ABBA safe 72 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (41/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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Killing Me Softly With His Song — The Fugees (Lauryn Hill vocals) safe 90 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same smooth texture.

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After the Love Has Gone — Earth, Wind & Fire safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same intimate pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Measured 94% alike.

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Fool That I Am — Etta James moderate 70 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Same smooth texture.

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Call Me — Aretha Franklin moderate 72 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same intimate pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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Sweet Little Angel — B.B. King moderate 72 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Same smooth texture.

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Call Me (Come Back Home) — Al Green safe 78 BPM

Keeps the same intimate pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Measured 95% alike.

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Damn Your Eyes — Etta James moderate 80 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same smooth texture.

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Sideways — ZAYN moderate 80 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same intimate pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100).

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Me & Mr. Jones — Amy Winehouse moderate 82 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same smooth texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Stay Love is more than you want right now.

Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want by The Smiths

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 23/100, down from 40. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Cowboy Like Me by Taylor Swift
Cowboy Like Me — Taylor Swift safe 70 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 22/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Good Guy by Frank Ocean
Good Guy — Frank Ocean safe 80 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 16/100.

Cayendo by Frank Ocean
Cayendo — Frank Ocean safe 70 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 7. 11/100, versus the original's 40. Nearly the same tempo, too.

In a Week by Hozier
In a Week — Hozier safe 78 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 16/100, down from 40. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Abstract (Psychopomp) by Hozier
Abstract (Psychopomp) — Hozier safe 80 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 16/100 — the pull without the edge.

Million Dollar Man by Lana Del Rey
Million Dollar Man — Lana Del Rey safe 72 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 15/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Terrence Loves You by Lana Del Rey
Terrence Loves You — Lana Del Rey safe 70 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. 15/100, versus the original's 40. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Stay Love” by Lewis Capaldi?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “I Still Have Faith in You” by ABBA, “Killing Me Softly With His Song” by The Fugees (Lauryn Hill vocals), “After the Love Has Gone” by Earth, Wind & Fire — 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.

What songs are like “Stay Love” but calmer?

“Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want” by The Smiths, “Cowboy Like Me” by Taylor Swift, “Good Guy” by Frank Ocean keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Stay Love”?

It measures 40/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, smooth texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 68 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 34% of songs, calmer than the other 66%. Its intensity reading of 40/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, smooth texture, mild 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 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

Sleep4/10
Focus8/10
Workout2/10
Dinner9/10
Party / hype3/10

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

2026 in context

The 20 songs we’ve measured from 2026 average a dynamic range of 6.0/10. At 7/10, this track is louder and more dynamic than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity40
Dynamics67
Tempo16
Surprise25
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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