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10 songs that feel like Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)

Matched to Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) by Eric Dolphy 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
Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)
Eric Dolphy
intense 82/100 intensity 90 BPM
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Jam Back at the House — Jimi Hendrix intense 95 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (82/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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Manfred Symphony — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky intense 100 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (83/100). Same complex texture.

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Out of This World — John Coltrane intense 120 BPM

Keeps the same transcendent pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (84/100). Measured 94% alike.

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Moments Musicaux, Op. 16 — Sergei Rachmaninoff intense 100 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (83/100). Same complex texture.

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33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli — Ludwig van Beethoven intense 120 BPM

A 93% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (84/100).

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Sun Ship — John Coltrane intense 120 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (84/100). Same complex texture.

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Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini — Sergei Rachmaninoff intense 120 BPM

Keeps the same transcendent pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (84/100). Measured 93% alike.

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The Star-Spangled Banner — Jimi Hendrix intense 60 BPM

Measures 93% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (79/100). Same complex texture.

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Symphony No. 9 — Gustav Mahler intense 100 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (83/100).

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Skies of America — Ornette Coleman intense 100 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it sits a little calmer at 71/100. Same complex texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) is more than you want right now.

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Don't Believe the Fife — Mogwai moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it measures markedly calmer overall. Intensity 51/100, down from 82. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Sweet Heart Sweet Light — Spiritualized moderate 95 BPM

It measures markedly calmer overall, so it lands at 61/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Rescue by Echo and the Bunnymen
Rescue — Echo and the Bunnymen moderate 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. Reads 58/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Loser — Grateful Dead moderate 95 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 9. 47/100, versus the original's 82. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Once in a Lifetime — Talking Heads moderate 102 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. Intensity 62/100, down from 82.

Age of Anxiety I by Arcade Fire
Age of Anxiety I — Arcade Fire moderate 92 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9, so it lands at 57/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Wesley's Theory by Kendrick Lamar
Wesley's Theory — Kendrick Lamar moderate 92 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 7 where the original climbs to 9. Reads 57/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Pagan Poetry by Björk
Pagan Poetry — Björk moderate 92 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 6 where the original climbs to 9. 30/100, versus the original's 82. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)” by Eric Dolphy?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Jam Back at the House” by Jimi Hendrix, “Manfred Symphony” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, “Out of This World” by John Coltrane — 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 “Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)” but calmer?

“Don't Believe the Fife” by Mogwai, “Sweet Heart Sweet Light” by Spiritualized, “Rescue” by Echo and the Bunnymen keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)”?

It measures 82/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 9/10, complex texture, extreme sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 90 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 is one of the more intense things in our library — more energetic than 95% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 82/100 comes from a dynamic range of 9/10, complex texture, extreme 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 a huge quiet-to-loud swing: 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 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.

Dial the feeling up or down

Same feeling, calmer: In the Fog — Tim Hecker

What it’s good for

Sleep0/10
Focus2/10
Workout6/10
Dinner4/10
Party / hype6/10

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

1960 in context

The 91 songs we’ve measured from 1960 average a dynamic range of 6.1/10. At 9/10, 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

Intensity82
Dynamics89
Tempo28
Surprise100
Density60
Predictability100
Vocal force0
Trigger load25

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

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