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10 songs that feel like The Joker and the Queen

Matched to The Joker and the Queen by Ed Sheeran (featuring Taylor Swift) 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
The Joker and the Queen
Ed Sheeran (featuring Taylor Swift)
safe 11/100 intensity 70 BPM
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I Always Get Lucky with You — George Jones safe 60 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same tender pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (14/100).

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I See Who You Are — Björk safe 70 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Same smooth texture.

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Futile Devices — Sufjan Stevens safe 72 BPM

Keeps the same tender pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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The Nearness of You — Norah Jones safe 60 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (10/100). Same smooth texture.

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Reservations — Wilco safe 60 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same romantic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (14/100).

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One More Love Song — Mac DeMarco safe 70 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100). Same smooth texture.

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Candy Says — The Velvet Underground safe 72 BPM

Keeps the same tender pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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Wiegenlied — Johannes Brahms safe 72 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100). Same smooth texture.

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Innamorata — Dean Martin safe 72 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same romantic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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Wonderful World — Sam Cooke safe 70 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “The Joker and the Queen” by Ed Sheeran (featuring Taylor Swift)?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “I Always Get Lucky with You” by George Jones, “I See Who You Are” by Björk, “Futile Devices” by Sufjan Stevens — 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 “The Joker and the Queen”?

It measures 11/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 3/10, smooth texture, no 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

This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 99% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 11/100 comes from a dynamic range of 3/10, smooth texture, no sudden 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 an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 100% 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

Sleep10/10
Focus9/10
Workout0/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype0/10

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

2021 in context

The 410 songs we’ve measured from 2021 average a dynamic range of 6.2/10. At 3/10, 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

Intensity11
Dynamics22
Tempo17
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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