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10 songs that feel like The Ways to Love a Man

Matched to The Ways to Love a Man by Tammy Wynette 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 Ways to Love a Man
Tammy Wynette
moderate 37/100 intensity 70 BPM
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We Find Love — Daniel Caesar moderate 80 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100).

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Barefoot in the Park — James Blake moderate 80 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

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Hello — Floetry moderate 82 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Ladyfly — Musiq Soulchild moderate 85 BPM

Measures 97% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

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Obsequious Unapologetic — Dwele moderate 85 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100).

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Follow — Dwele moderate 85 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

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Negue — Cesaria Evora moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Measured 96% alike.

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Hunnybee — Unknown Mortal Orchestra moderate 90 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

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In My Arms — Alex G moderate 90 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100).

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Sunshowers — Floetry moderate 90 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when The Ways to Love a Man is more than you want right now.

You've Got a Friend by Carole King
You've Got a Friend — Carole King safe 80 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 20/100, down from 37. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Ours — Taylor Swift safe 90 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 30/100 — the pull without the edge.

All Night by Beyoncé
All Night — Beyoncé safe 82 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 30/100.

Plastic Off the Sofa by Beyoncé
Plastic Off the Sofa — Beyoncé safe 70 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. 15/100, versus the original's 37. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Face Lift by Joni Mitchell
Face Lift — Joni Mitchell safe 85 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Intensity 16/100, down from 37.

First Times by Ed Sheeran
First Times — Ed Sheeran safe 72 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 6, so it lands at 11/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Stumble On My Way by Norah Jones
Stumble On My Way — Norah Jones safe 85 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 6. Reads 13/100.

All Along the Way by Jack White
All Along the Way — Jack White safe 81 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 26/100, versus the original's 37.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “The Ways to Love a Man” by Tammy Wynette?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “We Find Love” by Daniel Caesar, “Barefoot in the Park” by James Blake, “Hello” by Floetry — the top match scores 98% 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 “The Ways to Love a Man” but calmer?

“You've Got a Friend” by Carole King, “Ours” by Taylor Swift, “All Night” by Beyoncé keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “The Ways to Love a Man”?

It measures 37/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered 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 25% of songs, calmer than the other 75%. Its intensity reading of 37/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild 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 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.

1970 in context

The 307 songs we’ve measured from 1970 average a dynamic range of 6.1/10. 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

Intensity37
Dynamics56
Tempo17
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load25

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

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