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10 songs that feel like Things Have Changed

Matched to Things Have Changed by Bob Dylan on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Things Have Changed
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Things Have Changed
Bob Dylan
safe 30/100 intensity 110 BPM
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God's Favorite Customer — Father John Misty safe 110 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (30/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (110 BPM).

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Communication Breakdown — Roy Orbison safe 120 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (31/100). Same smooth texture.

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Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys — Waylon Jennings safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (31/100). Measured 98% alike.

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I Want My Baby Back — The Sugarhill Gang moderate 110 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (30/100). Same smooth texture.

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Happy Birthday — Stevie Wonder safe 105 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same reflective pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (30/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (105 BPM).

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Blue Bayou — Roy Orbison safe 108 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (26/100). Same smooth texture.

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One's on the Way — Loretta Lynn safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same reflective pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (31/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Gone Country — Alan Jackson safe 120 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (31/100). Same smooth texture.

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Long Gone Lonesome Blues — Hank Williams safe 120 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (27/100).

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The First Cut Is the Deepest — Cat Stevens safe 86 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Things Have Changed” by Bob Dylan?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “God's Favorite Customer” by Father John Misty, “Communication Breakdown” by Roy Orbison, “Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” by Waylon Jennings — 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 “Things Have Changed”?

It measures 30/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 110 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 80% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 30/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and dynamic 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 88% 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

Sleep7/10
Focus9/10
Workout2/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype4/10

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

2000 in context

The 306 songs we’ve measured from 2000 average a dynamic range of 6.7/10. At 5/10, 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

Intensity30
Dynamics44
Tempo39
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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