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10 songs that feel like Tracks of My Tears

Matched to Tracks of My Tears by Smokey Robinson on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Tracks of My Tears
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Tracks of My Tears
Smokey Robinson
safe 32/100 intensity 120 BPM
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A Long Way Past the Past — Fleet Foxes safe 110 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same reflective pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (31/100).

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Seasons of Love — Jonathan Larson moderate 100 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (30/100). Same layered texture.

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New Rules — Dua Lipa moderate 116 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (35/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (116 BPM).

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Tall Dark Stranger — Buck Owens safe 120 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100). Same layered texture.

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Come in Alone — My Bloody Valentine moderate 110 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same feel and lands at almost exactly the same energy (31/100).

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Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1 — Pink Floyd moderate 104 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (27/100). Same layered texture.

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Pagan Poetry — Björk moderate 92 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (30/100). Measured 94% alike.

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Pictures of Me — Elliott Smith safe 120 BPM

Measures 92% the same. It sits a little calmer at 24/100. Same layered texture.

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The Same Deep Water as You — The Cure moderate 90 BPM

A 94% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100).

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If I Had a Hammer — Pete Seeger safe 120 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100). Same layered texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Tracks of My Tears” by Smokey Robinson?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “A Long Way Past the Past” by Fleet Foxes, “Seasons of Love” by Jonathan Larson, “New Rules” by Dua Lipa — 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.

How intense is “Tracks of My Tears”?

It measures 32/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 120 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 21% of songs, calmer than the other 79%. Its intensity reading of 32/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered 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 deep calm: more extreme on that axis than 79% 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
Focus10/10
Workout5/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype4/10

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

1965 in context

The 133 songs we’ve measured from 1965 average a dynamic range of 5.9/10. 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

Intensity32
Dynamics56
Tempo44
Surprise0
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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