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10 songs that feel like Yellow

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

Yellow
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Yellow
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safe 29/100 intensity 88 BPM
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Lean on Me — Bill Withers safe 76 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100).

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Our Kind of Love — Clint Black safe 75 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100). Same smooth texture.

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Amor — Ben E King safe 70 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (28/100). Measured 96% alike.

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Marshmallow — IU safe 90 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (26/100). Same smooth texture.

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I Do — Cardi B feat. SZA moderate 88 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (33/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (88 BPM).

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Ours — Taylor Swift safe 90 BPM

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

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93 Million Miles — Jason Mraz safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same warm pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (30/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Tum Mile — A.R. Rahman moderate 65 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (27/100). Same smooth texture.

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Nho Antone Escaderode — Cesaria Evora safe 80 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

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Stella by Starlight — Ella Fitzgerald safe 72 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (32/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Yellow” by Coldplay?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Lean on Me” by Bill Withers, “Our Kind of Love” by Clint Black, “Amor” by Ben E King — 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 “Yellow”?

It measures 29/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 88 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 81% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 29/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, mild 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 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
Focus10/10
Workout1/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype2/10

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

Intensity29
Dynamics44
Tempo27
Surprise25
Density0
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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