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10 songs that feel like Yesterday

Matched to Yesterday by Rockabye Baby! 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
Yesterday
Rockabye Baby!
safe 5/100 intensity 65 BPM
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Lothlórien — Enya safe 60 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (8/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (60 BPM).

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Nothing Else Matters — Rockabye Baby safe 60 BPM

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

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Manchmal — Cluster safe 70 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (9/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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Creep — Rockabye Baby safe 60 BPM

Measures 95% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (5/100). Same smooth texture.

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Albatross — Fleetwood Mac safe 75 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (10/100).

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A Calf Born in Winter — Khruangbin safe 85 BPM

94% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 11/100. Same smooth texture.

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Nightvision — Daft Punk safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — runs a little hotter at 11/100. Measured 93% alike.

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1/1 — Brian Eno safe 60 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (5/100). Same smooth texture.

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Ambient 1: Music for Airports — Brian Eno safe 60 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (5/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (60 BPM).

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Wonderwall — Rockabye Baby safe 84 BPM

93% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 11/100. Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Yesterday” by Rockabye Baby!?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Lothlórien” by Enya, “Nothing Else Matters” by Rockabye Baby, “Manchmal” by Cluster — the top match scores 96% 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 “Yesterday”?

It measures 5/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 2/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. Tempo is 65 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 100% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 5/100 comes from a dynamic range of 2/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. 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 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
Focus8/10
Workout0/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype0/10

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

2007 in context

The 311 songs we’ve measured from 2007 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. At 2/10, 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

Intensity5
Dynamics11
Tempo14
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force0
Trigger load0

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

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