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10 songs that feel like Yesterday's Wine

Matched to Yesterday's Wine by Willie Nelson 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's Wine
Willie Nelson
safe 11/100 intensity 70 BPM
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Things Behind the Sun — Nick Drake safe 72 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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Boy with a Coin — Iron & Wine safe 72 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100). Same smooth texture.

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Knockin' on Heaven's Door — Bob Dylan moderate 72 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Measured 96% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

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Look On Down From The Bridge — Mazzy Star safe 60 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (10/100). Same smooth texture.

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May Ninth — Khruangbin safe 70 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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Blowin' in the Wind — Bob Dylan safe 80 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (12/100). Same smooth texture.

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No Place to Fall — Townes Van Zandt safe 85 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (13/100). Measured 95% alike.

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2009 — Mac Miller safe 71 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (11/100). Same smooth texture.

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Tugboat — Galaxie 500 safe 70 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (7/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

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St Jude — Florence and the Machine moderate 72 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Yesterday's Wine” by Willie Nelson?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Things Behind the Sun” by Nick Drake, “Boy with a Coin” by Iron & Wine, “Knockin' on Heaven's Door” by Bob Dylan — 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 “Yesterday's Wine”?

It measures 11/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 3/10, smooth texture, no 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

This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 99% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 11/100 comes from a dynamic range of 3/10, smooth 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 an unusually steady, even volume: 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
Focus9/10
Workout0/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype0/10

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

1971 in context

The 257 songs we’ve measured from 1971 average a dynamic range of 6.2/10. At 3/10, 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

Intensity11
Dynamics22
Tempo17
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load13

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

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