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10 songs that feel like You Are My Face

Matched to You Are My Face by Wilco 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
You Are My Face
Wilco
moderate 37/100 intensity 112 BPM
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Here You Come Again — Dolly Parton safe 110 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (110 BPM).

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Tree by the River — Iron & Wine safe 110 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (33/100). Same layered texture.

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Baby Britain — Elliott Smith moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same introspective pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Measured 98% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Texarkana — R.E.M. moderate 122 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

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yellow is the color of her eyes — Soccer Mommy safe 110 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same reflective pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (110 BPM).

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Nobody Else Will Be There — The National moderate 115 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

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The Stars of Track and Field — Belle and Sebastian safe 120 BPM

Keeps the same introspective pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Measured 98% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (120 BPM).

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Soul Meets Body — Death Cab for Cutie safe 120 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (38/100). Same layered texture.

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Independence Day — Elliott Smith moderate 110 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same introspective pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (37/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (110 BPM).

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No Sunlight — Death Cab for Cutie moderate 135 BPM

95% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (39/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when You Are My Face is more than you want right now.

A Place in This World by Taylor Swift
A Place in This World — Taylor Swift safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 24/100, down from 37.

Come In from the Cold by Joni Mitchell
Come In from the Cold — Joni Mitchell safe 85 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6, so it lands at 16/100 — the pull without the edge.

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Uncle John's Band — Grateful Dead safe 140 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Reads 30/100.

Something More Than Free by Jason Isbell
Something More Than Free — Jason Isbell safe 85 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 30/100, versus the original's 37.

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The Tree of Forgiveness — John Prine safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 21/100, down from 37.

Can You Get to That by Funkadelic
Can You Get to That — Funkadelic safe 92 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6, so it lands at 25/100 — the pull without the edge.

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Hellos and Goodbyes — Ladysmith Black Mambazo safe 90 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 32/100.

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Oliver James — Fleet Foxes safe 90 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 35/100, versus the original's 37.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “You Are My Face” by Wilco?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Here You Come Again” by Dolly Parton, “Tree by the River” by Iron & Wine, “Baby Britain” by Elliott Smith — 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.

What songs are like “You Are My Face” but calmer?

“A Place in This World” by Taylor Swift, “Come In from the Cold” by Joni Mitchell, “Uncle John's Band” by Grateful Dead keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “You Are My Face”?

It measures 37/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 112 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 25% of songs, calmer than the other 75%. Its intensity reading of 37/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and soft vocals. It shares this stretch of the spectrum with thousands of other tracks, so the finer fingerprint below is what really separates it.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is an unusually steady, even volume: 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

Sleep6/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype4/10

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 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

Intensity37
Dynamics56
Tempo40
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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