"Editorial abstract illustration evoking the emotional arc of a song titled "All of Our Yesterdays" by Mac DeMarco. Modest rise and fall. balanced composition. Mood: bittersweet, calm, contemplative, melancholy, nostalgic, reflective. Visual style: contemporary editorial aesthetic. Painterly, grainy film texture, muted palette with strategic accent colors. The composition should read left-to-right like a timeline — calm on one side, intensifying toward the other. Strictly no faces, no text, no logos, no literal objects, no band imagery. Pure color-field abstraction with emotional weight. 16:9 editorial format."
Deep calm, gentler than 97% of our 19,209 measured songs — measures out best for sleep.
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All of Our Yesterdays by Mac DeMarco is 72 BPM — Adagio (slow).
Half-time 36 BPM · Double-time 144 BPM · released 2019
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Song DNA
Notes: Languid, guitar-driven melody with warm acoustic and electric blend. Lax, understated vocals float gently over simple chords creating a deeply calming, introspective atmosphere.
Misophonia Triggers
Recommended for: deep listening emotional release focus meditation relaxation
Near the stillest end of everything we measure. It rises and falls a fair amount and never jolts you, over a smooth texture. A light, easy vocal, at an unhurried mid-tempo. Predictable and even, it’s easy to settle into and let run. Against the 19,209 songs we’ve measured, it reads gentler than 97% of everything we’ve measured.
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Moods: bittersweet, calm, contemplative, melancholy, nostalgic, reflective
Traditions: dream pop, indie rock, lo-fi
Quiet Track
"All of Our Yesterdays" sits at 72 BPM. Built for stillness.
This is well below typical speech rhythm. The body reads slow tempo as permission to rest. Smooth texture and soft vocals keep the foreground spare. Good candidates for use: falling asleep, processing a hard day, slow mornings, study sessions where the music must not pull at you. Avoid for any task that needs alertness — the piece works against it.
How this song sits on each sensory axis
A dynamic range of 4/10 is within the normal pop-mix band. There is variation between verse and chorus, but it's the kind of variation most listeners encounter routinely.
Sudden changes: none. Transitions are musically signaled — nothing will surprise you if you're only half-listening.
Texture: smooth.
Predictability is high — the song telegraphs what it will do next. A sensory-sensitive listener can usually guess where it's going without close attention.
Vocal style: soft vocals.
Where this sits in Mac DeMarco's catalog
We have 41 songs from Mac DeMarco in the library. Of those, 33 are rated Safe, 8 Moderate, and 0 Intense. This song's dynamic range of 4/10 sits below the artist average of 4.2, making it the #30 most dynamic track of theirs in our library.
Other tracks from Here Comes the Cowboy
We have 7 songs from this album. Overall, the album leans safe in sensory profile.
- Nobody — safe DR 3
- Choo Choo — moderate DR 5
- Finally Alone — safe DR 4
- Preoccupied — safe DR 3
- Heart to Heart — safe DR 3
- Dreams from Yesterday — safe DR 5
2019 context
Released in 2019. We have 448 songs from that year in our library, averaging a dynamic range of 6.1/10. This track is quieter / less dynamic than the year average. Explore more from the 2010s.
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How fast is "All of Our Yesterdays"?
72 BPM — Slow (downtempo / ballad)
For running
Too slow for most running; good for warm-up walks or cool-down.
For workouts
Warm-up, cool-down, yoga, stretching.
For daily life
Sleep, meditation, reading, focus work.
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When "All of Our Yesterdays" works, and when it doesn't
Use-case verdicts computed from the song's tempo, dynamics, and sensory profile.
✓
Focus / studying
Yes — low-variance volume, no surprises, steady tempo. The ideal study-music profile.
✗
Running / workout
No — 72 BPM is too slow for sustained cardio.
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Sleep / winding down
Maybe — calm overall, but tempo is a bit high for deep sleep. Better for winding down than falling asleep.
✓
Driving / road trip
Yes — predictable enough for safe driving attention, interesting enough to stay engaged.
✓
Cooking / dinner background
Yes — sits in the background without demanding attention.
✓
Emotional release / catharsis
Yes — this is a song for actively feeling what you came to feel, not for background.
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Why this rating
We rate this song Safe because its dynamic range stays within our low-variance band, there are no unsignaled changes, and the texture and vocal style are both in the low-fatigue range. Our methodology uses an AND rule for Safe — a song has to clear every dimension to earn the rating.
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Rating last reviewed: 2026-04-13. Reviewed by the Music I Want editorial team against the documented methodology.
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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 97% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 15/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, 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 deep calm: more extreme on that axis than 97% 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
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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
Dinner7/10
Party / hype0/10
Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.
2019 in context
The 448 songs we’ve measured from 2019 average a dynamic range of 6.1/10. At 4/10, 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
Intensity15
Dynamics33
Tempo18
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0
The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.
Frequently asked about "All of Our Yesterdays"
Quick answers pulled from the song's sensory analysis.
What is the BPM of "All of Our Yesterdays" by Mac DeMarco?
"All of Our Yesterdays" by Mac DeMarco has a tempo of 72 BPM (Adagio (slow)). At half-time that is 36 BPM, and at double-time 144 BPM.
What is the sensory intensity of "All of Our Yesterdays" by Mac DeMarco?
"All of Our Yesterdays" by Mac DeMarco rates as Low-Intensity. Dynamic range 4/10, no sudden changes, smooth texture. Our Low-Intensity rating means no single dimension triggers the higher-intensity thresholds.
How loud is "All of Our Yesterdays" — what is its dynamic range?
"All of Our Yesterdays" has a dynamic range of 4/10. Within normal pop-mix variation. Movement between verse and chorus but nothing dramatic.
Does "All of Our Yesterdays" have sudden or surprising changes?
No. "All of Our Yesterdays" has no sudden unsignaled changes. Every transition is musically telegraphed.
What is "All of Our Yesterdays" best for?
In our library "All of Our Yesterdays" is recommended for: deep listening, emotional release, focus, meditation, relaxation. These tags are assigned only where the song's sensory profile genuinely supports the use case.
When was "All of Our Yesterdays" released?
"All of Our Yesterdays" is from 2019, on the album "Here Comes the Cowboy". It appears in our 2010s catalog.
What is the emotional mood of "All of Our Yesterdays"?
We tag "All of Our Yesterdays" as bittersweet, calm, contemplative, melancholy, nostalgic, reflective. Moods are tonal descriptors based on how the song reads emotionally — separate from the sensory intensity axes.
What is the vocal style of "All of Our Yesterdays"?
The vocal style is soft vocals.
Is "All of Our Yesterdays" good for running?
Not really — at 72 BPM it's below most running cadences. Better for warm-up, cool-down, or walking. Recreational runners typically step at 140-175 BPM.
Is "All of Our Yesterdays" good for studying?
Yes — low dynamic range (4/10) and no sudden changes means the song stays in the background without pulling focus.
Can I use "All of Our Yesterdays" for sleep?
Not recommended for sleep. Dynamic range is too high — quiet moments will be ambushed by louder ones.
Should I listen to "All of Our Yesterdays"?
If you want gentle, low-arousal music, "All of Our Yesterdays" is a solid pick — Low-Intensity across every sensory dimension.
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