"Editorial abstract illustration evoking the emotional arc of a song titled "Casey's Last Ride" by Kris Kristofferson. Noticeable climb from quiet to loud. balanced composition. Mood: melancholy, reflective. Visual style: 1970s editorial print aesthetic, sun-faded color. 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."
Easy, low-key calm, right in the middle of 19,209 measured songs — measures out best for focus.
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Casey's Last Ride by Kris Kristofferson is 70 BPM — Adagio (slow).
Half-time 35 BPM · Double-time 140 BPM · released 1970
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Song DNA
Notes: The song features a gentle, flowing melody with soft vocals that evoke a sense of nostalgia and reflection. The instrumentation is smooth, creating an intimate atmosphere.
Misophonia Triggers
Recommended for: deep listening emotional release relaxation
A calm, low-key track. It moves moderately between quiet and loud with the occasional gentle turn, over a clean texture. Gentle vocals riding over it, at an unhurried mid-tempo. It’s easy enough to follow without going flat. Against the 19,209 songs we’ve measured, it sits more energetic than 21% of songs, calmer than the rest.
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Moods: melancholy, reflective
Traditions: country
At a glance
"Casey's Last Ride" by Kris Kristofferson
70 BPM, dynamic range 6/10, smooth texture, soft vocals. Sits in the middle band — neither built for stillness nor pitched at workout intensity. Whether it works for a given moment depends more on mood and lyrical content than on the acoustic profile. The full sensory breakdown follows.
How this song sits on each sensory axis
A dynamic range of 6/10 means this song moves. Expect a real volume climb between quiet sections and the loudest part of the arrangement — enough that you may want to set the initial volume below where you'd normally land.
Sudden changes: mild. There are one or two transitions worth knowing about, though they're musically resolved rather than surprise-driven.
Texture: smooth.
Predictability is medium — conventional structure overall, with one or two moments that deviate from what you'd expect.
Vocal style: soft vocals.
Where this sits in Kris Kristofferson's catalog
We have 20 songs from Kris Kristofferson in the library. Of those, 10 are rated Safe, 10 Moderate, and 0 Intense. This song's dynamic range of 6/10 sits above the artist average of 5.3, making it the #4 most dynamic track of theirs in our library.
Other tracks from Kristofferson
We have 9 songs from this album. Overall, the album leans moderate in sensory profile.
- Me and Bobby McGee — moderate DR 6
- Help Me Make It Through the Night — safe DR 4
- For the Good Times — safe DR 5
- Sunday Mornin Comin Down — moderate DR 6
- Loving Her Was Easier — safe DR 5
- From the Bottle to the Bottom — moderate DR 6
- Darby's Castle — safe DR 5
- Jody and the Kid — moderate DR 6
1970 context
Released in 1970. We have 307 songs from that year in our library, averaging a dynamic range of 6.1/10. This track is about average than the year average. Explore more from the 1970s.
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Traditions
country · 834How fast is "Casey's Last Ride"?
70 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 "Casey's Last Ride" works, and when it doesn't
Use-case verdicts computed from the song's tempo, dynamics, and sensory profile.
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Focus / studying
Maybe — fine for routine work, but the mid-song changes may pull attention during deep focus.
✗
Running / workout
No — 70 BPM is too slow for sustained cardio.
✗
Sleep / winding down
No — contains elements that will keep an awake nervous system engaged.
✓
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 Moderate because it falls between our Safe and Intense thresholds on at least one dimension. Moderate is the default for most well-produced music that has real arc but no surprise elements. Full rubric: methodology.
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32/100 intensity
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Rating last reviewed: 2026-04-17. 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
On our 19k-song scale this lands in the middle band — more energetic than 21% of songs, calmer than the other 79%. Its intensity reading of 32/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, 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 a slow, unhurried pace: more extreme on that axis than 96% 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
Sleep6/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype2/10
Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.
1970 in context
The 307 songs we’ve measured from 1970 average a dynamic range of 6.1/10. 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
Intensity32
Dynamics56
Tempo17
Surprise25
Density0
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load13
The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.
Frequently asked about "Casey's Last Ride"
Quick answers pulled from the song's sensory analysis.
What is the BPM of "Casey's Last Ride" by Kris Kristofferson?
"Casey's Last Ride" by Kris Kristofferson has a tempo of 70 BPM (Adagio (slow)). At half-time that is 35 BPM, and at double-time 140 BPM.
What is the sensory intensity of "Casey's Last Ride" by Kris Kristofferson?
"Casey's Last Ride" by Kris Kristofferson rates as Moderate intensity. Dynamic range 6/10, mild sudden changes, smooth texture. Moderate is the default for well-produced music with real arc but no surprise elements.
How loud is "Casey's Last Ride" — what is its dynamic range?
"Casey's Last Ride" has a dynamic range of 6/10. Noticeable climb from quiet sections to loudest point. Set opening volume slightly lower than your preferred peak.
Does "Casey's Last Ride" have sudden or surprising changes?
"Casey's Last Ride" has mild sudden changes — one or two transitions worth knowing about, but they are musically resolved rather than surprise-driven.
What is "Casey's Last Ride" best for?
In our library "Casey's Last Ride" is recommended for: deep listening, emotional release, relaxation. These tags are assigned only where the song's sensory profile genuinely supports the use case.
When was "Casey's Last Ride" released?
"Casey's Last Ride" is from 1970, on the album "Kristofferson". It appears in our 1970s catalog.
What is the emotional mood of "Casey's Last Ride"?
We tag "Casey's Last Ride" as melancholy, reflective. Moods are tonal descriptors based on how the song reads emotionally — separate from the sensory intensity axes.
What is the vocal style of "Casey's Last Ride"?
The vocal style is soft vocals.
Is "Casey's Last Ride" good for running?
Not really — at 70 BPM it's below most running cadences. Better for warm-up, cool-down, or walking. Recreational runners typically step at 140-175 BPM.
Is "Casey's Last Ride" good for studying?
Only partially. The song's dynamic range (6/10) means there will be loud moments that break focus during deep work.
Can I use "Casey's Last Ride" for sleep?
Not recommended for sleep. Contains transitions that will wake you up.
Should I listen to "Casey's Last Ride"?
"Casey's Last Ride" is Moderate intensity — fine for most listeners, but with enough dynamic activity that it works best as active listening rather than background.
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