"Editorial abstract illustration evoking the emotional arc of a song titled "Easy Living" by Billie Holiday. Noticeable climb from quiet to loud. balanced composition. Mood: calm, contemplative. Visual style: 1937 vintage painting aesthetic, warm aged tones. 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 Living
Billie Holiday
Easy Living (1937)
Easy, low-key calm, gentler than 85% of our 19,209 measured songs — measures out best for focus.
75
BPM
Easy Living by Billie Holiday is 75 BPM — Adagio (slow).
Half-time 38 BPM · Double-time 150 BPM · released 1937
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Song DNA
Notes: serene and reflective
Recommended for: meditation sleep
A calm, low-key track. It has a moderate quiet-to-loud range with nothing abrupt to catch you off guard — a smooth track with soft, gentle vocals on top at an unhurried mid-tempo. It holds a steady, predictable shape you can sink into. Across the library, it reads gentler than 85% of everything we’ve measured.
Cultural Context
A classic standard that resonates with listeners.
Listening Prompt
Let the soothing melody wash over you.
What to Expect
Consistent and calming throughout.
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Moods: calm, contemplative
At a glance
"Easy Living" by Billie Holiday
75 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: 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 Billie Holiday's catalog
We have 25 songs from Billie Holiday in the library. Of those, 8 are rated Safe, 16 Moderate, and 1 Intense. This song's dynamic range of 6/10 sits below the artist average of 6.1, making it the #10 most dynamic track of theirs in our library.
1937 context
Released in 1937. We have 10 songs from that year in our library, averaging a dynamic range of 4.8/10. This track is about average than the year average. Explore more from the 1930s.
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Guides that may help
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How fast is "Easy Living"?
75 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 "Easy Living" 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.
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Running / workout
No — 75 BPM is too slow for sustained cardio.
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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.
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Emotional release / catharsis
Not really — it's pleasant but doesn't hit hard enough for cathartic listening.
Related reading
Editorial guides that cover this song's use cases, moods, or artist.
The Calmest Songs We’ve Ever Measured
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The 10 Calmest Albums Ever Recorded — A low-intensity Listening Guide
The 10 Calmest Albums Ever Recorded — A low-intensity Listening Guide — A guide for sensory-sensitive listeners on musiciwant.com
Why Music in Languages You Don't Understand Can Be More Calming
Why Music in Languages You Don't Understand Can Be More Calming — A guide for sensory-sensitive listeners on musiciwant.com
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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23/100 intensity
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Rating last reviewed: 2026-04-05. 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 85% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 23/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, 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 a slow, unhurried pace: more extreme on that axis than 88% 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
Sleep8/10
Focus10/10
Workout1/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype1/10
Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.
1937 in context
The 10 songs we’ve measured from 1937 average a dynamic range of 4.8/10. At 6/10, this track is louder and more dynamic than its year.
Mixes smoothly with
Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.
The fingerprint
Intensity23
Dynamics56
Tempo19
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0
The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.
Frequently asked about "Easy Living"
Quick answers pulled from the song's sensory analysis.
What is the BPM of "Easy Living" by Billie Holiday?
"Easy Living" by Billie Holiday has a tempo of 75 BPM (Adagio (slow)). At half-time that is 38 BPM, and at double-time 150 BPM.
What is the sensory intensity of "Easy Living" by Billie Holiday?
"Easy Living" by Billie Holiday rates as Moderate intensity. Dynamic range 6/10, none sudden changes, smooth texture. Moderate is the default for well-produced music with real arc but no surprise elements.
How loud is "Easy Living" — what is its dynamic range?
"Easy Living" 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 "Easy Living" have sudden or surprising changes?
No. "Easy Living" has no sudden unsignaled changes. Every transition is musically telegraphed.
What is "Easy Living" best for?
In our library "Easy Living" is recommended for: meditation, sleep. These tags are assigned only where the song's sensory profile genuinely supports the use case.
When was "Easy Living" released?
"Easy Living" is from 1937, on the album "Easy Living". It appears in our 1930s catalog.
What is the emotional mood of "Easy Living"?
We tag "Easy Living" as calm, contemplative. Moods are tonal descriptors based on how the song reads emotionally — separate from the sensory intensity axes.
What is the vocal style of "Easy Living"?
The vocal style is soft vocals.
Is "Easy Living" good for running?
Not really — at 75 BPM it's below most running cadences. Better for warm-up, cool-down, or walking. Recreational runners typically step at 140-175 BPM.
Is "Easy Living" 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 "Easy Living" for sleep?
Not recommended for sleep. Dynamic range is too high — quiet moments will be ambushed by louder ones.
Should I listen to "Easy Living"?
"Easy Living" 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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