"Editorial abstract illustration evoking the emotional arc of a song titled "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" by Ella Fitzgerald. Noticeable climb from quiet to loud. balanced composition. Mood: contemplative, emotional, intimate, melancholy, romantic. Visual style: 1944 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."
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
Ella Fitzgerald
Great Ladies of Jazz Sing of Love & Heartbreak, Volume 1 (1944)
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Easy, low-key calm, gentler than 81% of our 19,209 measured songs — measures out best for focus.
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BPM
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye by Ella Fitzgerald is 72 BPM — Adagio (slow).
Half-time 36 BPM · Double-time 144 BPM · released 1944
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Song DNA
Notes: A gentle, emotionally resonant ballad with a hypnotic quality created by repetitive melodic notes. The melody sweeps upward near the end for dramatic effect, but overall maintains a contemplative, intimate atmosphere.
Misophonia Triggers
Recommended for: deep listening emotional release meditation relaxation
A Cole Porter jazz standard about the bittersweet emotions of parting from a beloved, using a musical shift from major to minor to mirror the emotional journey.
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Moods: contemplative, emotional, intimate, melancholy, romantic
Traditions: Great American Songbook, jazz, jazz standards
At a glance
"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" by Ella Fitzgerald
72 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 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 Ella Fitzgerald's catalog
We have 38 songs from Ella Fitzgerald in the library. Of those, 30 are rated Safe, 7 Moderate, and 1 Intense. This song's dynamic range of 6/10 sits above the artist average of 5.3, making it the #8 most dynamic track of theirs in our library.
1944 context
Released in 1944. We have 8 songs from that year in our library, averaging a dynamic range of 6.0/10. This track is about average than the year average. Explore more from the 1940s.
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How fast is "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"?
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 "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" 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 — 72 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.
✓
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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29/100 intensity
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Rating last reviewed: 2026-04-14. 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 81% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 29/100 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 90% 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.
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What it’s good for
Sleep7/10
Focus10/10
Workout1/10
Dinner8/10
Party / hype2/10
Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.
1944 in context
The 8 songs we’ve measured from 1944 average a dynamic range of 6.0/10. 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
Intensity29
Dynamics56
Tempo18
Surprise25
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load38
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Frequently asked about "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"
Quick answers pulled from the song's sensory analysis.
What is the BPM of "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" by Ella Fitzgerald?
"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" by Ella Fitzgerald 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 "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" by Ella Fitzgerald?
"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" by Ella Fitzgerald 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 "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" — what is its dynamic range?
"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" 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 "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" have sudden or surprising changes?
"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" has mild sudden changes — one or two transitions worth knowing about, but they are musically resolved rather than surprise-driven.
What is "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" best for?
In our library "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" is recommended for: deep listening, emotional release, meditation, relaxation. These tags are assigned only where the song's sensory profile genuinely supports the use case.
When was "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" released?
"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" is from 1944, on the album "Great Ladies of Jazz Sing of Love & Heartbreak, Volume 1". It appears in our 1940s catalog.
What is the emotional mood of "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"?
We tag "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" as contemplative, emotional, intimate, melancholy, romantic. Moods are tonal descriptors based on how the song reads emotionally — separate from the sensory intensity axes.
What is the vocal style of "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"?
The vocal style is soft vocals.
Is "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" 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 "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" 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 "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" for sleep?
Not recommended for sleep. Contains transitions that will wake you up.
Should I listen to "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"?
"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" 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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