"Editorial abstract illustration evoking the emotional arc of a song titled "Your Hand in Mine" by Explosions in the Sky. Dramatic quiet-to-loud arc, stormy climax. dense layered composition, atmospheric complexity. Mood: emotional. Visual style: 2000s digital 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."
Your Hand in Mine
Explosions in the Sky
The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place (2003)
Real momentum, more energetic than 83% of our 19,209 measured songs — measures out best for dinner.
100
BPM
Your Hand in Mine by Explosions in the Sky is 100 BPM — Andante (walking pace).
Half-time 50 BPM · Double-time 200 BPM · released 2003
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Song DNA
Notes: An emotionally charged instrumental piece that builds to powerful heights.
Recommended for: introspection
Genuine push and momentum here. The track lurches between soft and loud with some noticeable shifts along the way, over a busy texture. Purely instrumental, at a steady, walkable tempo. It keeps shifting — not one to fade into the background. Across the library, it reads more energetic than 83% of everything we’ve measured.
Cultural Context
Post-rock music often explores vast soundscapes and dynamic contrasts, creating an emotional experience. Bands like Explosions in the Sky are known for their cinematic approach to composition.
Listening Prompt
Let the waves of sound carry you to new emotional depths.
What to Expect
Beginning with a simple melody, the song gradually builds with layers of guitars and drums, creating a rich tapestry of sound. As it reaches its climax, the intensity surges, before fading away into a quiet resolution.
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Moods: emotional
Traditions: post-rock
Intense — what to expect
"Your Hand in Mine" is in our intense band.
At least one of our five sensory dimensions crosses the threshold that means "this can be a lot." Most commonly: instrumental or complex texture, or a dynamic range of 8/10. The full breakdown is below. If you arrived here looking for a calmer alternative, our use-case verdicts section flags songs with similar mood but lower intensity.
How this song sits on each sensory axis
A dynamic range of 8/10 is in the upper band of our library. This song has a significant quiet-to-loud arc. For sensory-sensitive listening, set the opening volume well below your comfortable top-end; the climax will land harder than the intro suggests.
Sudden changes: present. This song uses surprise as a feature. For focus or background listening, it's likely to pull your attention away; for active listening, that's often the point.
Texture: complex.
Predictability is low — this song does not follow standard verse-chorus form closely, and rewards active listening more than passive listening.
Vocal style: instrumental.
Where this sits in Explosions in the Sky's catalog
We have 32 songs from Explosions in the Sky in the library. Of those, 4 are rated Safe, 16 Moderate, and 12 Intense. This song's dynamic range of 8/10 sits above the artist average of 7.9, making it the #12 most dynamic track of theirs in our library.
Other tracks from The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
We have 7 songs from this album. Overall, the album leans safe in sensory profile.
- The Only Moment We Were Alone — intense DR 9
- First Breath After Coma — safe DR 8
- Six Days at the Bottom of the Ocean — moderate DR 7
- Memorial — intense DR 9
- A Poor Man's Memory — safe DR 7
- Remember Me as a Time of Day — safe DR 7
2003 context
Released in 2003. We have 365 songs from that year in our library, averaging a dynamic range of 6.5/10. This track is about average than the year average. Explore more from the 2000s.
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Moods
emotional · 2198Traditions
post-rock · 252How fast is "Your Hand in Mine"?
100 BPM — Medium (midtempo / pop ballad)
For running
Too slow for most running; good for warm-up walks or cool-down.
For workouts
Steady cardio, power walking, light weights.
For daily life
Cooking, casual listening, cleaning, dinner music.
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When "Your Hand in Mine" works, and when it doesn't
Use-case verdicts computed from the song's tempo, dynamics, and sensory profile.
✗
Focus / studying
No — too dynamic or too many surprises. Save for active listening.
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Running / workout
Maybe — at 100 BPM this is more warm-up or cool-down pace than peak-effort running.
✗
Sleep / winding down
No — contains elements that will keep an awake nervous system engaged.
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Driving / road trip
Maybe — the intensity / sudden changes are fine for solo highway driving but skip for city or rainy-weather driving.
✗
Cooking / dinner background
No — too active to function as background; will pull attention away from what you're doing.
✓
Emotional release / catharsis
Yes — this is a song for actively feeling what you came to feel, not for background.
Related reading
Editorial guides that cover this song's use cases, moods, or artist.
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Why this rating
We rate this song Intense. Our rule is deliberately conservative: any one of high dynamic range, present sudden changes, harsh texture, or a strained/screamed vocal is enough to trigger Intense on its own. Full scoring rubric: methodology.
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62/100 intensity
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Rating last reviewed: 2026-04-03. 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 is one of the more intense things in our library — more energetic than 83% of the 19,209 songs we've measured. Its intensity reading of 62/100 comes from a dynamic range of 8/10, complex texture, moderate shifts, and instrumental. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.
What makes it unusual
What stands out most about this song is blazing intensity: more extreme on that axis than 83% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on near-total stillness — steady volume, no surprises, a slow and unhurried pulse — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.
Feels almost identical to
Phaedra — Tangerine Dream · 98%Czardas — Yo-Yo Ma · 98%Piano Sonata No. 23 (Appassionata) — Ludwig van Beethoven · 95%Countdown — John Coltrane · 94%
Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.
Dial the feeling up or down
Same feeling, bigger: Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53 'Heroic' — Frédéric Chopin
What it’s good for
Sleep0/10
Focus5/10
Workout4/10
Dinner6/10
Party / hype5/10
Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.
2003 in context
The 365 songs we’ve measured from 2003 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. At 8/10, this track is louder and more dynamic than its year.
Mixes smoothly with
Only Shallow — My Bloody ValentineScherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 31 — Frédéric ChopinBallade No 1 in G Minor — Frédéric Chopin
Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.
The fingerprint
Intensity62
Dynamics78
Tempo33
Surprise50
Density60
Predictability100
Vocal force0
Trigger load0
The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.
Frequently asked about "Your Hand in Mine"
Quick answers pulled from the song's sensory analysis.
What is the BPM of "Your Hand in Mine" by Explosions in the Sky?
"Your Hand in Mine" by Explosions in the Sky has a tempo of 100 BPM (Andante (walking pace)). At half-time that is 50 BPM, and at double-time 200 BPM.
What is the sensory intensity of "Your Hand in Mine" by Explosions in the Sky?
"Your Hand in Mine" by Explosions in the Sky rates as Intense. Dynamic range 8/10, moderate sudden changes, complex texture, instrumental vocal style. Any one of high dynamic range, present sudden changes, or harsh texture triggers the Intense rating.
How loud is "Your Hand in Mine" — what is its dynamic range?
"Your Hand in Mine" has a dynamic range of 8/10. Substantial quiet-to-loud arc. Start at a volume well below your top-end; the climax will land harder than the intro suggests.
Does "Your Hand in Mine" have sudden or surprising changes?
Yes. "Your Hand in Mine" uses surprise as a compositional feature. Expect unsignaled transitions.
What is "Your Hand in Mine" best for?
In our library "Your Hand in Mine" is recommended for: introspection. These tags are assigned only where the song's sensory profile genuinely supports the use case.
When was "Your Hand in Mine" released?
"Your Hand in Mine" is from 2003, on the album "The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place". It appears in our 2000s catalog.
What is the emotional mood of "Your Hand in Mine"?
We tag "Your Hand in Mine" as emotional. Moods are tonal descriptors based on how the song reads emotionally — separate from the sensory intensity axes.
What is the vocal style of "Your Hand in Mine"?
The vocal style is instrumental.
Is "Your Hand in Mine" good for running?
Not really — at 100 BPM it's below most running cadences. Better for warm-up, cool-down, or walking. Recreational runners typically step at 140-175 BPM.
Is "Your Hand in Mine" good for studying?
Only partially. The song's dynamic range (8/10) means there will be loud moments that break focus during deep work.
Can I use "Your Hand in Mine" for sleep?
Not recommended for sleep. Too intense overall.
Should I listen to "Your Hand in Mine"?
"Your Hand in Mine" is Intense in our ratings — dramatic dynamics, possible sudden changes, or strong vocal or textural energy. Best with intention rather than ambient use. If you are sensory-sensitive, the alternatives section surfaces calmer songs in the same mood family.
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