"Editorial abstract illustration evoking the emotional arc of a song titled "Strawberry Hill" by Red House Painters. Modest rise and fall. layered composition, overlapping color planes. Mood: calm, introspective, melancholy. Visual style: early-1990s alternative aesthetic, weathered film grain. 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."
Strawberry Hill
Red House Painters
Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) (1993)
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Easy, low-key calm, right in the middle of 19,209 measured songs — measures out best for focus.
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Strawberry Hill by Red House Painters is 70 BPM — Adagio (slow).
Half-time 35 BPM · Double-time 140 BPM · released 1993
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Song DNA
Notes: The song features soft, melancholic vocals layered over gentle instrumentation, creating a soothing atmosphere. The dynamics ebb and flow, providing a calming listening experience.
Misophonia Triggers
Recommended for: meditation relaxation study
A calm, low-key track. It rises and falls a fair amount with just a little movement — a densely layered track with soft, gentle vocals on top 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 22% of songs, calmer than the rest.
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Moods: calm, introspective, melancholy
Traditions: slowcore
Quiet Track
"Strawberry Hill" sits at 70 BPM. Built for stillness.
This is well below typical speech rhythm. The body reads slow tempo as permission to rest. Layered 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 5/10 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: mild. There are one or two transitions worth knowing about, though they're musically resolved rather than surprise-driven.
Texture is layered — a full arrangement with clear separation between parts.
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 Red House Painters's catalog
We have 20 songs from Red House Painters in the library. Of those, 1 are rated Safe, 19 Moderate, and 0 Intense. This song's dynamic range of 5/10 sits below the artist average of 6.2, making it the #20 most dynamic track of theirs in our library.
Other tracks from Red House Painters (Rollercoaster)
We have 13 songs from this album. Overall, the album leans moderate in sensory profile.
- Have You Forgotten — moderate DR 6
- Katy Song — moderate DR 6
- Mistress — moderate DR 7
- Mother — moderate DR 7
- All Mixed Up — moderate DR 6
- Song for a Blue Guitar — moderate DR 6
- Make Like Paper — moderate DR 6
- Rollercoaster — moderate DR 6
- Grace Cathedral Park — moderate DR 6
- I Am a Rock — moderate DR 6
- Have You Forgotten Me — moderate DR 6
- Drop — moderate DR 7
1993 context
Released in 1993. We have 260 songs from that year in our library, averaging a dynamic range of 6.6/10. This track is quieter / less dynamic than the year average. Explore more from the 1990s.
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Traditions
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How fast is "Strawberry Hill"?
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 "Strawberry Hill" 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 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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33/100 intensity
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Rating last reviewed: 2026-04-16. 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 22% of songs, calmer than the other 78%. Its intensity reading of 33/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, layered 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
You Hold Me Together — Dierks Bentley · 99%You Missed My Heart — Phoebe Bridgers · 99%Easter Island — Kris Kristofferson · 99%Willow — Taylor Swift · 98%
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
Sleep7/10
Focus10/10
Workout2/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype2/10
Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.
1993 in context
The 260 songs we’ve measured from 1993 average a dynamic range of 6.6/10. At 5/10, this track is gentler and steadier than its year.
Mixes smoothly with
Easter Island — Kris KristoffersonYou Hold Me Together — Dierks BentleyYou Missed My Heart — Phoebe Bridgers
Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.
The fingerprint
Intensity33
Dynamics44
Tempo17
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load13
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Frequently asked about "Strawberry Hill"
Quick answers pulled from the song's sensory analysis.
What is the BPM of "Strawberry Hill" by Red House Painters?
"Strawberry Hill" by Red House Painters 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 "Strawberry Hill" by Red House Painters?
"Strawberry Hill" by Red House Painters rates as Low-Intensity. Dynamic range 5/10, mild sudden changes, layered texture. Our Low-Intensity rating means no single dimension triggers the higher-intensity thresholds.
How loud is "Strawberry Hill" — what is its dynamic range?
"Strawberry Hill" has a dynamic range of 5/10. Within normal pop-mix variation. Movement between verse and chorus but nothing dramatic.
Does "Strawberry Hill" have sudden or surprising changes?
"Strawberry Hill" has mild sudden changes — one or two transitions worth knowing about, but they are musically resolved rather than surprise-driven.
What is "Strawberry Hill" best for?
In our library "Strawberry Hill" is recommended for: meditation, relaxation, study. These tags are assigned only where the song's sensory profile genuinely supports the use case.
When was "Strawberry Hill" released?
"Strawberry Hill" is from 1993, on the album "Red House Painters (Rollercoaster)". It appears in our 1990s catalog.
What is the emotional mood of "Strawberry Hill"?
We tag "Strawberry Hill" as calm, introspective, melancholy. Moods are tonal descriptors based on how the song reads emotionally — separate from the sensory intensity axes.
What is the vocal style of "Strawberry Hill"?
The vocal style is soft vocals.
Is "Strawberry Hill" 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 "Strawberry Hill" good for studying?
Only partially. The song's dynamic range (5/10) means there will be loud moments that break focus during deep work.
Can I use "Strawberry Hill" for sleep?
Not recommended for sleep. Contains transitions that will wake you up.
Should I listen to "Strawberry Hill"?
If you want gentle, low-arousal music, "Strawberry Hill" is a solid pick — Low-Intensity across every sensory dimension.
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