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10 songs that feel like Beautiful

Matched to Beautiful by Eminem on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

The song you love
Beautiful
Eminem
moderate 50/100 intensity 85 BPM
Ride — Lana Del Rey moderate 85 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (85 BPM).

Ya Salam — Umm Kulthum moderate 90 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

All I Really Want — Alanis Morissette moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same emotional pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

Wake Up — Alanis Morissette moderate 90 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

You Learn — Alanis Morissette moderate 90 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

Reasons to Be Beautiful — Hole moderate 90 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

Light My Way — Audioslave moderate 90 BPM

Keeps the same emotional pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

Revelations — Audioslave moderate 90 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

Until We Fall — Audioslave moderate 90 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same emotional pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

Slippin' — DMX moderate 90 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

Same feeling, measured gentler — for when Beautiful is more than you want right now.

If I Were a Boy by Beyoncé
If I Were a Boy — Beyoncé safe 92 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 28/100, down from 50. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Die Hard — Kendrick Lamar safe 90 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 13/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Gloria by Kendrick Lamar (feat. SZA)
Gloria — Kendrick Lamar (feat. SZA) safe 70 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 23/100.

Speed of the Sound of Loneliness by John Prine
Speed of the Sound of Loneliness — John Prine safe 85 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. 16/100, versus the original's 50. Nearly the same tempo, too.

The Tree of Forgiveness — John Prine safe 90 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 21/100, down from 50. Nearly the same tempo, too.

I Remember Everything by John Prine
I Remember Everything — John Prine safe 75 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 2 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 8/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Razon de Vivir — Mercedes Sosa safe 70 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 19/100.

Joe Hill — Joan Baez safe 80 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. 20/100, versus the original's 50. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Beautiful” by Eminem?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Ride” by Lana Del Rey, “Ya Salam” by Umm Kulthum, “All I Really Want” by Alanis Morissette — the top match scores 99% alike. Matching is by how the songs actually move (intensity, dynamic range, texture, tempo, predictability, vocal force), not by genre tag or popularity.

What songs are like “Beautiful” but calmer?

“If I Were a Boy” by Beyoncé, “Die Hard” by Kendrick Lamar, “Gloria” by Kendrick Lamar (feat. SZA) keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Beautiful”?

It measures 50/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 85 BPM.

How do you decide which songs are similar?

Every song in our catalog is measured on 8 dimensions — intensity, dynamic range, tempo, sudden changes, texture, predictability, vocal force and fine sound detail. Similarity is the distance between two songs across those measurements, so matches cross genres and eras. Shared mood tags break ties.

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 62% of songs, calmer than the other 38%. Its intensity reading of 50/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and dynamic vocals. It shares this stretch of the spectrum with thousands of other tracks, so the finer fingerprint below is what really separates it.

What makes it unusual

What stands out most about this song is a slow, unhurried pace: more extreme on that axis than 77% 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

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

Sleep3/10
Focus7/10
Workout3/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype4/10

Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.

2009 in context

The 218 songs we’ve measured from 2009 average a dynamic range of 6.4/10. At 7/10, 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

Intensity50
Dynamics67
Tempo25
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load25

The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.

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