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10 songs that feel like Have I Told You Lately

Matched to Have I Told You Lately by Van Morrison 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
Have I Told You Lately
Van Morrison
safe 16/100 intensity 78 BPM
Harvest Moon — Neil Young safe 80 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

Lady May — Tyler Childers safe 75 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Same smooth texture.

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

At Last — Joni Mitchell safe 68 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Same smooth texture.

Red Sails in the Sunset — The Platters safe 78 BPM

A 96% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (78 BPM).

Besame Mucho — Cesaria Evora safe 80 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (20/100). Same smooth texture.

Alexandra Leaving — Leonard Cohen moderate 72 BPM

Keeps the same serene pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (15/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (72 BPM).

Wake Me Up — Ed Sheeran safe 78 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Same smooth texture.

May It Be — Enya safe 80 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same serene pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (80 BPM).

Picture in a Frame — Tom Waits safe 80 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (16/100). Same smooth texture.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Have I Told You Lately” by Van Morrison?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Harvest Moon” by Neil Young, “Lady May” by Tyler Childers, “On an Evening in Roma (Sott'er Celo De Roma)” by Dean Martin — 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.

How intense is “Have I Told You Lately”?

It measures 16/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 4/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 78 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

This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 95% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 16/100 comes from a dynamic range of 4/10, 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 an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 97% 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

Sleep10/10
Focus9/10
Workout0/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype0/10

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

1989 in context

The 219 songs we’ve measured from 1989 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. At 4/10, this track is gentler and steadier than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.

The fingerprint

Intensity16
Dynamics33
Tempo21
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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