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10 songs that feel like Morning Dew

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

Morning Dew
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Morning Dew
Grateful Dead
moderate 48/100 intensity 70 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100).

Untitled #3 — Sigur Rós moderate 70 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same layered texture.

Untitled #4 — Sigur Rós moderate 70 BPM

Keeps the same transcendent pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

Ylur — Sigur Rós moderate 70 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same layered texture.

Carnage — Nick Cave & Warren Ellis moderate 85 BPM

A 97% feel-match — carries the same transcendent pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100).

Ancestress — Björk moderate 85 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

Sawdust & Diamonds — Joanna Newsom moderate 85 BPM

Keeps the same transcendent pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Measured 97% alike.

Slide Away — The Verve moderate 88 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100). Same layered texture.

Ten Years Gone — Led Zeppelin moderate 70 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (70 BPM).

Six Songs, Op. 38 — Sergei Rachmaninoff moderate 70 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

The Big Ship by Brian Eno
The Big Ship — Brian Eno safe 60 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 8/100, down from 48. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Heaven by Depeche Mode
Heaven — Depeche Mode safe 100 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 18/100 — the pull without the edge.

Blowin' in the Wind by Bob Dylan
Blowin' in the Wind — Bob Dylan safe 80 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 7. Reads 12/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot
If You Could Read My Mind — Gordon Lightfoot 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 48.

Lovely by Billie Eilish & Khalid
Lovely — Billie Eilish & Khalid safe 80 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 41/100, down from 48. Nearly the same tempo, too.

The Long and Winding Road by The Beatles
The Long and Winding Road — The Beatles safe 73 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 32/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Please, Please, Please by James Brown
Please, Please, Please — James Brown safe 80 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 32/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Con Te Partirò by Andrea Bocelli
Con Te Partirò — Andrea Bocelli safe 66 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 38/100, versus the original's 48. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Morning Dew” by Grateful Dead?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Ein deutsches Requiem nach Worten der Heiligen Schrift, Op. 45” by Johannes Brahms, “Untitled #3” by Sigur Rós, “Untitled #4” by Sigur Rós — the top match scores 98% 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 “Morning Dew” but calmer?

“The Big Ship” by Brian Eno, “Heaven” by Depeche Mode, “Blowin' in the Wind” by Bob Dylan keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Morning Dew”?

It measures 48/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 70 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 52% of songs, calmer than the other 48%. Its intensity reading of 48/100 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 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

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
Focus8/10
Workout3/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10

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

1967 in context

The 289 songs we’ve measured from 1967 average a dynamic range of 6.2/10. At 7/10, this track is louder and more dynamic than its year.

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity48
Dynamics67
Tempo17
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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