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Songs like River — but calmer

You love River by Joni Mitchell but it hits hard. Here are 8 alternatives with similar feel but gentler on the nervous system.

The song you love

River

Joni Mitchell

intense 66 BPM

Moods: cathartic · melancholy

Try these instead

Broken Halos

Chris Stapleton

safe

Prelude in C Sharp Minor, Op. 3 No. 2

Sergei Rachmaninoff

moderate

Fantasie in F Minor, D. 940

Franz Schubert

moderate

Hard Feelings/Loveless

Lorde

moderate

Light Blue

Snail Mail

moderate

Cold

Chris Stapleton

moderate

Summertime/Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

Mahalia Jackson

moderate

She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye

Jerry Lee Lewis

moderate