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10 songs that feel like Sea of Tears

Matched to Sea of Tears by Goldie 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
Sea of Tears
Goldie
moderate 46/100 intensity 130 BPM
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Uncomfortably Numb — American Football moderate 120 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100).

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Blonde — Frank Ocean moderate 120 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

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Relative Fiction — Julien Baker moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Measured 98% alike.

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Ringmaster — Julien Baker moderate 120 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

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Mi Mujer — Nicolas Jaar moderate 120 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100).

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When You Die — MGMT moderate 120 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

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Kim and Buffy — M83 moderate 120 BPM

Keeps the same melancholy pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Measured 98% alike.

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In the Cold I'm Standing — M83 moderate 120 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

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On Reflection — Appleseed Cast moderate 120 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same melancholy pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100).

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Mare Vitalis — Appleseed Cast moderate 120 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (45/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

It's Too Late by Carole King
It's Too Late — Carole King safe 126 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 5 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 24/100, down from 46. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Paris, Texas by Lana Del Rey
Paris, Texas — Lana Del Rey safe 120 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 16/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Pictures of Me — Elliott Smith safe 120 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 24/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Dumb — Nirvana safe 110 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. 19/100, versus the original's 46.

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The White Lady Loves You More — Elliott Smith safe 110 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7. Intensity 19/100, down from 46.

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Alameda — Elliott Smith safe 110 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 7, so it lands at 24/100 — 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.

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

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 28/100, versus the original's 46.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Sea of Tears” by Goldie?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Uncomfortably Numb” by American Football, “Blonde” by Frank Ocean, “Relative Fiction” by Julien Baker — 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 “Sea of Tears” but calmer?

“It's Too Late” by Carole King, “Paris, Texas” by Lana Del Rey, “Pictures of Me” by Elliott Smith keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Sea of Tears”?

It measures 46/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 130 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 44% of songs, calmer than the other 56%. Its intensity reading of 46/100 comes from a dynamic range of 7/10, layered texture, mild shifts, and soft 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 fast, driving tempo: more extreme on that axis than 86% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on near-total stillness — steady volume, no surprises, a slow and unhurried pulse — 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

Sleep5/10
Focus9/10
Workout6/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype5/10

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

1995 in context

The 329 songs we’ve measured from 1995 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. 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

Intensity46
Dynamics67
Tempo50
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load25

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

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