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10 songs that feel like St. Louis Blues

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

St. Louis Blues
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St. Louis Blues
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moderate 47/100 intensity 100 BPM
Lily (My One and Only) — The Smashing Pumpkins moderate 127 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same nostalgic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (50/100).

Cut Your Hair — Pavement moderate 115 BPM

97% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

T.O.N.Y. — Solange moderate 105 BPM

Keeps the same nostalgic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Measured 99% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (105 BPM).

Bad Connection — Yazoo moderate 118 BPM

Measures 96% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (49/100). Same layered texture.

Human Behaviour — Björk moderate 92 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same playful pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (92 BPM).

Sculptures of Anything Goes — Arctic Monkeys moderate 90 BPM

98% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (46/100). Same layered texture.

I Promise — Radiohead moderate 110 BPM

Keeps the same nostalgic pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Measured 98% alike.

Car Wheels on a Gravel Road — Lucinda Williams moderate 110 BPM

Measures 98% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (48/100). Same layered texture.

I Want to Ta-Ta You Baby — Etta James moderate 95 BPM

A 95% feel-match — carries the same nostalgic pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (47/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

A Funky Space Reincarnation — Marvin Gaye moderate 105 BPM

95% 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 St. Louis Blues is more than you want right now.

Puff, the Magic Dragon — Peter, Paul and Mary safe 95 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6. Intensity 17/100, down from 47. Nearly the same tempo, too.

A-Tisket, A-Tasket by Ella Fitzgerald
A-Tisket, A-Tasket — Ella Fitzgerald safe 110 BPM

Nothing in it lurches or startles, so it lands at 22/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding
Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay — Otis Redding safe 88 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while nothing in it lurches or startles. Reads 20/100.

Sky's the Limit by The Notorious B.I.G.
Sky's the Limit — The Notorious B.I.G. safe 88 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 36/100, versus the original's 47.

Someday We'll Be Together by The Supremes
Someday We'll Be Together — The Supremes safe 100 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but nothing in it lurches or startles. Intensity 33/100, down from 47. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Oh Diane by Fleetwood Mac
Oh Diane — Fleetwood Mac safe 92 BPM

Its dynamic range stays a gentler 4 where the original climbs to 6, so it lands at 17/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Brooklyn Baby by Lana Del Rey
Brooklyn Baby — Lana Del Rey safe 108 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 6. Reads 18/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Furry Sings the Blues by Joni Mitchell
Furry Sings the Blues — Joni Mitchell safe 85 BPM

Holds the same feel while nothing in it lurches or startles. 20/100, versus the original's 47.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “St. Louis Blues” by Louis Armstrong?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Lily (My One and Only)” by The Smashing Pumpkins, “Cut Your Hair” by Pavement, “T.O.N.Y.” by Solange — the top match scores 95% 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 “St. Louis Blues” but calmer?

“Puff, the Magic Dragon” by Peter, Paul and Mary, “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” by Ella Fitzgerald, “Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “St. Louis Blues”?

It measures 47/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, mild sudden shifts, and dynamic vocals. Tempo is 100 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 49% of songs, calmer than the other 51%. Its intensity reading of 47/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, 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 an unusually steady, even volume: more extreme on that axis than 79% 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

Sleep4/10
Focus8/10
Workout3/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype3/10

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

Mixes smoothly with

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

The fingerprint

Intensity47
Dynamics56
Tempo33
Surprise25
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force75
Trigger load0

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

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