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10 songs that feel like Traces of You

Matched to Traces of You by Anoushka Shankar on how the music actually moves — intensity, dynamic swing, texture, tempo — not by genre tag. Here's what makes each one a match.

Traces of You
The song you love
Traces of You
Anoushka Shankar
moderate 29/100 intensity 90 BPM
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Green Grass of Tunnel — Múm moderate 100 BPM

A 98% feel-match — carries the same spacious pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (30/100).

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Heaven for the Sinner — Bonobo moderate 95 BPM

89% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it runs a little hotter at 39/100. Same layered texture.

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Space Song — Beach House moderate 75 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — lands at almost exactly the same energy (27/100). Measured 97% alike.

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Music Knows No Boundaries — Ladysmith Black Mambazo safe 90 BPM

Measures 99% the same. It lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Same layered texture.

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Lady You Bring Me Up — The Commodores safe 90 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same warm pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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Daughter — Pearl Jam moderate 90 BPM

96% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (32/100). Same layered texture.

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Tides — Bonobo moderate 95 BPM

Keeps the same spacious pull — runs a little hotter at 43/100. Measured 86% alike. Nearly the same tempo, too (95 BPM).

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First Circle — Pat Metheny Group moderate 95 BPM

Measures 86% the same. It runs a little hotter at 43/100. Same layered texture.

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Heavenly Father — Isaiah Rashad moderate 90 BPM

A 99% feel-match — carries the same contemplative pull and lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Nearly the same tempo, too (90 BPM).

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I Am a Pilgrim — The Byrds safe 90 BPM

99% match across our 8 measured dimensions; it lands at almost exactly the same energy (29/100). Same layered texture.

…and if you want it calmer

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

Cypress by Tycho
Cypress — Tycho safe 95 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 37/100, down from 29. Nearly the same tempo, too.

We Could Forever by Bonobo
We Could Forever — Bonobo safe 90 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 15/100 — the pull without the edge. Nearly the same tempo, too.

August 10 by Khruangbin
August 10 — Khruangbin safe 95 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 37/100. Nearly the same tempo, too.

A Love International by Khruangbin
A Love International — Khruangbin safe 85 BPM

Holds the same feel while it stays in our safe band start to finish. 30/100, versus the original's 29. Nearly the same tempo, too.

Grown Ocean by Fleet Foxes
Grown Ocean — Fleet Foxes safe 85 BPM

Keeps the same feel of the original, but it stays in our safe band start to finish. Intensity 45/100, down from 29. Nearly the same tempo, too.

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Cosmogony — Björk safe 60 BPM

It stays in our safe band start to finish, so it lands at 14/100 — the pull without the edge.

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He Doesn't Know Why — Fleet Foxes safe 72 BPM

If it's the same feel you're after, this delivers it while it stays in our safe band start to finish. Reads 45/100.

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Sowiesoso — Cluster safe 60 BPM

Holds the same feel while its dynamic range stays a gentler 3 where the original climbs to 5. 8/100, versus the original's 29.

Frequently asked

What songs sound like “Traces of You” by Anoushka Shankar?

The closest feel-matches we measure are “Green Grass of Tunnel” by Múm, “Heaven for the Sinner” by Bonobo, “Space Song” by Beach House — 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 “Traces of You” but calmer?

“Cypress” by Tycho, “We Could Forever” by Bonobo, “August 10” by Khruangbin keep a similar feel while measuring gentler — lower dynamic swing, fewer sudden shifts, or a calmer overall level.

How intense is “Traces of You”?

It measures 29/100 on our intensity scale, computed from a dynamic range of 5/10, layered texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Tempo is 90 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 81% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 29/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, layered 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 88% 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

Sleep8/10
Focus10/10
Workout1/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype2/10

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

2013 in context

The 408 songs we’ve measured from 2013 average a dynamic range of 6.5/10. At 5/10, 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

Intensity29
Dynamics44
Tempo28
Surprise0
Density33
Predictability50
Vocal force25
Trigger load0

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

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