Ballad for Sensory Sensitivity

Ballad is mostly sensory-safe. 77 of the 171 songs analyzed land in the safe range.

5.5
Avg Intensity
77
Safe
82
Moderate
12
Intense

Safe for sensitive ears (77)

00:00 (Zero O'Clock)
BTS
safe
The Joker and the Queen
Ed Sheeran (featuring Taylor Swift)
safe
Cayendo
Frank Ocean
safe
From the Dining Table
Harry Styles
safe
Love of My Life
Harry Styles
safe
Say Yes to Heaven
Lana Del Rey
safe
The Nearness of You
Norah Jones
safe
Love of My Life
Queen
safe
Oh My Heart
R.E.M.
safe
Open Arms
SZA
safe
To Sheila
The Smashing Pumpkins
safe
Crazy
Willie Nelson
safe
Slipping Through My Fingers
ABBA
safe
My Love, My Life
ABBA
safe
Daydreamer
Adele
safe
Million Years Ago
Adele
safe
A Song for You
Amy Winehouse
safe
I Wish I Hated You
Ariana Grande
safe
Best Mistake
Ariana Grande feat. Big Sean
safe
Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)
BTS
safe
How Deep Is Your Love
Bee Gees
safe
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Bee Gees
safe
Words
Bee Gees
safe
Love So Right
Bee Gees
safe
Broken-Hearted Girl
Beyoncé
safe
Changes
Black Sabbath
safe
She's Gone
Black Sabbath
safe
Endless Love
Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
safe
How Would You Feel (Paean)
Ed Sheeran
safe
Supermarket Flowers
Ed Sheeran
safe

Controlled — moderate intensity (82)

Desolation Row
Bob Dylan
moderate
Like an Angel Passing Through My Room
ABBA
moderate
Too Much
Drake
moderate
Show Me the Place
Leonard Cohen
moderate
Everybody
Mac Miller
moderate
Long Dark Night
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
moderate
I Fall to Pieces
Patsy Cline
moderate
Innocent When You Dream
Tom Waits
moderate
I Threw It All Away
Bob Dylan
moderate
One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)
Bob Dylan
moderate
Garden
Dua Lipa
moderate
Caleb Meyer
Gillian Welch
moderate
Pretty When You Cry
Lana Del Rey
moderate
Low Man's Lyric
Metallica
moderate
Henry Lee
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds featuring PJ Harvey
moderate
Leaving New York
R.E.M.
moderate
Grapefruit Moon
Tom Waits
moderate
I Can Be That Woman
ABBA
moderate
First Love
Adele
moderate
Magic Shop
BTS
moderate
The Truth Untold
BTS
moderate
To Love Somebody
Bee Gees
moderate
One Too Many Mornings
Bob Dylan
moderate
Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts
Bob Dylan
moderate
Nina
Ed Sheeran
moderate
Shirtsleeves
Ed Sheeran
moderate
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My Old Story
IU
moderate
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Flu
IU
moderate
Without You
Lana Del Rey
moderate
I Wanna Be Free
Loretta Lynn
moderate

Intense — proceed with awareness (12)

Martha
Tom Waits
intense
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Hank Williams
intense
Ghostin'
Ariana Grande
intense
Disarm
Smashing Pumpkins
intense
Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Elton John
intense
Give In to Me
Michael Jackson
intense
Stagger Lee
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
intense
Hurt
Christina Aguilera
intense
I Turn to You
Christina Aguilera
intense
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Frédéric Chopin
intense
Mother I Sober
Kendrick Lamar
intense
The Outlaw Torn
Metallica
intense

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