Artist profile
Pop producer and DJ.
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Plan a set with Simply Red tracks scored against the rest of the catalog
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Simply Red is a restrained and a warm production artist.
Sits right in the typical Pop pocket.
Across 3 analysed tracks, Simply Red averages 36% energy — gentler than 79% of individual Pop tracks — and 52% groove, straighter than 64%.
Measured against 1,071 Pop tracks on 11 August 2026.
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DJs and producers closest to Simply Red by audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play. It’s a taste signal, not a measured key-and-tempo match: good for shortlisting crates when you’re prepping a set around Simply Red, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.
Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.
Simply Red's tracks in our catalog range from 114 to 123 BPM, with a median of 116 BPM. Across 3 tracks, the most common range falls in the 115–120 BPM bucket.
Simply Red's tracks are mostly in major keys (33% minor across 3 tracks). The most common single key is 8B (C Major) with 1 track.
Simply Red sits closest to George Michael, Lisa Stansfield, Paul Young in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.
Our catalog has Simply Red releases spanning 1985 to 1995, with the most tracks from the 1980s.