Song comparisons

(Love's) Ring of Fire by Anita Carter and Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 91%, another version of the same song.

91%Another version of the same song
Harmony97%
Melody94%
Sound49%
Rhythm79%

Raised to 91% by the other-version check, which finds these to be versions of the same song; the engine's own measure was 91%.

(Love's) Ring of FireRing of Fire
ArtistAnita CarterJohnny Cash
KeyG MajorG Major
Tempo172 BPM104 BPM
Most alike passage1:14–1:361:40–1:58

Same key

On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is as close as other versions of the same song usually are (distance 0.40; other versions of a song in these comparisons have a median of 0.31, different songs that sound alike 1.27, random pairs 2.95).

Why this pair

This is a cover version. Public background: first recording vs the mariachi-horn hit; cover. Sonalize's scores are measurements, not a view on any dispute.

How this was measured

Compared from the full recordings; Sonalize's fingerprint lookup confirmed both songs. The same engine runs in the Sonalize app on your own device. A score measures how alike two recordings are; it isn't a finding about copying, legal advice, or a rights clearance.

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