Song comparisons

A Rose Is Still a Rose by Aretha Franklin and Boy (I Need You) [feat. Cam’ron, Juelz Santana, Jimmy Jones & Freeway] [Street Remix] by Mariah Carey: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 14%, unrelated.

14%Unrelated
Harmony41%
Melody29%
Sound92%
Rhythm23%

These tracks have no more in common than unrelated songs usually do.

A Rose Is Still a RoseBoy (I Need You) [feat. Cam’ron, Juelz Santana, Jimmy Jones & Freeway] [Street Remix]
ArtistAretha FranklinMariah Carey
KeyB MajorB Major
Tempo118 BPM92 BPM
Most alike passage0:19–0:293:07–3:17

Same key

On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is alike in style, as songs of the same genre often are, though not the closeness of another version (distance 1.03; 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).

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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