Song comparisons

Cellphone's Dead by Beck and Nothing Rhymed by Burton Cummings: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 16%, little in common.

16%Little in common
Harmony53%
Melody33%
Sound55%
Rhythm11%

Some general likeness, such as a key, a tempo or a common chord, of the kind unrelated songs often share.

Cellphone's DeadNothing Rhymed
ArtistBeckBurton Cummings
KeyD# MinorE Major
Tempo108 BPM62 BPM
Most alike passage2:59–3:092:25–2:34

Track B moved up 2 semitones (E Major to D# Minor)

On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is no closer than chance (distance 3.13; 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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