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Ain't No Sunshine by Betty Wright and Incomplete by Alanis Morissette: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 41%, some shared material.

41%Some shared material
Harmony76%
Melody15%
Sound83%
Rhythm27%

More in common than almost all unrelated pairs. Listen to the matching passages: this can be a shared style or stock chord progression, or a borrowed section.

Ain't No SunshineIncomplete
ArtistBetty WrightAlanis Morissette
KeyF MinorD# Major
Tempo132 BPM68 BPM
Most alike passage0:01–0:123:18–3:29

Track B moved down 2 semitones (D# Major to F Minor)

On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is no closer than chance (distance 3.10; 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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