Song comparisons

Vienna by Billy Joel and Something You Got by Barbara Mason: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 11%, unrelated.

11%Unrelated
Harmony34%
Melody31%
Sound93%
Rhythm39%

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

ViennaSomething You Got
ArtistBilly JoelBarbara Mason
KeyA# MajorA# Major
Tempo126 BPM95 BPM
Most alike passage3:21–3:271:31–1:37

Same key

On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is no closer than chance (distance 3.44; 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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