Song comparisons

No Woman by Bob Marley & the Wailers and No Woman by Fugees: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 97%, another version of the same song.

97%Another version of the same song
Harmony100%
Melody100%
Sound21%
Rhythm46%

Raised to 97% by the other-version check, which finds these to be versions of the same song; the engine's own measure was 88%.

No WomanNo Woman
ArtistBob Marley & the WailersFugees
KeyC# MajorC Major
Tempo158 BPM89 BPM
Most alike passage1:17–2:121:59–2:48

Track B moved up 1 semitones (C Major to C# Major)

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 0.27; 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: reggae to hip-hop/soul; 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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