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.
| Harmony | 100% |
|---|---|
| Melody | 100% |
| Sound | 21% |
| Rhythm | 46% |
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 Woman | No Woman | |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Bob Marley & the Wailers | Fugees |
| Key | C# Major | C Major |
| Tempo | 158 BPM | 89 BPM |
| Most alike passage | 1:17–2:12 | 1:59–2:48 |
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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