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Good Times by Chic and Rapper's Delight by The Sugarhill Gang: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 85%, another version of the same song.

85%Another version of the same song
Harmony69%
Melody33%
Sound82%
Rhythm76%

Raised to 85% by the other-version check, which finds these to be versions of the same song; the engine's own measure was 47%.

Good TimesRapper's Delight
ArtistChicThe Sugarhill Gang
KeyA MajorA Major
Tempo110 BPM111 BPM
Most alike passage5:13–6:001:16–2:03

Same key

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 0.51; 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 pair from a copyright dispute that was decided or settled. Public background: bassline / groove, replayed by a studio band (interpolation, not a sample); Settled under threat of suit; Rodgers & Edwards credited. 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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