by OntiqoSweet Little Sixteen by Chuck Berry and Surfin' U.S.A. by The Beach Boys: how alike are they?
Sonalize compared the two recordings: 89%, another version of the same song.
| Harmony | 99% |
|---|---|
| Melody | 71% |
| Sound | 67% |
| Rhythm | 37% |
Raised to 89% by the other-version check, which finds these to be versions of the same song; the engine's own measure was 86%.
| Sweet Little Sixteen | Surfin' U.S.A. | |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Chuck Berry | The Beach Boys |
| Key | C# Major | D# Major |
| Tempo | 89 BPM | 159 BPM |
| Most alike passage | 0:02–0:40 | 0:49–1:32 |
Track B moved down 2 semitones (D# 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 0.44; 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).
Why this pair
This is a pair from a copyright dispute that was decided or settled. Public background: melody; Copyright assigned to Berry's publisher 1963; Berry credited from 1966. 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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