Song comparisons

Move It by Cliff Richard & The Drifters and Surfin' Bird (Demo Version) by The Trashmen: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 2%, unrelated.

2%Unrelated
Harmony25%
Melody30%
Sound7%
Rhythm35%

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

Move ItSurfin' Bird (Demo Version)
ArtistCliff Richard & The DriftersThe Trashmen
KeyE MajorB Minor
Tempo165 BPM136 BPM
Most alike passage0:44–0:531:15–1:24

Same key

On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is alike in style, as songs of the same genre often are, though not the closeness of another version (distance 1.50; 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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