Song comparisons

Run Through the Jungle by Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Old Man Down the Road by John Fogerty: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 12%, unrelated.

12%Unrelated
Harmony28%
Melody51%
Sound78%
Rhythm63%

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

Run Through the JungleThe Old Man Down the Road
ArtistCreedence Clearwater RevivalJohn Fogerty
KeyD MinorE Major
Tempo136 BPM134 BPM
Most alike passage1:37–1:483:36–3:47

Track B moved down 2 semitones (E Major to D Minor)

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 1.26; 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 dispute where no infringement was found. Public background: groove / riff (same writer); Jury for Fogerty 1988 (Fantasy v. Fogerty). 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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