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Thank You by Dido and Stan by Eminem: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 93%, near-identical or shared recording.

93%Near-identical or shared recording
Harmony88%
Melody49%
Sound67%
Rhythm63%

Consistent with the same recording being reused (a sample) or a faithful cover or re-recording.

Thank YouStan
ArtistDidoEminem
KeyB MajorE Major
Tempo80 BPM80 BPM
Most alike passage0:36–1:180:00–0:42

Same key

Shared recording: the audio of Thank You at 0:36–1:00 appears in Stan at 0:00–0:24.

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 0.39; 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 recording that samples the other. Public background: vocal (first verse lines used as the hook); Dido credited as co-writer. 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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