Song comparisons

Brothers In Arms (Edit) by Dire Straits and Defying Gravity (Live from the Dolby Theatre) by Cynthia Erivo: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 7%, unrelated.

7%Unrelated
Harmony41%
Melody17%
Sound51%
Rhythm26%

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

Brothers In Arms (Edit)Defying Gravity (Live from the Dolby Theatre)
ArtistDire StraitsCynthia Erivo
KeyG# MinorC# Major
Tempo80 BPM148 BPM
Most alike passage0:00–0:233:19–3:42

Track B moved down 5 semitones (C# Major to G# Minor)

On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is no closer than chance (distance 2.01; 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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