Song comparisons

Candle In the Wind (2014 Remaster) by Elton John and Candle In the Wind (Good-bye, Norma Jean) by Udo Lindenberg & Das Panikorchester: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 98%, another version of the same song.

98%Another version of the same song
Harmony100%
Melody93%
Sound86%
Rhythm42%

Raised to 98% by the other-version check, which finds these to be versions of the same song; the engine's own measure was 95%.

Candle In the Wind (2014 Remaster)Candle In the Wind (Good-bye, Norma Jean)
ArtistElton JohnUdo Lindenberg & Das Panikorchester
KeyE MajorE Major
Tempo124 BPM126 BPM
Most alike passage1:15–3:330:03–2:21

Same key

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 0.26; 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).

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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