Song comparisons

Boadicea by Enya and Ready or Not by Fugees: how alike are they?

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

93%Near-identical or shared recording
Harmony76%
Melody100%
Sound10%
Rhythm45%

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

BoadiceaReady or Not
ArtistEnyaFugees
KeyC MinorA# Minor
Tempo102 BPM89 BPM
Most alike passage0:10–0:570:00–0:53

Track B moved up 2 semitones (A# Minor to C Minor)

Shared recording: the audio of Boadicea at 0:10–0:35 appears in Ready or Not at 0:00–0:29.

On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is no closer than chance (distance 2.31; 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 pad; Uncleared; settled out of court. 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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