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Desafinado (with Astrud Gilberto) by George Michael and All About Love (First Impression) by Earth, Wind & Fire: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 2%, unrelated.

2%Unrelated
Harmony29%
Melody11%
Sound24%
Rhythm29%

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

Desafinado (with Astrud Gilberto)All About Love (First Impression)
ArtistGeorge MichaelEarth, Wind & Fire
KeyC MajorA Minor
Tempo129 BPM131 BPM
Most alike passage1:06–1:161:36–1:46

Track B moved down 2 semitones (A Minor to C Major)

On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is no closer than chance (distance 3.32; 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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