by OntiqoSweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses and Sweet Child O' Mine by Sheryl Crow: how alike are they?
Sonalize compared the two recordings: 96%, near-identical or shared recording.
| Harmony | 100% |
|---|---|
| Melody | 95% |
| Sound | 83% |
| Rhythm | 77% |
Consistent with the same recording being reused (a sample) or a faithful cover or re-recording.
| Sweet Child O' Mine | Sweet Child O' Mine | |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Guns N' Roses | Sheryl Crow |
| Key | C# Major | D Major |
| Tempo | 126 BPM | 124 BPM |
| Most alike passage | 0:49–2:31 | 0:12–1:54 |
Track B moved down 1 semitones (D Major to C# Major)
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 0.36; 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 cover version. Public background: pop-rock; cover. 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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