by OntiqoI Want a New Drug by Huey Lewis and the News and Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr.: how alike are they?
Sonalize compared the two recordings: 7%, unrelated.
| Harmony | 29% |
|---|---|
| Melody | 29% |
| Sound | 73% |
| Rhythm | 25% |
These tracks have no more in common than unrelated songs usually do.
| I Want a New Drug | Ghostbusters | |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Huey Lewis and the News | Ray Parker Jr. |
| Key | D Major | A Major |
| Tempo | 110 BPM | 116 BPM |
| Most alike passage | 3:24–3:31 | 0:05–0:11 |
Same key
On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is close: as alike as other versions, or as songs very much in the same style (distance 0.66; 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 pair from a copyright dispute that was decided or settled. Public background: melody / bass riff; Lewis sued; settled out of court 1985 under NDA. 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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