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Funky Drummer by James Brown and I Am Stretched on Your Grave by Sinead O'Connor: how alike are they?

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

93%Near-identical or shared recording
Harmony23%
Melody19%
Sound84%
Rhythm20%

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

Funky DrummerI Am Stretched on Your Grave
ArtistJames BrownSinead O'Connor
KeyG MajorC Major
Tempo199 BPM94 BPM
Most alike passage8:59–9:135:16–5:31

Same key

Shared recording: the audio of Funky Drummer at 5:20–5:45 appears in I Am Stretched on Your Grave at 0:03–0:29.

On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is no closer than chance (distance 2.66; 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 recording that samples the other. Public background: drum loop (Funky Drummer break); -. 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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