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Banging My Head Against the Moon by JD Souther and Can't You Hear Me Knocking by The Rolling Stones: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 10%, unrelated.

10%Unrelated
Harmony43%
Melody20%
Sound63%
Rhythm44%

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

Banging My Head Against the MoonCan't You Hear Me Knocking
ArtistJD SoutherThe Rolling Stones
KeyF MajorC Major
Tempo94 BPM152 BPM
Most alike passage1:42–1:505:09–5:17

Track B moved down 2 semitones (C Major to F Major)

On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is no closer than chance (distance 2.36; 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).

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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