Song comparisons

Blue Boy by Jim Reeves and New York by Fat Joe, Ja Rule & Jadakiss: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 2%, unrelated.

2%Unrelated
Harmony24%
Melody9%
Sound25%
Rhythm49%

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

Blue BoyNew York
ArtistJim ReevesFat Joe, Ja Rule & Jadakiss
KeyB MajorB Minor
Tempo96 BPM93 BPM
Most alike passage2:04–2:110:07–0:14

Track B moved up 4 semitones (B Minor to B Major)

On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is no closer than chance (distance 3.05; 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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