by OntiqoIf I Could Fly by Joe Satriani and Viva la Vida by Coldplay: how alike are they?
Sonalize compared the two recordings: 42%, some shared material.
| Harmony | 82% |
|---|---|
| Melody | 23% |
| Sound | 46% |
| Rhythm | 46% |
More in common than almost all unrelated pairs. Listen to the matching passages: this can be a shared style or stock chord progression, or a borrowed section.
| If I Could Fly | Viva la Vida | |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Joe Satriani | Coldplay |
| Key | D Major | G# Major |
| Tempo | 129 BPM | 138 BPM |
| Most alike passage | 2:08–2:40 | 3:08–3:37 |
Track B moved up 6 semitones (G# Major to D Major)
On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is alike in style, as songs of the same genre often are, though not the closeness of another version (distance 1.77; 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 publicly reported dispute. Public background: melody; Suit filed Dec 2008; dismissed Sept 2009 by joint stipulation, terms undisclosed, no admission. 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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