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Free Fallin' (Live at the Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, CA - December 2007) by John Mayer and Just as Long as We Have Love by The Spinners: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 11%, unrelated.

11%Unrelated
Harmony41%
Melody21%
Sound82%
Rhythm39%

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

Free Fallin' (Live at the Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, CA - December 2007)Just as Long as We Have Love
ArtistJohn MayerThe Spinners
KeyF MajorA# Major
Tempo178 BPM138 BPM
Most alike passage4:04–4:223:05–3:23

Track B moved down 5 semitones (A# Major to F 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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