Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash and Ring of Fire by Social Distortion: how alike are they?
Sonalize compared the two recordings: 87%, another version of the same song.
| Harmony | 35% |
|---|---|
| Melody | 100% |
| Sound | 61% |
| Rhythm | 0% |
Raised to 87% by the other-version check, which finds these to be versions of the same song; the engine's own measure was 27%.
| Ring of Fire | Ring of Fire | |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Johnny Cash | Social Distortion |
| Key | G Major | A# Major |
| Tempo | 104 BPM | 90 BPM |
| Most alike passage | 1:46–2:18 | 2:50–3:28 |
Track B moved down 3 semitones (A# Major to G Major)
On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is as close as other versions of the same song usually are (distance 0.46; 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 cover version. Public background: punk; cover. 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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