Song comparisons

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.

87%Another version of the same song
Harmony35%
Melody100%
Sound61%
Rhythm0%

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 FireRing of Fire
ArtistJohnny CashSocial Distortion
KeyG MajorA# Major
Tempo104 BPM90 BPM
Most alike passage1:46–2:182:50–3:28

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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