Song comparisons

Born to Shine by Joshua Kadison and Knockin' On Heaven's Door (2022 Remaster) by Guns N' Roses: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 12%, unrelated.

12%Unrelated
Harmony58%
Melody26%
Sound25%
Rhythm11%

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

Born to ShineKnockin' On Heaven's Door (2022 Remaster)
ArtistJoshua KadisonGuns N' Roses
KeyD# MajorF# Major
Tempo132 BPM132 BPM
Most alike passage2:23–2:570:17–0:51

Track B moved down 3 semitones (F# Major to D# Major)

On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is close: as alike as other versions, or as songs very much in the same style (distance 0.75; 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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