Song comparisons

Cocaine Blues by Lonnie Mack and Tell the Truth by Derek & The Dominos: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 3%, unrelated.

3%Unrelated
Harmony29%
Melody21%
Sound29%
Rhythm42%

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

Cocaine BluesTell the Truth
ArtistLonnie MackDerek & The Dominos
KeyE MajorE Major
Tempo89 BPM104 BPM
Most alike passage2:20–2:262:47–2:52

Track B moved up 5 semitones (E Major to E Major)

On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is no closer than chance (distance 3.22; 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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