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What's Going On by Marvin Gaye and What's Going On by Donny Hathaway: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 94%, another version of the same song.

94%Another version of the same song
Harmony79%
Melody68%
Sound86%
Rhythm58%

Raised to 94% by the other-version check, which finds these to be versions of the same song; the engine's own measure was 77%.

What's Going OnWhat's Going On
ArtistMarvin GayeDonny Hathaway
KeyE MajorE Major
Tempo102 BPM96 BPM
Most alike passage1:38–1:561:49–2:09

Same key

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 0.35; 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: live soul/jazz; 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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