by OntiqoAmazing by Matt Cardle and Photograph by Ed Sheeran: how alike are they?
Sonalize compared the two recordings: 73%, very strong similarity.
| Harmony | 100% |
|---|---|
| Melody | 26% |
| Sound | 74% |
| Rhythm | 32% |
Most of the music lines up, about as much as between a song and a cover of it.
| Amazing | Photograph | |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Matt Cardle | Ed Sheeran |
| Key | C Major | E Major |
| Tempo | 87 BPM | 108 BPM |
| Most alike passage | 1:44–2:31 | 2:24–3:02 |
Track B moved down 4 semitones (E Major to C 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 0.62; 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 pair from a copyright dispute that was decided or settled. Public background: melody; Settled 2017 (reported $5.4M plus a share of royalties); no admission. 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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