Piece of My Heart by Melissa Etheridge and Piece of My Heart by Big Brother & The Holding Company: how alike are they?
Sonalize compared the two recordings: 96%, near-identical or shared recording.
96%Near-identical or shared recording
| Harmony | 100% |
|---|---|
| Melody | 100% |
| Sound | 91% |
| Rhythm | 26% |
Consistent with the same recording being reused (a sample) or a faithful cover or re-recording.
| Piece of My Heart | Piece of My Heart | |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Melissa Etheridge | Big Brother & The Holding Company |
| Key | B Minor | B Major |
| Tempo | 156 BPM | 162 BPM |
| Most alike passage | 0:01–3:37 | 0:02–3:32 |
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 0.31; 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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