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Rule (feat. Amerie) by Nas and How to Dance in Time by Blue October: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 5%, unrelated.

5%Unrelated
Harmony37%
Melody11%
Sound62%
Rhythm19%

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

Rule (feat. Amerie)How to Dance in Time
ArtistNasBlue October
KeyD MajorF# Major
Tempo99 BPM132 BPM
Most alike passage0:02–0:095:19–5:26

Track B moved down 4 semitones (F# Major to D Major)

On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is no closer than chance (distance 2.56; 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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