by OntiqoStrange Fruit by Nina Simone and Blood on the Leaves by Kanye West: how alike are they?
Sonalize compared the two recordings: 95%, near-identical or shared recording.
| Harmony | 68% |
|---|---|
| Melody | 23% |
| Sound | 72% |
| Rhythm | 39% |
Consistent with the same recording being reused (a sample) or a faithful cover or re-recording.
| Strange Fruit | Blood on the Leaves | |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Nina Simone | Kanye West |
| Key | B Minor | D Minor |
| Tempo | 177 BPM | 172 BPM |
| Most alike passage | 0:43–0:55 | 0:00–0:12 |
Track B moved down 3 semitones (D Minor to B Minor)
Shared recording: the audio of Strange Fruit at 0:41–0:56 appears in Blood on the Leaves at 0:00–0:12.
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).
Why this pair
This is a recording that samples the other. Public background: vocal (intro, over piano); Lewis Allan credited. 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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