by Ontiqo34 Ghosts IV by Nine Inch Nails and Old Town Road by Lil Nas X: how alike are they?
Sonalize compared the two recordings: 93%, near-identical or shared recording.
| Harmony | 73% |
|---|---|
| Melody | 35% |
| Sound | 13% |
| Rhythm | 73% |
Consistent with the same recording being reused (a sample) or a faithful cover or re-recording.
| 34 Ghosts IV | Old Town Road | |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Nine Inch Nails | Lil Nas X |
| Key | G Major | G# Minor |
| Tempo | 64 BPM | 136 BPM |
| Most alike passage | 3:51–5:01 | 0:30–1:36 |
Track B moved down 4 semitones (G# Minor to G Major)
Shared recording: the audio of 34 Ghosts IV at 0:33–1:00 appears in Old Town Road at 2:10–2:36.
On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is no closer than chance (distance 1.98; 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: banjo/guitar figure; Cleared after release by Reznor. 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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