by OntiqoSmells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana and Smells Like Teen Spirit by Tori Amos: how alike are they?
Sonalize compared the two recordings: 50%, some shared material.
| Harmony | 78% |
|---|---|
| Melody | 75% |
| Sound | 5% |
| Rhythm | 13% |
More in common than almost all unrelated pairs. Listen to the matching passages: this can be a shared style or stock chord progression, or a borrowed section.
| Smells Like Teen Spirit | Smells Like Teen Spirit | |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Nirvana | Tori Amos |
| Key | F Minor | G# Major |
| Tempo | 118 BPM | 178 BPM |
| Most alike passage | 4:46–4:55 | 3:05–3:14 |
Same key
On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is alike in style, as songs of the same genre often are, though not the closeness of another version (distance 1.74; 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 cover version. Public background: solo piano; cover. 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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