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Love Is Alive by Philip Bailey and Hunting High and Low (Remix) by a-ha: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 8%, unrelated.

8%Unrelated
Harmony27%
Melody26%
Sound92%
Rhythm42%

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

Love Is AliveHunting High and Low (Remix)
ArtistPhilip Baileya-ha
KeyA# MajorA Minor
Tempo125 BPM118 BPM
Most alike passage0:00–0:083:31–3:39

Track B moved down 2 semitones (A Minor to A# Major)

On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is no closer than chance (distance 2.88; 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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