by OntiqoComfortably Numb by Pink Floyd and Comfortably Numb by Scissor Sisters: how alike are they?
Sonalize compared the two recordings: 56%, strong similarity.
| Harmony | 66% |
|---|---|
| Melody | 61% |
| Sound | 86% |
| Rhythm | 28% |
Long stretches line up in harmony, melody or groove, more than in almost any unrelated pair we tested. Covers and borrowings score here, but so can a coincidence: check which parts line up and listen to them.
| Comfortably Numb | Comfortably Numb | |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Pink Floyd | Scissor Sisters |
| Key | B Minor | B Minor |
| Tempo | 64 BPM | 118 BPM |
| Most alike passage | 3:49–4:00 | 0:00–0:11 |
Same key
On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is no closer than chance (distance 1.97; 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: disco, falsetto: radical re-arrangement; 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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