Song comparisons

Sex Me (Part I) [Street Radio Edit] by R. Kelly & Public Announcement and Kingfish by Randy Newman: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 4%, unrelated.

4%Unrelated
Harmony32%
Melody18%
Sound47%
Rhythm1%

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

Sex Me (Part I) [Street Radio Edit]Kingfish
ArtistR. Kelly & Public AnnouncementRandy Newman
KeyG# MajorA Minor
Tempo63 BPM188 BPM
Most alike passage10:56–11:052:30–2:39

Track B moved up 1 semitones (A Minor to G# Major)

On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is no closer than chance (distance 3.02; 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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