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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (2006 Remaster) by Roberta Flack and The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by The Chi-Lites: how alike are they?

Sonalize compared the two recordings: 94%, near-identical or shared recording.

94%Near-identical or shared recording
Harmony100%
Melody100%
Sound65%
Rhythm47%

Consistent with the same recording being reused (a sample) or a faithful cover or re-recording.

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (2006 Remaster)The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
ArtistRoberta FlackThe Chi-Lites
KeyC MajorG Major
Tempo126 BPM134 BPM
Most alike passage2:08–2:582:02–2:50

Same key

On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is as close as other versions of the same song usually are (distance 0.39; 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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