by OntiqoOops Up Side Your Head by The Gap Band and Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars: how alike are they?
Sonalize compared the two recordings: 53%, strong similarity.
| Harmony | 50% |
|---|---|
| Melody | 78% |
| Sound | 93% |
| Rhythm | 65% |
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.
| Oops Up Side Your Head | Uptown Funk | |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | The Gap Band | Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars |
| Key | E Minor | D Minor |
| Tempo | 103 BPM | 115 BPM |
| Most alike passage | 7:41–7:50 | 2:12–2:20 |
Track B moved up 2 semitones (D Minor to E Minor)
On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is no closer than chance (distance 2.06; 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 pair from a copyright dispute that was decided or settled. Public background: groove / hook (composition); Re-registered May 2015; Gap Band writers credited (17%). 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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