by OntiqoShe's Still a Mystery by The Lovin' Spoonful and Sway by Blue October: how alike are they?
Sonalize compared the two recordings: 3%, unrelated.
3%Unrelated
| Harmony | 29% |
|---|---|
| Melody | 22% |
| Sound | 39% |
| Rhythm | 32% |
These tracks have no more in common than unrelated songs usually do.
| She's Still a Mystery | Sway | |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | The Lovin' Spoonful | Blue October |
| Key | F Major | C# Major |
| Tempo | 123 BPM | 92 BPM |
| Most alike passage | 0:00–0:07 | 0:07–0:15 |
Track B moved down 1 semitones (C# Major to F Major)
On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is no closer than chance (distance 3.20; 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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