by OntiqoNo Scrubs by TLC and Shape of You by Ed Sheeran: how alike are they?
Sonalize compared the two recordings: 3%, unrelated.
| Harmony | 31% |
|---|---|
| Melody | 20% |
| Sound | 34% |
| Rhythm | 10% |
These tracks have no more in common than unrelated songs usually do.
| No Scrubs | Shape of You | |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | TLC | Ed Sheeran |
| Key | G# Minor | F# Minor |
| Tempo | 93 BPM | 96 BPM |
| Most alike passage | 0:00–0:07 | 0:01–0:08 |
Track B moved down 5 semitones (F# Minor to G# Minor)
On Sonalize’s other-version check (a cover-song model), this pair is no closer than chance (distance 2.45; 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: melody (interpolation in the pre-chorus); Credit change March 2017: Burruss, Cottle, Briggs added. 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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