Baby Don't Forget My Number by Milli Vanilli

Overview

Key: A♭ minor · Chords used: 26 · Sections: 12

Form: Intro → Interlude → Interlude → Solo → Verse → Verse → Interlude → Chorus → Bridge → Interlude → Transition → Chorus

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). This page shows that transcription as-is: the analysis below is generated directly from it by code, not written by AI. Consecutive repeats of a chord are shown once, and the piano voicings are our playable arrangement of each chord symbol, not a note-for-note transcription.

Section by section

Intro

• A♭5 – D♭5
  I5 – IV5

Interlude 1

• A♭5 – D♭5 – G♭5 – A♭5 – G♭5 – D♭m – A♭m – B – A (×2)
  I5 – IV5 – bVII5 – I5 – bVII5 – iv – i – #II – #I

Interlude 2

• D♭m – A♭madd11 – Badd9 – A
  iv – iadd11 – #IIadd9 – #I

Solo

• G♭m
  bvii

Verse 1

• A♭5 – D♭5 – G♭5 – A♭5 – G♭5 (×2)
  I5 – IV5 – bVII5 – I5 – bVII5
• D♭7(no3)
  IV7(no3)
• Badd9 – Amaj7 – D♭m – A♭madd11 (×2)
  #IIadd9 – #Imaj7 – iv – iadd11

Verse 2

• D♭m – A♭m – B – A
  iv – i – #II – #I

Interlude 3

• D♭m7 – C♭ (×3)
  iv7 – bIII
• D♭m7
  iv7

Chorus 1

• A/E – E – Bm (×4)
  #I⁶₄ – #V – #ii
• E
  #V

Bridge

• E – D/E – A – D/A – A – E – D/E – A – Asus4 – A – E – D/E – A – D/A – A – E – Esus4 – E – Bm7 – E – A – E – D – A – E9sus4
  #V – #IV (bass E) – #I – #IV⁶₄ – #I – #V – #IV (bass E) – #I – #Isus4 – #I – #V – #IV (bass E) – #I – #IV⁶₄ – #I – #V – #Vsus4 – #V – #ii7 – #V – #I – #V – #IV – #I – #V9sus4

Interlude 4

• B – F♯m7
  #II – #vi7

Transition

• C♯m7
  #iii7

Chorus 2

• A/E – E – Bm7 (×4)
  #I⁶₄ – #V – #ii7
• E
  #V

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1276, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 30 chords were simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.