Dance Hall Days by Wang Chung

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 12 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Transition

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

• Fadd9 – C – G (×4)
  IVadd9 – I – V

Verse 1

• F – C – G (×4)
  IV – I – V

Chorus 1

• F – C/E – G (×3)
  IV – I⁶ – V
• F – C/E – Cm/E♭ – G/D – F – E – Am – G/B – C
  IV – I⁶ – i⁶ – V⁶₄ – IV – III – vi – V⁶ – I

Transition 1

• F – C – G – F – C – G7
  IV – I – V – IV – I – V7

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 2

• Fadd9 – C – G (×3)
  IVadd9 – I – V
• Fadd9 – C – G7
  IVadd9 – I – V7

Verse 3

• F – C – G7sus4 – F – C – G
  IV – I – V7sus4 – IV – I – V
• F – C – G7sus4 (×2)
  IV – I – V7sus4
• F – C – G7 (×4)
  IV – I – V7

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 3

• Fadd9 – C – G (×2)
  IVadd9 – I – V
• F – C – G7 (×8)
  IV – I – V7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Cm/E♭ (i⁶) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• E acts as V/vi: it resolves to Am.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0886, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.