Hooked on a Feeling by B.J. Thomas

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 19 · Sections: 12

Form: Intro → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Verse → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Transition → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Outro

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

• A5 – E(no5)/G# – A7/G – D/F♯ – Dm/F – A/E – Esus4 – E5
  I5 – V(no5) (bass G♯) – I⁴₂ – IV⁶ – iv⁶ – I⁶₄ – Vsus4 – V5

Verse 1

• A – E – A7 – D – Dm – A – Esus4 – E5
  I – V – I7 – IV – iv – I – Vsus4 – V5

Pre-Chorus 1

• A – C♯7 – F♯m – A7
  I – III7 – vi – I7

Chorus 1

• D – E7 – A – Amaj7/G♯ – F♯m – E – A – Amaj7/G♯ – F♯m7 – E
  IV – V7 – I – Imaj⁴₂ – vi – V – I – Imaj⁴₂ – vi7 – V

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Verse 3

• A – E/G♯ – A7/G – D/F♯ – Dm/F – A/E
  I – V⁶ – I⁴₂ – IV⁶ – iv⁶ – I⁶₄
• Esus4 – E (×2)
  Vsus4 – V

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 2

• D – E7 – A – Amaj7/G♯ – F♯m – E – A – Amaj7/G♯ – F♯m7 – E/G♯ – E
  IV – V7 – I – Imaj⁴₂ – vi – V – I – Imaj⁴₂ – vi7 – V⁶ – V

Transition

• A – E – A7 – D – Dm
  I – V – I7 – IV – iv

Pre-Chorus 3

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 3

• D – E7 – A – Amaj7/G♯ – F♯m – E – A – Amaj7/G♯ – F♯m7 – E/G♯
  IV – V7 – I – Imaj⁴₂ – vi – V – I – Imaj⁴₂ – vi7 – V⁶

Outro

• A – E – A7 – D – Dm – A – Esus4 – E5 (×3)
  I – V – I7 – IV – iv – I – Vsus4 – V5

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Dm/F (iv⁶) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• Dm (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• A7/G acts as V/IV: it resolves to D/F♯.
• A7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to D.
• C♯7 acts as V/vi: it resolves to F♯m.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1048, 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.