Is There Something I Should Know by Duran Duran

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 10 · Sections: 9

Form: Intro → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Interlude → 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

• D – D/C (×6)
  I – I (bass C)
• G – C
  IV – bVII
• D – D/C (×2)
  I – I (bass C)

Verse 1

• D – D/C (×4)
  I – I (bass C)
• G – C
  IV – bVII
• D – D/C (×10)
  I – I (bass C)

Pre-Chorus 1

• G – C – D – G – C – F – C
  IV – bVII – I – IV – bVII – bIII – bVII

Chorus 1

• D – F – C – A5 – Gsus4 – G (×2)
  I – bIII – bVII – V5 – IVsus4 – IV
• C
  bVII
• D – D/C (×4)
  I – I (bass C)

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 2

• D – F – C – A5 – Gsus4 – G (×2)
  I – bIII – bVII – V5 – IVsus4 – IV
• C
  bVII
• D – D/C (×2)
  I – I (bass C)

Interlude

• Bm – C – D – Em (×2)
  vi – bVII – I – ii
• Bm – C – D – C
  vi – bVII – I – bVII

Outro

• D7sus4 – G – C (×12)
  I7sus4 – IV – bVII

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• C (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• F (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• Gsus4 (IVsus4) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• D7sus4 (I7sus4) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• D/C acts as V/IV: it resolves to G.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1043, 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.