Love Calling Earth by Robbie Williams

Overview

Key: E♭ minor · Chords used: 23 · Sections: 10

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Robbie Williams chord annotations (Di Giorgi et al., Politecnico di Milano, 2013). 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

Part 1 (0:00)

• B♭ – C/B♭ – B♭
  V – VI (bass B♭) – V

Part 2 (0:09)

• C/B♭ – B♭maj7 (×4)
  VI (bass B♭) – Vmaj7

Part 3 (0:34)

• C/B♭ – A♭maj7 – B♭m7/D♭ – A♭maj7 – B♭ – E♭ – F – E♭/G
  VI (bass B♭) – IVmaj7 – v⁶₅ – IVmaj7 – V – I – II – I⁶

Part 4 (0:59)

• F/A
  II⁶
• B♭ – C (×3)
  V – VI
• B♭
  V

Part 5 (1:24)

• C – A♭ – B♭m/D♭ – A♭ – B♭ – F – Gm
  VI – IV – v⁶ – IV – V – II – iii

Part 6 (1:49)

• F – B♭ – F – Gm – F – Bmaj7 – C♯/B – Bmaj7
  II – V – II – iii – II – #Vmaj7 – #VI (bass B) – #Vmaj7

Part 7 (2:14)

• C♯/B – B (×2)
  #VI (bass B) – #V
• C♯/B – A – Bm/D – A
  #VI (bass B) – #IV – #v⁶ – #IV

Part 8 (2:39)

• B/A – E – F♯ – E/G♯ – F♯/A♯ – E – F♯ – E/G♯
  #V (bass A) – #I – #II – #I⁶ – #II⁶ – #I – #II – #I⁶

Part 9 (3:04)

• F♯/A♯ – E – F♯ – E/G♯ (×2)
  #II⁶ – #I – #II – #I⁶

Part 10 (3:29)

• F♯/A♯ – E – F♯ – E/G♯ – F♯/A♯ – E
  #II⁶ – #I – #II – #I⁶ – #II⁶ – #I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• A♭maj7 (IVmaj7) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ major.
• E♭ (I) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ major.
• E♭/G (I⁶) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ major.
• A♭ (IV) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ major.
• Gm (iii) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ major.
• F acts as V/V: it resolves to B♭.
• F/A acts as V/V: it resolves to B♭.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the Robbie Williams chord annotations (Di Giorgi et al., Politecnico di Milano, 2013). Chord annotation of the original recording (Sing When You're Winning, 2000), time-stamped by researchers; CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo.
• Section names: this annotation doesn't name verses or choruses, so they aren't guessed. Instead, code used the chord timings to find the bars and cut the song into 8-bar parts. Each part is labelled with the time it starts in the annotated recording (Sing When You're Winning, 2000), and a part with exactly the same chords as an earlier one says so.
• The key was estimated by code from the chords; this annotation doesn't state it.
• 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.