Millennium by Robbie Williams
Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 5 steps · 2 unique chords · 1990s
D♭
Whole song transcribed by
Harmonic Analysis & Structure
Overview
Key: D♭ Mixolydian · Chords used: 2 · Sections: 11
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 (0:02)
- D♭ – A♭m (×4)
I – v
Part 2 (0:23)
Same chords as Part 1 (0:02).
Part 3 (0:44)
Same chords as Part 1 (0:02).
Part 4 (1:05)
Same chords as Part 1 (0:02).
Part 5 (1:27)
Same chords as Part 1 (0:02).
Part 6 (1:48)
Same chords as Part 1 (0:02).
Part 7 (2:09)
Same chords as Part 1 (0:02).
Part 8 (2:30)
Same chords as Part 1 (0:02).
Part 9 (2:51)
Same chords as Part 1 (0:02).
Part 10 (3:12)
Same chords as Part 1 (0:02).
Part 11 (3:33)
- D♭ – A♭m (×5)
I – v - D♭
I
Chord vocabulary
| Chord | Roman numeral | Role | Heard in |
|---|---|---|---|
| D♭ | I | Home chord (tonic) | Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11 |
| A♭m | v | In the key | Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11 |
Sources & accuracy
- Chords: the Robbie Williams chord annotations (Di Giorgi et al., Politecnico di Milano, 2013). Chord annotation of the original recording (I've Been Expecting You, 1998), 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 (I've Been Expecting You, 1998), and a part with exactly the same chords as an earlier one says so.
- 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.
Sources & Accuracy
Every chord on this page comes from the expert transcription listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.
- the Robbie Williams chord annotations (Di Giorgi et al., Politecnico di Milano, 2013)Expert transcription
Annotated from the original recording by trained musicians for a published research dataset.
Chord annotation of the original recording (I've Been Expecting You, 1998), time-stamped by researchers; CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo.
All Piano Voicings
| # | Section | Chord | Left hand | Right hand | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Part 1 (0:02) (×4) | D♭ | D♭2, A♭2 | D♭4, F4, A♭4 | — |
| 2 | Part 1 (0:02) (×4) | A♭m | A♭2, E♭3 | C♭4, E♭4, A♭4 | — |
| 3 | Part 11 (3:33), part 1 (×5) | D♭ | D♭2, A♭2 | D♭4, F4, A♭4 | — |
| 4 | Part 11 (3:33), part 1 (×5) | A♭m | A♭2, E♭3 | C♭4, E♭4, A♭4 | — |
| 5 | Part 11 (3:33), part 2 | D♭ | D♭2, A♭2 | D♭4, F4, A♭4 | — |