One Night by The Corrs

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 11 · Sections: 16

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Uspop2002 chord annotations (Music and Audio Research Lab, New York University). 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)

• C – C/E – G7/D – G7 – C – C/E – Fmaj9 – G7
  I – I⁶ – V⁴₃ – V7 – I – I⁶ – IVmaj9 – V7

Part 2 (0:17)

• Em – G7 – C/E – G7/D – G – G7/F – C/E – F
  iii – V7 – I⁶ – V⁴₃ – V – V⁴₂ – I⁶ – IV

Part 3 (0:33)

Same chords as Part 2 (0:17).

Part 4 (0:50)

• Em – Am/E (×2)
  iii – vi⁶₄
• Dm7 – G7
  ii7 – V7

Part 5 (1:07)

• C – C/E – Dm7 – G7 (×2)
  I – I⁶ – ii7 – V7

Part 6 (1:23)

Same chords as Part 5 (1:07).

Part 7 (1:40)

• Em – G – C – Dm7 – G – G7/F – C/E – F
  iii – V – I – ii7 – V – V⁴₂ – I⁶ – IV

Part 8 (1:57)

• Em – G7 – C – Dm7 – G – G7/F – C/E – F
  iii – V7 – I – ii7 – V – V⁴₂ – I⁶ – IV

Part 9 (2:14)

Same chords as Part 4 (0:50).

Part 10 (2:30)

Same chords as Part 5 (1:07).

Part 11 (2:47)

Same chords as Part 5 (1:07).

Part 12 (3:04)

• Em – G7/D – C – Dm7 – G – G7/F – C – F
  iii – V⁴₃ – I – ii7 – V – V⁴₂ – I – IV

Part 13 (3:21)

Same chords as Part 4 (0:50).

Part 14 (3:37)

Same chords as Part 5 (1:07).

Part 15 (3:54)

Same chords as Part 5 (1:07).

Part 16 (4:11)

Same chords as Part 5 (1:07).

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the Uspop2002 chord annotations (Music and Audio Research Lab, New York University). Chord annotation of the original recording (In Blue), 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 (In Blue), 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.
• 1 chord was simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.