Something About You by Level 42

Overview

Key: E major · Chords used: 7 · Sections: 7

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Solo → Solo

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

• E – F♯m7 – E/G♯ – C – D (×2)
  I – ii7 – I⁶ – bVI – bVII

Verse 1

• E – C♯m7 – D – Bm (×4)
  I – vi7 – bVII – v
• E – F♯m7 – E/G♯
  I – ii7 – I⁶

Chorus 1

• C – D – E – F♯m7 – E/G♯ (×3)
  bVI – bVII – I – ii7 – I⁶
• C – D
  bVI – bVII

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

• C – D – E – F♯m7 – E/G♯ (×4)
  bVI – bVII – I – ii7 – I⁶

Solo 1

• C – D – E – F♯m7 – E/G♯ (×4)
  bVI – bVII – I – ii7 – I⁶

Solo 2

• C – D – E – F♯m7 – E/G♯ (×2)
  bVI – bVII – I – ii7 – I⁶
• C
  bVI

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• C (bVI) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• D (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.
• Bm (v) is borrowed from the parallel key, E minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0158, 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.