The Look by Roxette

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Bridge → Verse → Chorus

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

• A – A5
  I – I5

Verse 1

• A5
  I5

Chorus 1

• A5
  I5
• C – G – A (×2)
  bIII – bVII – I
• F – G
  bVI – bVII

Interlude 1

• A
  I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Interlude 2

Same chords as Interlude 1.

Bridge

• E5 – A5 (×4)
  V5 – I5
• G5 – D5 – A5 (×2)
  bVII5 – IV5 – I5

Verse 3

• A5 – G5 – D5 (×3)
  I5 – bVII5 – IV5
• A5
  I5

Chorus 3

• A5
  I5
• C – G – A (×2)
  bIII – bVII – I
• F
  bVI
• G – A5 – C (×2)
  bVII – I5 – bIII
• G – A5 – F – G
  bVII – I5 – bVI – bVII
• A5 – G5 – D5 (×4)
  I5 – bVII5 – IV5
• A5
  I5

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• C (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• G (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• F (bVI) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• G5 (bVII5) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0567, 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.