Upside Down by Diana Ross

Overview

Key: G minor · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 13

Form: Intro → Chorus → Verse → Bridge → Verse → Bridge → Verse → Bridge → Verse → Verse → Chorus → Chorus → 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.

Key changes

• Bridge 1 moves to B♭ minor.
• Verse 2 moves to G minor.
• Bridge 2 moves to B♭ minor.
• Verse 3 moves to G minor.
• Bridge 3 moves to B♭ minor.
• Verse 4 moves to G minor.

Section by section

Intro

• Gm7 – C – F – Gm7 – B♭ – C – F – Gm7
  i7 – IV – bVII – i7 – bIII – IV – bVII – i7

Chorus 1

• Gm7 – C – F – Gm7 – B♭ – C – F – Gm7
  i7 – IV – bVII – i7 – bIII – IV – bVII – i7

Verse 1

• Gm7 – C – F – Gm7 – B♭ – C – F (×2)
  i7 – IV – bVII – i7 – bIII – IV – bVII
• Gm7 – A♭m
  i7 – bii

Bridge 1

• B♭m7
  i7

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Bridge 3

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Verse 4

• Gm7 – C – F – Gm7 – B♭ – C – F (×2)
  i7 – IV – bVII – i7 – bIII – IV – bVII
• Gm7
  i7

Verse 5

Same chords as Verse 4.

Chorus 2

• Gm7 – C – F – Gm7 – B♭ – C – F (×2)
  i7 – IV – bVII – i7 – bIII – IV – bVII
• Gm7
  i7

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 2.

Chorus 4

• Gm7 – C – F – Gm7 – B♭ – C – F (×2)
  i7 – IV – bVII – i7 – bIII – IV – bVII
• Gm7 – C – F – Gm7
  i7 – IV – bVII – i7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• C (IV) is borrowed from the parallel key, G major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1285, 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.