Virtual Insanity by Jamiroquai

Overview

Key: E♭ minor · Chords used: 25 · Sections: 17

Form: Intro → A Section → A Section → B Section → B Section → C Section → C Section → B Section ×4 → D Section → D Section → D Section → C Section → Interlude → B Section

Where these chords come from: a chord chart of this song written by a musician and shared on the iReal Pro forums, archived in the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). It's one musician's reading of the song, not a transcription checked against the recording. This page shows that chart 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♭m7 – Fm7♭5 – G♭maj9 – Bmaj7 – B – Cm7♭5 – Bmaj7 – B♭aug7 – E♭m7 – A♭9 – D♭9 – G♭maj7 – Cm7♭5 – Bmaj7 – B♭aug7
  i7 – iiø7 – bIIImaj9 – #Vmaj7 – #V – viø7 – #Vmaj7 – V+7 – i7 – IV9 – bVII9 – bIIImaj7 – viø7 – #Vmaj7 – V+7

A Section 1

• E♭m7 – A♭9 – D♭9 – G♭maj7 – Cm7♭5 – Bmaj7 – B♭aug7 – E♭m7
  i7 – IV9 – bVII9 – bIIImaj7 – viø7 – #Vmaj7 – V+7 – i7

A Section 2

• E♭m7 – A♭9 – D♭9 – G♭maj7 – Cm7♭5 – Bmaj7 – B♭aug7 – E♭m7 – A♭7 – D9sus4 – G♭maj7 – Cm7♭5 – Bmaj7 – B♭aug7 – E♭m7 – A♭9 – D♭9 – G♭maj7 – Cm7♭5 – Bmaj7 – B♭aug7
  i7 – IV9 – bVII9 – bIIImaj7 – viø7 – #Vmaj7 – V+7 – i7 – IV7 – VII9sus4 – bIIImaj7 – viø7 – #Vmaj7 – V+7 – i7 – IV9 – bVII9 – bIIImaj7 – viø7 – #Vmaj7 – V+7

B Section 1

• Bmaj7 – B♭7/D – E♭m7 – E♭m7/G♭ – A♭m11 – A♭m11/B♭ – Bmaj13 – B♭7/D – E♭m7 – E♭m7/G♭ – A♭m11 – A♭m11/B♭
  #Vmaj7 – V⁶₅ – i7 – i⁶₅ – iv11 – iv11 (bass B♭) – #Vmaj13 – V⁶₅ – i7 – i⁶₅ – iv11 – iv11 (bass B♭)

B Section 2

Same chords as B Section 1.

C Section 1

• E♭m7 – A♭9 – D♭9 – G♭maj7 – Cm7♭5 – Bmaj7 – B♭aug7 – E♭m7 – A♭9 – C♭/D♭ – G♭maj7 – Cm7♭5 – Bmaj7 – B♭7
  i7 – IV9 – bVII9 – bIIImaj7 – viø7 – #Vmaj7 – V+7 – i7 – IV9 – bVI (bass D♭) – bIIImaj7 – viø7 – #Vmaj7 – V7

C Section 2

Same chords as C Section 1.

B Section 3

Same chords as B Section 1.

B Section 4

Same chords as B Section 1.

B Section 5

Same chords as B Section 1.

B Section 6

Same chords as B Section 1.

D Section 1

• E♭m7 – B♭7 – Bmaj7 – A♭m7 – B♭7
  i7 – V7 – #Vmaj7 – iv7 – V7

D Section 2

Same chords as D Section 1.

D Section 3

• E♭m7 – B♭7 – Bmaj7 – A♭m7 – B♭7
  i7 – V7 – #Vmaj7 – iv7 – V7
• D♭m7 – A♭7 – Amaj7 – G♭m7 – A♭7 (×2)
  bvii7 – IV7 – #IVmaj7 – biii7 – IV7
• E♭m9 – B♭7
  i9 – V7

C Section 3

Same chords as C Section 1.

Interlude

• Bmaj7 – B♭7/D – E♭m7 – E♭m7/G♭ – A♭m11 – A♭m11/B♭ – Bmaj13 – B♭7/D – E♭m7 – E♭m7/G♭ – A♭m11 – A♭m11/B♭
  #Vmaj7 – V⁶₅ – i7 – i⁶₅ – iv11 – iv11 (bass B♭) – #Vmaj13 – V⁶₅ – i7 – i⁶₅ – iv11 – iv11 (bass B♭)

B Section 7

• Bmaj7 – B♭7/D – E♭m7 – E♭m7/G♭ – A♭m11 – A♭m11/B♭ – Bmaj13 – B♭7/D – E♭m7 – E♭m7/G♭ – A♭m11 – A♭m11/B♭ – Bmaj7 – B♭/D – E♭m7 – Fm7♭5 – G♭maj9 – Bmaj7 – B – Cm7♭5 – Bmaj7 – B♭aug7
  #Vmaj7 – V⁶₅ – i7 – i⁶₅ – iv11 – iv11 (bass B♭) – #Vmaj13 – V⁶₅ – i7 – i⁶₅ – iv11 – iv11 (bass B♭) – #Vmaj7 – V⁶ – i7 – iiø7 – bIIImaj9 – #Vmaj7 – #V – viø7 – #Vmaj7 – V+7

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
E♭m7	i7	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section, B Section, C Section, D Section, Interlude
Fm7♭5	iiø7	In the key	Intro, B Section
G♭maj9	bIIImaj9	In the key	Intro, B Section
Bmaj7	#Vmaj7	In the key	Intro, A Section, B Section, C Section, D Section, Interlude
B	#V	In the key	Intro, B Section
Cm7♭5	viø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, A Section, C Section, B Section
B♭aug7	V+7	In the key	Intro, A Section, C Section, B Section
A♭9	IV9	Secondary dominant (V/bVII)	Intro, A Section, C Section
D♭9	bVII9	In the key	Intro, A Section, C Section
G♭maj7	bIIImaj7	In the key	Intro, A Section, C Section
A♭7	IV7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, D Section
D9sus4	VII9sus4	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
B♭7/D	V⁶₅	In the key	B Section, Interlude
E♭m7/G♭	i⁶₅	Home chord (tonic)	B Section, Interlude
A♭m11	iv11	In the key	B Section, Interlude
A♭m11/B♭	iv11 (bass B♭)	In the key	B Section, Interlude
Bmaj13	#Vmaj13	In the key	B Section, Interlude
C♭/D♭	bVI (bass D♭)	In the key	C Section
B♭7	V7	In the key	C Section, D Section
A♭m7	iv7	In the key	D Section
D♭m7	bvii7	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
Amaj7	#IVmaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
G♭m7	biii7	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
E♭m9	i9	Home chord (tonic)	D Section
B♭/D	V⁶	In the key	B Section

Harmonic highlights

• A♭9 acts as V/bVII: it resolves to D♭9.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Virtual Insanity” (credited “(Kay-Smith) Jamiroquai”, style Funk) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata.
• Section names: from the chart's own markings: section names written on the chart (Intro, Verse, Chorus…) are kept, and rehearsal letters are shown as “A Section”, “B Section” and so on (the B of an AABA song is called the Bridge).
• Cross-check: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Virtual Insanity” (credited “(Jamiroquai) Kay-Smith”, style Funk) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata. A separately posted chart of the same song; its chords match this page's closely when both are read in the same key (similarity 79%).
• Chord charts are often written in a key that suits a particular singer or band, so this may not be the key of the original recording.
• The chart's D.S./D.C./coda jumps have been written out in playing order.
• About the song: Wikipedia.
• Verified: two community charts of this song, posted in different forum threads, agree on its harmony. They're still charts, not transcriptions checked against the recording.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.