Songs that use the Augmented climb chord progression

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The augmented climb chord progression, which is the progression from "Last Night On Earth" by Green Day, starts on the tonic chord and then the top voice of the chord climbs up by semitones until we reach the fourth chord of the key.
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0:00 "Last Night On Earth" by Green Day
1:15 Other examples
2:36 Minor 4 chord
3:40 Double augmented climb
5:19 For Once In My Life
6:05 Donner
6:50 why does this progression work?
9:28 Piano outro

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@DavidBennettPiano 11 ай бұрын

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@justafan3335 10 ай бұрын

I found a really interesting chord progression in "Little Wonder" by David Bowie: I | vi | IV | ♭VI, could you check it out?

@jasonfanclub4267 10 ай бұрын

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@bevo65 11 ай бұрын

The chord-progression videos are outstanding.

@DavidBennettPiano 11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@bryanewyatt 11 ай бұрын

They make me feel just a little bit smarter and also introduce me to some songs I've ever never heard or made me look at songs I knew in a completely different light.

@xdoctorblindx 11 ай бұрын

I just can't comprehend the encyclopedic knowledge of music he must have in order to provide so many examples for each progression...and at such a young age!

@Tauramehtar 11 ай бұрын

My favorite series. I try the chord progressions in new songs immediately; such great springboard and inspiration)

@thesingingaccountant1 11 ай бұрын

Really agree they are fantastic videos. Going to nick, I mean get influence from this progression for my next song

@aaryanshsinghal6624 11 ай бұрын

I think green day has used this progression in the most beautiful way. It's the perfect balance and the minor chord just layers it beautifully.

@feeno1188 11 ай бұрын

It sounds extremely betlesesque. Especially the vocal processing

@SonyaBladesBooty 11 ай бұрын

Green Day is pretty cringe

@TheJAMilyFamily 11 ай бұрын

Sounds just like Just Like Starting Over

@DMSProduktions 11 ай бұрын

@@SonyaBladesBooty IYO!

@DMSProduktions 11 ай бұрын

@@feeno1188 I thought so too.

@linkfiedproductions2246 11 ай бұрын

The minor 4th just makes everything better. It’s a more bittersweet resolution

@RomanGonzalez-vw3wl 27 күн бұрын

It's also the solution in I-III-IV-iv Like in Creep, by Radiohead

@BruceEEvans1 11 ай бұрын

"It's My Party and I'll Cry If I Want To," recorded by Lelie Gore. The chorus chord progression is I, I+, IV, iv. The top note climbs to the 6th but becomes part of the IV chord when it gets there, then comes back down to IV minor,

@thesingingaccountant1 11 ай бұрын

Good shout

@annaclarafenyo8185 11 ай бұрын

This is the original, and everyone else is ripping it off.

@randomkid8999 11 ай бұрын

@@annaclarafenyo8185 you can't claim a chord progression

@annaclarafenyo8185 11 ай бұрын

@@randomkid8999 It's not a claim of royalties, just a claim of originality.

@althealligator1467 10 ай бұрын

@@annaclarafenyo8185That's certainly not the first piece of music to ever use this progression, the 5-#5-6-b6 idea has been around forever. Edit: Guess who was right all along? Bobby Vinton's Mr. Lonely uses the same progression and predates It's My Party by a few months. Still, the general idea of the chromaticism from the 5th to the 6th and back has probably been around ever since Jazz in he early 20th century at least.

@sinatra222 11 ай бұрын

Life On Mars was the first example that popped into my head! It's also worth mentioning the song that inspired Life On Mars - Frank Sinatra's 'My Way' - which itself borrowed the tune from a French song called Comme d'habitude.

@feeno1188 11 ай бұрын

Plus Bowie first worked on a previous attempt at adapting comme d'habitude

@sirB0nes 11 ай бұрын

@@feeno1188 Guess who made a very informative video about it: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mspdlZt4x7W0e5s.html

@charlesmunoz3419 11 ай бұрын

sinatra's my way it's a different chord progression the song uses a Maj7 instead of a 6 and don't use the augmented first at all

@zimmejoc 11 ай бұрын

I heard that climb and I thought, “that feels very Sinatra-like” I didn’t have a song in mind, just that thought.

@Paint 11 ай бұрын

Maybe This Time from Cabaret was the first one that came to my mind. Also love the nod to Ben Folds Five, excellent!!

@althealligator1467 11 ай бұрын

No way, Paint watches David Bennett?

@ezrac704 11 ай бұрын

Yeah, I had Underground in mind. Such a great chord progression in that song!

@damefawndenier 10 ай бұрын

I also thought of Maybe this time but perhaps the ascending part is just the melody and the chord is just the I chord?

@althealligator1467 10 ай бұрын

@@damefawndenier If the melody were singing the enharmonic #5 and the rest of the arrangement stayed on the I chord, you'd be hearing the I(b6) chord, which would sound pretty much like the same thing yeah, except it would technically be a b6 rather than a #5 so not really an augmented chord. Don't actually know what that song sounds like though but I'd assume it's just the I+ chord. Edit: Yeah it's just the augmented I chord.

@ljtinney 11 ай бұрын

I'd love to see a video on the augmented 6th chords... Italian, German, & French augmented 6th chords. I think you do an excellent job of presenting digestible information & it would be rad to see you cover this topic.

@audiokyle 11 ай бұрын

I would too. I took music theory a lot, but just up to that point. Then I skipped to jazz theory

@doublespoonco 11 ай бұрын

@@audiokyle aug6ths are pretty much classical tritone subs

@ljtinney 11 ай бұрын

@@audiokyle I've always been a big fan of theory but I never felt like I fully comprehended the Neapolitan 6ths...the French Augmented 6th, Italian Augmented. 6th, or German Augmented 6th chords & how to properly use them. This channel does such a great job explaining everything in a voice that is easily digestable for me. Fingers crossed for a dedicated video on this topic!

@benoitrenaud519 11 ай бұрын

An interesting aspect of Something is that the intro climbs up the same chromatic line A, Bb, B, C, before the verse climbs it back down. Brilliant!

@tzoreehandler9163 11 ай бұрын

Coldplay's Coloratura also uses this progression, exactly the same as used in Last Night on Earth (in the key of D: D D+ D6 D7 G Gm), but the interesting thing is that right after it resolves back to the tonic chord of D, it repeats the progression, going to D+ after only one bar of D, giving us an irregular phrase pattern.

@altostratomus7452 11 ай бұрын

Yeah, Coloratura does use this same line cliche, but it uses slightly different chords: D/A, Gm6/Bb, Bm7/D (D6), D7sus4/C. In other words, it’s slightly more complex than the Green Day song. It also uses the Gm6 on the way back down to the D/A from the G that the D7sus4/C leads to. It’s a fantastic song and I think is the prime example, along with Good Vibrations, of a “pocket symphony”.

@stevedowns7134 8 ай бұрын

Steal Away by Robbie Dupree uses this progression twice. Intro/verse in off of the 1 chord A then in the bridge off the 4 chird D. Love the videos!

@teacherofteachers1239 11 ай бұрын

It is nuts that these lessons are free! Of such value to an older lifelong music hobbyist. I wouldn't mind seeing a whole presentation on Scott Walker (or Jacques Brel, for that matter), if relevant...

@georgewhite1972 11 ай бұрын

Me too! Scott Walker 3 is my avatar!

@eliasmg9144 11 ай бұрын

Yes, I agree, but I want to see songs from Tilt onwards get analysis

@thesingingaccountant1 11 ай бұрын

Great shout - walker and brel so amazing. Would love an analysis of the seventh seal

@philmckenna5709 11 ай бұрын

Oh, absolutely! But, if we are putting together a Wish List, I nominate Serge Gainsbourg, Randy Newman, Jeff Buckley...

@klaxoncow 11 ай бұрын

There used to be a principle that all knowledge should be free and that there would be "education for all". This is basis on which public libraries were built. The scientific method also relies on free publication for peer review. Universities used to be funded by the taxpayer - no student loans and fees. And all "open source" technologies are rooted in that idea, including something like Wikipedia. One could say that the actual modern aberration here is that this principle has increasingly become ransomed away by profit-making corporations. This was - and arguably should remain - the default. But, yes, more and more education is being paywalled for profit. Consider the very notion of paywalling the news, as many of Murdoch's publications now do, is implicitly saying that only the rich should know what's going on in the world. Imagine asking a friend "how's things going?" and they'll only answer you, and tell you the news in their life, if you pass some silver over their palm first and pay for it. That's the true aberration here. Profit-making from merely distributing facts, so we now have to talk about "open source" this and that, to actually refer to something that used to be the implicit default.

@noahmorley9726 11 ай бұрын

How do you know/find so many examples of every chord progression. Insane

@enzoscardamaglia9565 10 ай бұрын

As a matter of fact I would really ask David if he knows all these tunes by heart or if he perhaps uses some kind of database.

@Ron-go8cf 10 ай бұрын

In the comments of another video ("40 Songs that use Descending Stepwise chord progressions") he once said it was a mixture of his own knowledge and database.

@X-UP-and-DOWN-X 10 ай бұрын

I’d take a guess and say he has perfect pitch

@Ron-go8cf 10 ай бұрын

@@X-UP-and-DOWN-X Perfect pitch is something different than recognizing chord progressions, it means that you are able to recognize a tone absolute, without context and relation to other tones, e. g. an e as an e.

@X-UP-and-DOWN-X 10 ай бұрын

@@Ron-go8cf oh I’m aware. I was referring to the fact that he has so many uploaded, in-depth videos on many different chord progressions, that I thought he was using perfect pitch to quickly identify songs that share same progressions. Or maybe very good relative pitch. Those, OR, he’s just extremely dedicated to his research and videos.

@elliotr3066 11 ай бұрын

Im so glad Last Night On Earth is getting recognition. It's such a beautiful song. So underrated

@emilb.222 11 ай бұрын

Indeed. I find there to be quite a lot of gems hidden in the Green Day discography. Perhaps tides will one day turn, and they will get the recognition they deserve!

@eluv2dance 10 ай бұрын

Came here to say this, too. One of my favorites!

@ActaeaMusic 11 ай бұрын

I am learning so much about chord progressions thanks to your videos. Keep them coming, I love them!

@DavidBennettPiano 11 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

@user-tg8yo3yl5k 9 ай бұрын

What?! Stumbled on this by accident. Incredibly interesting and well-done video. Enjoyed it immensely.

@DavidBennettPiano 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@joedhiehr2572 11 ай бұрын

Pink Floyd's "The Gunner's Dream" also uses this chord progression. Water perfectly draws the sadness, pain and melancoly of the human life. This song gives me chills.

@MikeS29 11 ай бұрын

YES!

@marksquire4825 11 ай бұрын

First one I thought of too. It all time fav song of mine! Extremely underrated album

@adamgthompson 11 ай бұрын

How amazing was the version during lockdown?

@dgdg5469 10 ай бұрын

What a song. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/grl1atSVz9-XgWQ.html

@rodrigoe.rodrigues6976 10 ай бұрын

I thought of that song too. Great song by Pink Floyd

@gleefulpebble 11 ай бұрын

i love the way this progression is used in nowadays from chicago, your videos always break things down so well

@jeff__w 11 ай бұрын

I think “Funny Honey” from _Chicago_ uses the same (or similar) chord progression-but I’m no music maven so don’t hold me to it.

@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaao 11 ай бұрын

Yeah this is the song I think of when I hear those chords

@HaskeTCE 11 ай бұрын

I know this chord progression best from the overworld theme of Super Mario Land "Birabuto Kingdom". Very nostalgic sound

@HenningUhle 11 ай бұрын

When I heard the example of Green Day, I suddenly thought of "Losing my Mind " from the musical "Follies", been made famous to the radio by Liza Minelli & The Pet Shop Boys.

@TilmanIAm 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for another lovely video! This chord progression immediately reminded me of "Nowadays" from the musical Chicago.

@jamiemccrory6052 11 ай бұрын

The pre-chorus to ‘Hooked on a Feeling’ has similar chromatic movement in that it goes A-C#7-F#m-A7, so you end with the 5th of the A chord (E) going to the 3rd of the C#7 (F), then to the tonic of the F#m (F#), and, finally, to the dominant 7th of the A7 chord (G).

@geezerbliz 11 ай бұрын

There are 2 songs with this progression that come to my mind more than any others and you didn't mention either! (Just Like) Starting Over by John Lennon, and of course THE DEFINITIVE example of this progression, Laughing by The Guess Who. Great channel! thank you for these awesome videos!

@yohualtica 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! I thought I was going crazy cuz nobody had brought it up!

@smallhumble 11 ай бұрын

Yes! Starting over came to my mind, too!

@yehoshuabenavraham9706 10 ай бұрын

“Isolation” by John Lennon comes to mind...

@andrewpappas9311 11 ай бұрын

I’ve always loved this Green Day song so it’s cool seeing a video on it, I’m definitely going to use this progression for myself with my band sometime. Great video as always, David, keep it up

@chadpollet7452 11 ай бұрын

Did anyone mention "Hooked on a Feeling"? That's all i hear over those chords in my head.

@230Amps 11 ай бұрын

Same!!!!!!! I was gonna comment that if you hadn't 😆

@geezerbliz 11 ай бұрын

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@maestrophilkell 17 күн бұрын

This is the one I was looking for.

@ericleiter6179 11 ай бұрын

Do one on the Hey Bulldog chorus...that is so intense with Lennon's voice and melody above it

@thesingingaccountant1 11 ай бұрын

That riff is the blues scale I think? So so good

@jamesdignanmusic2765 11 ай бұрын

Worth mentioning that the line cliche also makes the change from IV to IVm and back to I sound so natural at the end. The rise by half-tones is then mirrored by a fall by half-tones back to the original position. I always call this the "Isolation" progression, after the John Lennon song. One of my favourite ascending line cliché songs is Brian Eno's "Some of Them are Old".

@fictivefirefight6627 10 ай бұрын

I've always loved the Last Night On Earth chord progression and have even had a tough time figuring out what was being played. Love how you broke it down and shed some light on a song from my favorite Green Day album!

@thebasedgodmax1163 11 ай бұрын

love Ben Folds appearing here! I believe the yacht rock classic "Steal Away" also uses the chord progression. great video as always, I adore these chord progression based videos, even if I don't understand the theory to a lot of them.

@ShirubaGin 11 ай бұрын

The amount of times I've heard this chord progression is uncanny

@xubse 9 ай бұрын

dont think this in intentional but BA DUM TSSS

@piersaffleck8592 10 ай бұрын

"Nowadays" from Chicago and the ending of "Mornings" by Portugal. The Man!

@musicbymark 11 ай бұрын

Barenaked Ladies, it's all been done before was my introduction to this, "You were wrong, I was right, you said goodbye I said good night..."something like that😊 Then my friend Gary Myers, brilliant old musician from Milwaukee living in California, pointed out that there's a kind of hush all over the world by Herman's hermits He used that, and I started hearing it more places in my head.

@adamconner-simons4880 11 ай бұрын

Great example re: Barenaked Ladies' "It's All Been Done"!

@desifournier 11 ай бұрын

I think these songs also fit the bill.: Dave Clark Five - Because Mark Owen - Child John Lennon - Just Like (Starting Over). This is one of my favorite progressions. Thanks David.

@livysouza1983 11 ай бұрын

I was looking for that comment 😆 First music that came into was Just like (starting over)

@BruceEEvans1 10 ай бұрын

OOH! Ooh, ooh, ohh! Because. GREAT progression.

@inf1n1typlus1 11 ай бұрын

This is a great video! Last night on earth is my favorite song and I love the use of the augmented climb in the song, it gives it such a bittersweet and almost melancholy tonality. Also, thank you for making such interesting and accessible videos on music theory, I’m always excited to see a new upload from this channel!

@Sensist1000AD 2 ай бұрын

that augmented chord progression sounds like heaven to me...

@MrKittenmitts 11 ай бұрын

Very interesting. As a guitar player who dabbles in piano this is exactly what a guitar player would come up with. Ive also played These arms of mine for 30 years and never thought about the chord progression because the guitar plays a single note line there. Thanks for all the great videos!

@ArmanBaig 11 ай бұрын

John Lennon’s “(Just Like) Starting Over” has an augmented climb in A. great song

@thesingingaccountant1 11 ай бұрын

Love the message from it too - so personal - not sure about the Elvis thing but a classic classic song

@deegegaming7911 11 ай бұрын

This is a brilliant series of videos thanks, please keep making them!

@stardance9442 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for taking the time to meet with us today and for your help G☆you make music theory very understandable and concise .

@YingwuUsagiri 11 ай бұрын

A lot of songs from Hamilton that have the urgency and danger embodied by the song also heavily lean on this whole climbing augmentation thing like Say no to this (for more on that one btw and how it functions in Hamilton I'd heavily recommend Howard Ho's How Hamilton Works: Why Stay Alive sounds like Bond. It goes all into the difference between going from I -> I+ -> I6 -> I+ and getting stuck in a loop and why that's significantly different to I -> I+ -> I6 -> I7)

@KalebPeters99 11 ай бұрын

Ooh this is a great example!

@carlosmartinez5128 11 ай бұрын

I would like to mention that this chord progression shares a very similar sound with I-III-vi-v-IV-(iv)-I-I as the I+ shares the Aug 5th with the III chord and the I6 chord can be considered as the vi chord. Also the minor 7th in the v chord is shared with the I7 chord. Different namings but very similar movements between the notes. It's a very common chord progressions in Japanese music, one example that I can think of is the song here with me by d4vd, if I'm not wrong

@urbangorilla33 11 ай бұрын

Good point, although I'm wondering if you mean to write the IV chord after III? The F major (VI) uses the A note, which continues the climb, whereas Fm (iv) would stay on the A flat note.

@carlosmartinez5128 11 ай бұрын

@@urbangorilla33 sorry my bad, I meant the sixth chord. I just edited the comment :)

@urbangorilla33 11 ай бұрын

@@carlosmartinez5128 I love how the III chord is just the I+ withe root lowered by a semitone.

@composer7325 10 ай бұрын

Excellent, thank you, David.

@markgraham2312 11 ай бұрын

I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for this channel.

@ChickenTenderBender 11 ай бұрын

This has always been one of my favorite chord progressions. Glad you made a video on it! :D

@snackman3128 11 ай бұрын

i think 'Hey Bulldog' by the Beatles has a part with a sort of minor key version of the augmented climb. Idk if that still counts !

@ArmanBaig 11 ай бұрын

yes! there is a bm augmented climb and an f#m augmented climb in the chorus.

@TigerRogers0660 11 ай бұрын

Excellent again David!!

@DavidWoodsGuitar 11 ай бұрын

I kept waiting for you to mention Buddy Holly, "Raining In My Heart" as one of the early examples of this in popular music. 🙂

@DoohickeyDinkle 11 ай бұрын

thank you for mentioning it. It's the first that came to my mind, too

@thebubonicj 11 ай бұрын

The love song from “Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared” is very similar. You should look at all of those songs, some of them are very interesting. You can tell they know how to write music.

@DanJFilms 11 ай бұрын

I was looking for this comment

@cazoon 4 ай бұрын

Brilliant. Thanks for putting these videos together.

@victorlaureys4896 11 ай бұрын

Those videos are such a good support for studying cadences in musicology. Thank you so much for this brilliant content !

@jacobkilstrom 11 ай бұрын

There is one epic type of chord progression that truly proves that even songs with modal mixture can sound grand. That is one that starts with a major tonic and then climbs up on the steps of the minor scale. Example of songs: Sting - If I Ever Lose My Faith in You (1993) Jacob Kilström - Klassresa (2023) Yes - Homeworld (1999) These are very clear examples and I'm sure that there are more.

@saswatamohanta1023 11 ай бұрын

Wdym by climbs up the minor scale?

@jacobkilstrom 11 ай бұрын

@@saswatamohanta1023 Yea, if you use modal mixture, you can base a chordprogression on minor scale steps despite major tonic chord. Example of a modal mixture, when The Beatles use a bVI chord in "Hello Goodbye".

@stbr68 11 ай бұрын

Kander and Ebb have used this a couple times: Funny Honey from Chicago uses the 'Last Night on Earth' progression, and Maybe This Time from Cabaret uses the 'double augmented' progression. It's interesting how this progression works really well in jazz as well as pop/rock.

@melvt 11 ай бұрын

I came here to say Nowadays from Chicago

@1stJJ 11 ай бұрын

@@melvt Haha I thought the same, John Kander's "vamp" motif

@MissMyPonytail 11 ай бұрын

I don't know much if anything about music theory, but my ears tell me that this is one of the most beautiful chord pregressions ever!

@Perliux02 11 ай бұрын

I really like this kind of videos. Thank you!

@artrogers3985 11 ай бұрын

Fascinating. Thank you

@boringsloth 11 ай бұрын

I've found the chord progression i / III / VII / VI to sound really good. It's used in "Mad World" by Tears for fears and "Boulevard of broken dreams" by Green Day.

@youngwt1 11 ай бұрын

David did a video on that one, it’s called the Phrygian cascade, it’s also used in wonderwall

@artistaccount 11 ай бұрын

Polly nirvana

@boringsloth 11 ай бұрын

@@youngwt1 It's in the dorian mode, not phrygian

@excellentbill69 11 ай бұрын

Pumped up kicks uses that as well

@JMaxfield09 11 ай бұрын

i / III / VII / iv

@GeForce1080 11 ай бұрын

Green Day really are underrated songwriters

@nomnom112 11 ай бұрын

You mean Billie Joe

@thekivster 11 ай бұрын

@jasonfanclub4267 11 ай бұрын

Drugs help

@luisss1906 11 ай бұрын

they arent, i just checked and they have 27 million monthly listeners on spotify

@rtbold2999 11 ай бұрын

So they have one song that isn’t entirely composed of power chords…

@gavinrode9153 11 ай бұрын

BEAUTIFUL VIDEO MR. BENNETT. Sometimes I think I can't love music any more and then I watch one of your videos and you prove me wrong. Keep on fighting the good fight!!

@jeremylatta9038 11 ай бұрын

My favourite example is the intro to Just Like Starting Over

@Mr.Coincidence 11 ай бұрын

Id be interested to see the most common chord progressions that specific artists use. Like is there one in particular that Michael Jackson used? The Killers? How about MCR?

@SMBWasTaken 10 ай бұрын

That's like in Super Mario Land

@tobiasschmuecking4958 11 ай бұрын

Hey, David! I am enjoying your "songs that use..."-series a lot! And I learn a lot. Thank you!

@user-hr6zr8bi8z 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for your videos . With your approach to music theory is so easy to understand and learn music

@ezav01 11 ай бұрын

Good one! Bohemian Rhapsody has one section where it "climbs down" with bass, but I guess it's due to copy rights that you can not discuss about it. I enjoy these type of videos the most, as they are fun and concise.

@jeff__w 11 ай бұрын

Copyright doesn’t prevent David from talking about “Bohemian Rhapsody.” He did “A Brief Analysis of Bohemian Rhapsody” four years ago (which, at just over 20 minutes, isn’t all that brief), which is well-worth checking out.

@JJ_TheGreat 11 ай бұрын

Yes, and Rick Beato analyzed Bohemian Rhapsody, too! In fact, Rick Beato had analyzed a bunch of classic songs.

@michaellisinski2822 11 ай бұрын

Hello David! If you have a broader video subject into which it can fit, I'd love to hear an analysis of the pre-chorus of "Our Lips Are Sealed" by The Go-go's. There is some seriously odd stuff happening in that section, especially for what is supposedly a fluffy pop hit, and I think it would be interesting to explore why it works.

@ric8248 11 ай бұрын

there's some cross relations between chords borrowed from the parallel minor.. it's a very common trick in 80s pop

@dgemini2 11 ай бұрын

Sorry but I have to chime in here because I recently analyzed this song after watching The Go-Gos documentary. I had never realized what an odd chord progression it was until I heard Jane's acoustic demo, so I went to the keyboard and here's what I got. The verse is I- flatVII - IV, the pre-chorus is flatVI - IV - flatII - V, then the refrain/chorus is just a I - IV vamp. So the flatVI and flatVII are merely borrowed chords from the parallel minor, quite common. But that flatII, I have no idea how to analyze that in its functionality, other than being a borrowed chord from the Phrygian mode (?), which is very unusual considering that the song is in a major key. In fact, if you notice, EVERY chord in the song is a major chord, which is why it still sounds so "poppy." Anyway, hope that helps.

@ric8248 11 ай бұрын

@@dgemini2 thank you for the chords, and you are right, with major chords is easier to borrow surprising chords.. that flat II is there in my opinion to have the IV-bII combination mirror the I-IV cross relation..

@michaellisinski2822 11 ай бұрын

@@dgemini2 Yes, this is exactly what I was referring to! That borrowed Phrygian chord is the kicker, a lot weirder than the borrowed minor chords. I find the fact that there are so many borrowed chords in the progression to be pretty interesting as well, though. It's well-documented that The Go-go's at this point were very musically green (by their own admission), so I'm sure they came up with that chord progression just by experimenting with different major chords until they found something they liked. But I'm really interested in understanding why this particular sequence of chords fits so well together, despite looking odd on paper. There's a strong sense of direction to the progression, so I wouldn't be surprised if voice leading has something to do with it.

@falaghsepehr5504 11 ай бұрын

After a long day, your video helped me recover and feel happy again. Thank you so much for sharing! ❤❤

@robertmariano 11 ай бұрын

This chord progression seems simple but importantly it feels sooo satisfying. Thanks!

@ryan-heath 11 ай бұрын

Does the donner come with garlic sauce? Okay, okay, I’ll let myself out 😅

@RobyMBeki 11 ай бұрын

Hahah, really enjoyed that kebab joke

@MrNiceguyofficial 11 ай бұрын

Im writing a song for my unborn son. Im using the "let it be" (I V vi IV) for the verse and a modified "running up the hill" (IV V III vi) for the chorus. I consider those the ultimate catchy structure

@camf8372 Ай бұрын

Hey David thank you for this lesson man. I'm a guitar player and I love these augmented voicings

@coc_is_me 9 ай бұрын

Particularly love your outro on this one!!! (And they are generally terrific)

@althealligator1467 11 ай бұрын

Awesome! Can you make a video on the Where Is My Mind chord progression? It's I-vi-III-IV, though a more common variation is the same progression but starting on the vi chord, like vi-III-IV-I Other songs that use it are: - Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall - Cradles - Sub Urban - Cigarette Duet - Princess Chelsea - Say It Ain't So - Weezer - Cake - Melanie Martinez - Good in Goodbye - Madison Beer At least those are the ones I've found. Edit: Actually another one would also be the "minor version" of the augmented climb progression, i-bVI-IV, which often has a vi° chord instead of the IV, but that's functionally the same thing. It's the classic James Bond progression. Other songs that use it off the top of my head are: - Skyfall - Adele (obviously that's based on the James Bond theme) - Caravan - Duke Ellington - Help! - The Beatles - Heart-Shaped Box - Nirvana - In Bloom - Nirvana - The Avengers main theme - Alan Silvestri - Around the World in 80 Days main theme - Hans Zimmer - Atomic - Blondie - Monde Nouveau - Feu! Chatterton - Guardians of the Galaxy main theme (I think, it's similar to the Avengers theme) - Du côté de chez Swann - Dave - Seventeen - Ladytron - BABY SAID - Måneskin - Sunday Morning - The Velvet Underground; Nico - Femme Fatale - The Velvet Underground; Nico (though both of these, much like Help! actually, use it from the perspective of the ii chord as the i) - and and as an honorable mention, All Star - Smash Mouth, which uses the same progression in its chorus but with the relative major instead of the relative minor.

@SmashSSL 11 ай бұрын

That one club penguin gadget room theme

@althealligator1467 11 ай бұрын

@@SmashSSL Link?

@donericdisante 11 ай бұрын

The Gunner's Dream on Pink Floyd's album The Final Cut has this progression. This was the first one where I was able to hear another song in my head. I must be learning something!

@axlhyvonen461 11 ай бұрын

Really interesting and useful this one was as well😊😊For such a total beginner like me😊Once again opened really and tangibly my eyes, when it comes to e.g the resolution of a chord progression,so,thank You very much once again, You rule😊😊😊

@florianjosef5327 10 ай бұрын

Thanks I appreciate your work always interesting and very helpful for understanding music

@ikaray1775 11 ай бұрын

I ve been trying to work with line cliches since you explained it in your last video ❤🎉thanks david

@yongnamii9275 10 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed the breakdown of these songs

@AIRHE 11 ай бұрын

Amazing content!

@Datamining101 11 ай бұрын

I love this progression.

@clipsmasterproductions7479 11 ай бұрын

Beautiful! I love your ending performance so much too!

@DavidBennettPiano 11 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

@theodorekorbos2804 4 ай бұрын

Thank you Mr. David I really enjoyed this lesson😊

@arevolutionarywaytolearn 11 ай бұрын

Excellent as always!

@AviLoveArt 10 ай бұрын

Nowadays from Chicago uses this one as well. Love your chord progression videos!

@Wendolynn_Jane 7 ай бұрын

Thank you. Best! 😎

@matthewparnell6805 11 ай бұрын

Loving these chord progression videos keep it up!

@DavidBennettPiano 11 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

@ajax6380 11 ай бұрын

love these videos

@thesingingaccountant1 11 ай бұрын

Great vid as always mate - so inspiring for songwriters

@tobiasschmuecking4958 11 ай бұрын

Hey, David, a suggestion: How about the NEAPOLITAN chord? I know it is rarely used in pop-music, but I hope there must be examples.

@spartacusjonesmusic 11 ай бұрын

Always interesting and educational. I dig it.

@alvysinger5491 11 ай бұрын

Hooked on a feeling

@doctornov7 11 ай бұрын

I wrote a song with this progression after your last augmented video! The F to Fmadd9 back to C is also super satisfying after it (the add9 being sung in the vocal melody).

@jammybravo 3 ай бұрын

That was beautiful

@user-sn9hi2ed7q 10 ай бұрын

Love your videos!! My first exposure to this chord progression was Herman's Hermits "There's a Kind of Hush".

@jowmister1594 11 ай бұрын

another great video. so fun and educational.

@zzzaphod8507 11 ай бұрын

When Green Day use the minor iv to extend the chord progression, it continues the pretty voice leading (chromatic line), as the top note can go up and then down, half-steps all the way: E F Fsharp G Fsharp Fnatural(on iv chord) E

@sergemichoels3937 11 ай бұрын

What a Great job!!! you forgot to mention "Because" song by The Dave Clark Five that got quite a similar chord progression ii it.

@nweston5070 11 ай бұрын

The Wakeman cover of Life on Mars is interesting, because he played piano on the original recording. He may have had a hand in writing the chord progression to Bowie’s melody and lyric.