8.3M views · Jun 23, 2021 · 20:28 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2022–2023
Rick Beato analyzes a pop song he argues is among the most harmonically complex ever, breaking down its chords and key changes. It is a music theory deep dive aimed at general music fans.
Why Hacker News points people here: Cited in discussions of chord complexity and key changes in pop music.
“That song makes everything else look like amateur hour.”HN comment, 2022
“Rick Beato has kind of the opposite video about”
Rick Beato on the most complex pop song.
The obligatory video is of course "Four Chords" by Axis of Awesome: link Rick Beato has kind of the opposite video about "the most complex song ever": this video The song in question is Never Gonna Let You Go by Sergio Mendes; plenty of videos exist of it; here's one live: link
“That song makes everything else look like amateur hour.”
Breakdown of Never Gonna Let You Go's harmonic complexity.
Reminds me of this breakdown of "Never Gonna Let You Go" by Sergio Mendez: this video That song makes everything else look like amateur hour. Somehow it hit #4 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1983. I think I'll stick to bluegrass. In G.
“Wonder how it would perform on harmonically more complex pop songs”
That's amazing, congrats to the authors. Wonder how it would perform on harmonically more complex pop songs (e.g. this video ).
