Cited on HN 3 times, 2022–2023, never outright recommendedscore 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026
Cited in discussions of chord complexity and key changes in pop music.
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.
“That song makes everything else look like amateur hour.” (HN, 2022)
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]
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.
Breakdown of Never Gonna Let You Go's harmonic complexity.
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