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Saturday Night Classics -- Never Gonna Let You Go

OldPhil
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I wouldn't have expected to choose this song for Saturday Night Classics, but what the heck. I actually stumbled on it at Rick Beato's YouTube channel. He calls it "the most complex pop song of all time," and his video analyzing it (see link below) is probably as good as or better than the song itself.

It was originally recorded by Dionne Warwick, but the Sergio Mendes-produced version became a bigger hit. It was written by the incredible songwriting team of Cynthia Weil (RIP) and Barry Mann. Warning: Don't listen to it more than once or you may get an unending earworm.

The Most COMPLEX Pop Song of All Time (youtube.com)

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  • Banned Member@DrewInWisconsin

    I watched this video a few weeks ago, and really enjoyed it.

    "What chords are in this song?"
    "All of them!"

  • MWD B612 "Dawg"@danok1

    Don't have time to listen to this now, but I will later.

    Love Rick Beato's channels. His analysis of songs is great and I understand each song much better. I can use in analysis listening to other songs as well. If you have a chance, check out his breakdown of Jim Croce's "Operator" with Mary Spender.

  • Banned Member@DrewInWisconsin

    I also liked the one where he talked about Seal's "Kiss from a Rose."

    And he was wondering about something in the song, so he just . . . called up Seal.

  • OldPhil@OldPhil
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    MWD B612 "Dawg" (View Comment):

    Don’t have time to listen to this now, but I will later.

    Love Rick Beato’s channels. His analysis of songs is great and I understand each song much better. I can use in analysis listening to other songs as well. If you have a chance, check out his breakdown of Jim Croce’s “Operator” with Mary Spender.

    It's good because he relates it to having to play it at a gig in 1983.

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