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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.
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I watched this video a few weeks ago, and really enjoyed it.
"What chords are in this song?"
"All of them!"
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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.
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.
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It's good because he relates it to having to play it at a gig in 1983.
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First time I watched a Beato video after seeing His name pop up around Here ever so often.
I interesting.
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