Exploring Clockwise Movements in Chord Progressions

Music in this episode:

The Beatles - "She Said She Said" (1966)

The Beatles - "Hey Jude" (1968)

The Grateful Dead - "Morning Dew" (1972)

Lorde - "Royals" (2013)

The Beatles - "Here Comes The Sun" (1969)

The Rolling Stones - "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (1968)

Melanie Safka - "People in the Front Row" (1968)

Yoshihito Yano & Saki Kabata - "Lonely Rolling Star" (2004)

The Beatles - "A Day in the Life" (1967)

Jimi Hendrix - "Hey Joe" (1967)

Al Green - "Take Me To The River" (1974)

Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn & Little Nell - "Time Warp" (1975)

Read more about plagal cadences.

Read more about “Take Me To The River”, including the Talking Heads cover.

You can learn more about Trever de Clercq and David Temperley’s study of the Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs here (I neglected to mention Trever de Clercq in the episode.)