Posted May 23May 23 What are some of your favourite Key Changes in music?Key changes (modulations) elevate energy, shift moods, and prevent tracks from sounding repetitive. While iconic, they differ greatly in their approach—ranging from the dramatic, Broadway-style power shift to seamless, hidden modulations within the verse or chorus.A couple of examples:Beyoncé - Love On TopMichael Jackson - Man In The Mirror > The key change being on the lyric of "CHANGE..."! <Whitney Houston - I Have NothingWhat are some of your personal favourites? Do you like the full song or do you just like that specific moment?Honestly they're so few and far between nowadays that we should BRING THEM BACK!
May 23May 23 Author Some of my personal favourites:Britney Spears - Where Are You NowAriana Grande - GreedyWhitney Houston - One Moment In TimeCeline Dion - That's the Way It IsCeline Dion - It's All Coming Back To Me NowAny more examples of your favourites?LOOOVE a good key change!
May 24May 24 Insert various X Factor alumni hereNah but seriously though, Leona Lewis - Run comes to mind, always gave me chills in that key change especially the live performance
May 25May 25 oh fun thread. I love it when artists do unexpected but fun key changesMy favourite examples are:Ariana Grande - GreedyBritney Spears - Born To Make You HappyHeathers (Musical) - Candy StoreJADE - ChurchJanet Jackson - Together AgainLady Gaga - Perfect IllusionLouis Tomlinson ft. the rest of One Direction - No ControlMichael Jackson - Man In The MirrorRAYE - Oscar Winning Tears.Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please PleaseSilk Sonic - Leave The Door OpenSix (Musical) - SixTaylor Swift - Love StoryTaylor Swift - Mr. Perfectly FineWhitney Houston - How Will I Knowalso shoutout to Taylor Swift’s Getaway Car but idk how i feel about it being almost too sudden that it actually startles you for a bit
May 25May 25 Author 1 hour ago, Jay79x said:oh fun thread. I love it when artists do unexpected but fun key changesMy favourite examples are:JADE - ChurchSix (Musical) - SixTaylor Swift - Love StoryTaylor Swift - Mr. Perfectly FineWhitney Houston - How Will I Knowalso shoutout to Taylor Swift’s Getaway Car but idk how i feel about it being almost too sudden that it actually startles you for a bitEXCELLENT choices! 'Church' was largely my inspo for this thread (I saw someone reacting to it a day or so ago). 'Six' is incredible! A lot of musicals could be included here tbh!
May 25May 25 My favourite unexpected one ever has to be Dappy - No Regrets with BTS - Dynamite a close second.
May 25May 25 Charlotte Perrelli - HeroChristina Aguilera - I Turn To YouDelta Goodrem - Born To TryEternal Feat. BeBe Winans - I Wanna Be The Only One (like Love On Top, this has a few)Jenny Silver / Steps - Something In Your EyesM2M - Don't Say You Love MeSanna Nielsen - I'm In LoveSanna Nielsen - Nobody Without YouSanna Nielsen - UndoShakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas EveryoneSheppard - A Grade PlayaI could probably think of quite a lot more I love tbh! Sanna is queen of the key change, I could list several more from her too. Edited May 25May 25 by gooddelta
May 26May 26 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone: "SNOW IS FALLING"Spitting Image - The Chicken Songand the key change to end all key changes:Westlife - You Raise Me Up
May 26May 26 I know it’s already been mentioned but No Regrets is my favourite ever. It’s so just unexpected in that type of song
May 26May 26 I know you’re really talking about upward key changes, but I wanted to add one of my nerdy musical loves, the rare downward key change. Rather than hyping up the song, it creates a more somber emotional feeling, and when done well it sounds great!Some examples:-How Will I Know? - Whitney HoustonUnder The Bridge - Red Hot Chilli Peppers Our House - MadnessAnd my absolute favourite!The Youth - MGMT
May 26May 26 So many Celine songs to choose from!Of recent songs Loreen - Tattoo & Delta Goodrem - Eclipse are up there for me
May 26May 26 Ooh my favourite downward key change would certainly be Johnny Cash's I Walk The Line, the deep bassy verse is best part of the song.
May 26May 26 Belinda Carlisle has some truly epic key changes.I'm a sucker for a key change so I'll contribute some of my favourites soon.
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