Rick Beato - The Death of Key Changes: How Popular Music Got Boring

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10. Yes. Even a short song like the Beatles' "Things We Said Today" could be

so musically complex:

Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_We_Said_Today

"Things We Said Today" is mostly in the natural minor key of A and is in 4/4 (common time).[7] The song plays on alternating major and minor chords, with A minor playing in the verses before the release changes to A major. The transitions are marked by a change in harmony and an acoustic guitar flourish.[8] The song is melodically horizontal,[9] using chord changes typical in both classical music and jazz.[10] It consistently uses a B♭ chord, which musicologist Alan W. Pollack writes "adds even more spice to both the melody and harmony", and is suggestive of the "exotic Phrygian mode".[7] The chord is first heard at 0:23,[2] substituting for a more typical change of F minor.[1] Between verses, the song includes an extra bar of I as a vamp.[11]

I love that song...