Only When I Lose Myself – Verse
Only When I Lose Myself – Pre-Chorus
Only When I Lose Myself – Chorus
Only When I Lose Myself – Bridge
Only When I Lose Myself – Instrumental
Related Music Concepts
Diminished Chords
A chord built from stacked minor thirds — dark and unstable
Add Chords
A chord with an added tone that enriches its sound
Non-Standard Mode
New scales and home base chords for a different mood
Basic Chords
Chords naturally found in the key
Chord-Melody Tension
How much the melody clashes with the underlying chords
Seventh Chords
Adding one more note to the basic chords
Suspended Chords
A chord with built in tension and release
Chord Progression Novelty
How unusual the chord sequence is compared to other songs
Song Stats
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Key
D♯ Phrygian
Tempo
120 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Electronic, Pop, Alternative
Melody Range
G#4 – D#5
Mood
Tense
Most Used Chord
i
Chord Complexity
28
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
31
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
82
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
50
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Concepts
Song Stats
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Key
D♯ Phrygian
Tempo
120 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Electronic, Pop, Alternative
Melody Range
C#4 – F#4
Mood
Smooth, Simple, Classic
Most Used Chord
i
Chord Complexity
15
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
74
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
23
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
0
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Concepts
Song Stats
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Key
E♭ Dorian
Tempo
120 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Electronic, Pop, Alternative
Melody Range
Ab3 – Bb4
Mood
Tense, Simple, Classic
Most Used Chord
IV
Chord Complexity
19
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
59
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
99
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
14
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Song Stats
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Key
D♯ Phrygian
Tempo
120 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Electronic, Pop, Alternative
Melody Range
G#3 – B4
Mood
Smooth, Complex, Unexpected
Most Used Chord
isus4
Chord Complexity
85
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
35
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
19
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
98
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Song Stats
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Key
E♭ Dorian
Tempo
120 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Electronic, Pop, Alternative
Melody Range
Bb3 – Bb4
Mood
Smooth, Unexpected
Most Used Chord
i
Chord Complexity
39
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
41
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
19
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
75
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Concepts
Song Stats
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Keys
D♯ Phrygian, E♭ Dorian
Tempo
120 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Electronic, Pop, Alternative
Melody Range
Ab3 – D#5
Mood
Tense
Most Used Chord
i
Chord Complexity
41
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
50
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
67
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
52
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
About Only When I Lose Myself
About the Key
D♯ Phrygian
It is the 4th most popular key among Phrygian keys and the 54th most popular among all keys. The D♯ Phrygian scale is similar to the D♯ Minor scale except that its 2nd note (E) is a half step lower.
i II vii
Most Important Chords
Chord progressions in Phrygian often rely on the major chord built off of this 2nd scale degree (E major) which gives the key its distinctive sound.
D♯ Phrygian Cheat Sheet
Popular chords, progressions, downloadable MIDI files and more
About the Chord Progressions
| Section | Progression | Songs with this progression |
|---|---|---|
| Verse |
i
II
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| Chorus |
IV
i
VII
v
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| Bridge |
i7sus4
IIadd6
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| Instrumental |
i
VII
v
IVadd9
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About the Melody
Melody data is compiled from all analyzed melody sections, so depending on how a user analyzed a song, "melody" might include instrumental notes.
Ab3 – D#5
Melody range across 19 semitones
0.95 beats/note
Across 204.0 beats of melody
Stepwise Motion
Jumpiness
Repeaty
96%
Diatonic
Percentage of notes within the song's key.
50%
Chord Tones
Percentage of notes that fall on a chord tone of the underlying harmony.
Mixed
Consonance
How smoothly the melody blends with the harmony (0 = dissonant, 1 = consonant).
Loose
Syncopation
How often the melody emphasizes off-beats. Higher = more syncopated.
About the Metrics
Chord Complexity
Chord Complexity tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
Melodic Complexity reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
Chord-Melody Tension quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Progression Novelty
Chord Progression Novelty measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Chord-Bass Melody
Chord–Bass Melody evaluates how smoothly the bass moves between chords, scoring higher when it travels step-wise, ascending or descending, instead of jumping directly between root position chords.
Hooktheory's metrics are calculated against the entire database of analyzed songs, where 50 is the "average song." Learn more about each of these metrics here.
Chord Complexity
41
Measures how diverse and sophisticated the chord vocabulary is in this song.
Percentile: 41/100 — below average
Melodic Complexity
50
Measures the range, intervallic variety, and rhythmic complexity of the melody.
Percentile: 50/100 — average
Chord-Melody Tension
67
Measures how much the melody notes clash or harmonize with the underlying chords.
Percentile: 67/100 — above average
Chord Prog. Novelty
52
Measures how unusual or unexpected the chord progressions are compared to common patterns.
Percentile: 52/100 — above average
Chord-Bass Melody
44
Measures the melodic movement of the bass notes across chord changes.
Percentile: 44/100 — below average
Song Data
Metrics Radar Chart
Only When I Lose MyselfAverage Song
BPM Comparison
Melody Distribution
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5
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Melodic Intervals
Distribution of note-to-note jumps in semitones (negative = downward, positive = upward)
Note Durations
How long each note is held (in beats)
Syncopation
How many notes fall on each level of metric strength (0 = on-beat, higher = increasingly off-beat)
Level 0
Notes that fall on the downbeat — the strongest metric position in the measure.
Level 1
Notes on a secondary strong beat (e.g. beat 3 in 4/4) — still firmly on the grid.
Level 2
Notes on the remaining primary beats (2 and 4 in 4/4) — moderate metric weight.
Level 3
Notes on eighth-note offbeats — between the primary beats. Audibly syncopated.
