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The Love Thieves
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The Love Thieves Chords and Melody

The Love Thieves
The Love Thieves – Intro
The Love Thieves – Intro and Verse
The Love Thieves – Verse
The Love Thieves – Pre-Chorus
The Love Thieves – Chorus
The Love Thieves – Instrumental
The Love Thieves – Outro

Related Music Concepts

Basic Chords
Chords naturally found in the key
Inverted Chords
Using a different bass note to change a chord's sound
Seventh Chords
Adding one more note to the basic chords
Add Chords
A chord with an added tone that enriches its sound
Borrowed Chords
Using chords from parallel modes for contrast and emotion
Chord Progression Novelty
How unusual the chord sequence is compared to other songs
Half-Diminished Chords
A diminished triad with a minor seventh on top — softer than fully diminished
Altered Chords
Altered (raised or lowered) notes create tension and complexity in chords
Chord-Melody Tension
How much the melody clashes with the underlying chords
Song Stats Intro
Key D Minor
Tempo 97 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre Electronic, Alternative
Melody Range D4 – F5
Mood Tense, Simple, Moody
Most Used Chord i
Chord Complexity 12
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 88
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 23
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 Intro and Verse
Key F Major
Tempo 97 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre Electronic, Alternative
Melody Range D3 – G#5
Mood Smooth, Simple, Classic, Bright
Most Used Chord vi
Chord Complexity 0
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 0
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 0
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.
Song Stats Verse
Key D Minor
Tempo 97 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre Electronic, Alternative
Melody Range D3 – C4
Mood Complex, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord VI
Chord Complexity 93
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 51
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 58
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty 94
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 Pre-Chorus
Key D Minor
Tempo 97 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre Electronic, Alternative
Melody Range C4 – A4
Mood Tense, Moody
Most Used Chord i
Chord Complexity 33
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 33
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 80
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty 27
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 Chorus
Key D Minor
Tempo 97 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre Electronic, Alternative
Melody Range A#3 – A4
Mood Tense, Complex, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord vi
Chord Complexity 99
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 82
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 98
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 Instrumental
Key D Minor
Tempo 97 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre Electronic, Alternative
Melody Range D#4 – C#5
Mood Tense, Complex, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord vi
Chord Complexity 99
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 100
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 95
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 Outro
Key D Minor
Tempo 97 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre Electronic, Alternative
Melody Range G#4 – G#5
Mood Complex, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord vi
Chord Complexity 99
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 98
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 50
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 All Sections
Tempo 97 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre Electronic, Alternative
Melody Range D3 – G#5
Mood Tense, Complex, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord vi
Chord Complexity 90
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 85
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 77
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty 72
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 The Love Thieves

About the Key

About the Chord Progressions

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Intro
i VI v
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Verse
VI7 i
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Pre-Chorus
i VII VI iv7
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Chorus
VI7 IV42(dor) VI64add6 i65(b5)
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Instrumental
VI7 IV42(dor) VI64add6 i65(b5)
Life of the Party by Allie X
U Should Know Better (ft Snoop Dogg) by Robyn
Mare's Nest by Cardiacs
Transformation by Sunna Wehrmeijer
Empty Friend by Failure
Another Day by Paul McCartney
Christmas by The Who
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Outro
VI7 IV42(dor) VI64add6 i65(b5)
Transformation by Sunna Wehrmeijer
U Should Know Better (ft Snoop Dogg) by Robyn
Another Day by Paul McCartney
Life of the Party by Allie X
Empty Friend by Failure
Christmas by The Who
Secret Feat Quilla by Heatbeat
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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.

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D3 – G#5
Melody range across 30 semitones
1.13 beats/note
Across 176.0 beats of melody
Stepwise Motion
Jumpiness
Repeaty
75% 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.
Smooth 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
90
Measures how diverse and sophisticated the chord vocabulary is in this song.
Percentile: 90/100 — above average
Melodic Complexity
85
Measures the range, intervallic variety, and rhythmic complexity of the melody.
Percentile: 85/100 — above average
Chord-Melody Tension
77
Measures how much the melody notes clash or harmonize with the underlying chords.
Percentile: 77/100 — above average
Chord Prog. Novelty
72
Measures how unusual or unexpected the chord progressions are compared to common patterns.
Percentile: 72/100 — above average
Chord-Bass Melody
25
Measures the melodic movement of the bass notes across chord changes.
Percentile: 25/100 — below average

Metrics Radar Chart

The Love ThievesAverage Song

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Melody Distribution

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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.

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