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I Couldn't Love You More
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I Couldn't Love You More Chords and Melody

by Sade
I Couldn't Love You More
I Couldn't Love You More – Intro
I Couldn't Love You More – Verse
I Couldn't Love You More – Pre-Chorus
I Couldn't Love You More – Chorus
I Couldn't Love You More – Solo

Related Music Concepts

Extended Chords
Stacking thirds beyond the 7th to create more complex sounds
Suspended Chords
A chord with built in tension and release
Borrowed Chords
Using chords from parallel modes for contrast and emotion
Chord Progression Novelty
How unusual the chord sequence is compared to other songs
Song Stats Intro
Key G Minor
Tempo 98 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre R & B, Pop, Soul
Melody Range D3 – D4
Mood Complex, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord I
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 27
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 30
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 Verse
Key G Minor
Tempo 98 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre R & B, Pop, Soul
Melody Range D3 – C5
Mood Complex, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord ivsus4
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 27
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 51
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 Pre-Chorus
Key G Minor
Tempo 98 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre R & B, Pop, Soul
Melody Range E3 – D4
Mood Smooth, Complex, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord I
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 66
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 22
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 Chorus
Key G Minor
Tempo 98 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre R & B, Pop, Soul
Melody Range D3 – D#4
Mood Complex, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord ivsus4
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 14
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 43
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 Solo
Key G Minor
Tempo 98 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre R & B, Pop, Soul
Melody Range D4 – D5
Mood Complex, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord ivsus4
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 58
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 38
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 All Sections
Key G Minor
Tempo 98 BPM
Meter 4/4
Genre R & B, Pop, Soul
Melody Range D3 – D5
Mood Complex, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord ivsus4
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 36
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 34
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.

About I Couldn't Love You More

About the Key

About the Chord Progressions

Section Progression Songs with this progression
Intro
I9(maj) iv9sus4
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I Put a Spell on You by Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Children's Festival - for Wedding by Uni Akiyama
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Speak Softly Love - The Godfather Theme by Andy Williams
In der Fremde by Robert Schumann
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Verse
iv9sus4 I9(maj)
Loli Fishing Next 20000 Leagues by Jake Kaufman
I Put a Spell on You by Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Piano Sonata No 8 ''Pathetique'' - 1st Movement by Ludwig Van Beethoven
In and Out by Applause
Unexpected Visitor by Uni Akiyama
Imperium Dillon Francis Remix by Madeon
Insight by Haywyre
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Pre-Chorus
I9(maj) iv9sus4
Laura Palmer's Theme by Angelo Badalamenti
Saved by deadmau5
Children's Festival - for Wedding by Uni Akiyama
Spectrum feat Matthew Koma by Zedd
Brain Revolution Girl by MARETU
Statica - Blossom by Arty
Them Changes by Thundercat
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Chorus
iv9sus4 I9(maj)
Piano Sonata No 8 ''Pathetique'' - 1st Movement by Ludwig Van Beethoven
Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden - Over The Crisis by Masashi Chizawa
True Colors - Grey Remix by Zedd
And I Love Her by The Beatles
Sing to Me by Delain
Wildlife-wmv by Microsoft
Flying Robots by schmoyoho
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Solo
iv9sus4 I9(maj)
Over the Rising Hills by Skubas
Loli Fishing Next 20000 Leagues by Jake Kaufman
Fairly Local by Twenty One Pilots
Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden - Over The Crisis by Masashi Chizawa
Imperium Dillon Francis Remix by Madeon
True Colors - Grey Remix by Zedd
Imperium by Madeon
182 songs →

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 – D5
Melody range across 24 semitones
1.26 beats/note
Across 288.0 beats of melody
Stepwise Motion
Jumpiness
Repeaty
98% Diatonic
Percentage of notes within the song's key.
85% Chord Tones
Percentage of notes that fall on a chord tone of the underlying harmony.
Edgy 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
99
Measures how diverse and sophisticated the chord vocabulary is in this song.
Percentile: 99/100 — above average
Melodic Complexity
36
Measures the range, intervallic variety, and rhythmic complexity of the melody.
Percentile: 36/100 — below average
Chord-Melody Tension
34
Measures how much the melody notes clash or harmonize with the underlying chords.
Percentile: 34/100 — below average
Chord Prog. Novelty
98
Measures how unusual or unexpected the chord progressions are compared to common patterns.
Percentile: 98/100 — above average
Chord-Bass Melody
0
Measures the melodic movement of the bass notes across chord changes.
Percentile: 0/100 — below average

Metrics Radar Chart

I Couldn't Love You MoreAverage Song

BPM Comparison

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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