Radiohead Only Used 4 Chords To Make A MASTERPIECE

This has to be one of Radiohead's most ICONIC tracks. Let's break it down...

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[CharlesCornellStudios]

I literally don't understand how we've gone this long without talking about Radiohead. It had to be done. And it will be done again. What else should we break down??

[fingiess]

song title is 'everything In Its right place'. would have been nice if that was mentioned somewhere as not everyone knows

[PatrickGunderson]

Everything in its right place is far and away my favorite Radiohead song. It’s so complex but still doesn’t sound awkward the way so many prog songs do when they play with non diatonic chords.

[SawyerWardMusic]

8:11, you missed the perfect pun, "this blows our phyrigian minds"

[_skyyskater]

Finally, you've done it!!!! I've been waiting for you to do this song forever! I asked you to do it several times, can't believe I missed it! THANK YOU!

[jonathan]

Please make a vid about ballade 4 from chopin (zimmermans performance). It’s such a rich piece of music. Honestly this man deserves a vid, he’s one of the most important musicians of all time and undoubtedly the most important pianist of all time, taking piano technique and music to the next level. And his ballade 4 is the perfect piece for a video. ❤

[lindseystein]

Hearing this song live is amazing. They had a a bunch of long tube lights all around the stage going with the beats, it was beautiful

[billyalarie]

It’s almost like everything is in iTS RIGHT PLACE WOULDNT YOU SAY??¿????¿?¿??¿?¿?¿??¿¿¿

[raularenaza]

Love seeing awesome videos like this one... This Radiohead song is pure genius. Just four chords, all major... but there's still so much to talk about, especially the rhythm. Yorke totally messes with us with those tricky beats. So simple, yet untouchable. The guy’s a genius.

[kmovaffagh]

Thank you for such an incredible breakdown! A true masterpiece of a song.

[kidneystoner]

i love that you have an eargasm every time you play those chords. totally relate.

[mypianoandi]

There is so much passion in this video I love it

[phoenixinthetrees]

I'm a guitarist but bought a keyboard predominantly to learn how to play 'Everything in Its Right Place'. As well as the ominous verse sequence, I love how the F-chord breaks through like sunlight in the chorus. I presumed it was in F-major as a result. Darkly beautiful.

[Lukas-rvlc]

Thom Yorke is using the concept of combining C major with its native (or mirrored) harmony. If you mirror the steps of the C major scale in the circle of fifths, you arrive at the negative harmony of C major, which is C Phrygian. This explains the presence of chords like Db Lydian and Eb6 (Mixolydian flavor).

The F major chord feels like a particularly interesting return to C major. In the key of the negative harmony, it would be F minor (Aeolian), so using F major creates a strong pull back to the "forgotten" home of C major.

This progression is one of my favorites.

[tf]

Thank you for helping me appreciate this beautiful piece even more!

[ihzu]

This song couldn't have a more perfect name. Everything in its right place, quite literally. Form, harmony, tonality, melody, tempo, timbre, dynamics, texture, rythm, chosen instruments/sounds, voice... everything perfect

[gavin-hall]

Brilliant breakdown of a beautiful song

[jrkrj]

Robert Glasper's cover of this song actually introduced me to Radiohead, Crazy! Now Radiohead is my all time favorite band!

[CC-iqpe]

Thinking about harmonies from an octotonic/nonatonic scalar perspective might be crazy enough.

[thocc]

That's the genius of radiohead. Their special is using happy upbeat chords to write such deeply emotional and sad songs. Fake plastic trees is my favorite, however jigsaw falling into place is more interesting with it's weird disharmonies. I really don't understand how that songs sounds the way it does :D