# Unusual song structure for Mr. Big's "To Be With You":  Other examples in pop music?

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**Created:** [May 8, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-song-structure-for-mr-bigs-to-be-with-you-other-examples-in-pop-music/853371 "2020-05-08T01:29:34Z")\
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Lots and lots of pop songs have key changes (generally moving up a step or half a step, e.g., C major to C# major). I’m sure we could come up with a huge list of pop or rock songs that do this. Mr. Big’s 1991 hit["To Be With You"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxNsDNv7Vtc) is one such example. Listen for a key signature change at 2:21 as they begin a chorus.

What is unusual about “To Be With You” is that it later goes back down to the original key signature at 2:44 as the chorus is repeated once more. Are there any other well-known pop songs structured like this?

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**Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-song-structure-for-mr-bigs-to-be-with-you-other-examples-in-pop-music/853371/2 "2020-05-08T03:19:02Z")

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Cat Steven’s “Morning Has Broken” has the first two verses in C, then a verse in D, and the final verse back in C.