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Switched on Pop

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Music Interviews, Music History, Music, Music Commentary

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2017

⏱️ 37 minutes

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DJ Khaled, Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper, Quavo from Migos and Lil Wayne have allied for a new smash hit: "I'm The One." Despite the star power present, the resulting track is less than the sum of its parts—repetitive, derivative, uninventive. And yet, the lackluster "I'm The One" sits comfortably at the top of the charts, which raises the question: why?? Our answer: because Khaled and company understand the bewitching power of tonal harmony, and they've utilized the most surefire chord progression in pop history to ensure their success, a simple sequence of chords that has captivated listeners for almost a century: I - vi - IV - V. Check out our playlist of songs using this progression — and please send us any others that you identify! Featuring: • DJ Khaled - I'm The One • Dean Martin - Blue Moon • Ben E. King - Stand By Me • Hoagy Carmichael - Heart & Soul • The Police - Every Breath You Take • Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You • fun. - We Are Young • Justin Bieber - Baby • Jean-Philippe Rameau - Les Sauvages Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Lisa Ling, a journalist and host.
0:07.2	And I'm Hoon Lee, but you may know me as Chao on the Max original series War Year, based
0:11.7	on the writings of Bruce Lee.
0:13.4	After every new episode, join us here Hoon and I, and a series of special guests are
0:18.6	going to discuss how the show is made.
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0:40.8	man who risked destroying the world for the one chance to save it.
0:45.0	Featuring an incredible cast, including Robert Downey Jr., Emily Bluntz, Oscar Winner's
0:48.9	Matt Damon and Kenneth Brandock, Oscar nominee Florence Pugh, and Killian Murphy at J.
0:54.0	Robert Oppenheimer.
0:56.0	And theaters July 21st, rated R.
1:00.6	Welcome to Switched On Pop.
1:11.0	I'm musicologist Nate Sloan, and I'm songwriter Charlie Harding.
1:15.3	Charlie, today I want to talk about a song that I find completely beguiling.
1:21.2	And I find it repelant for lack of a better word.
1:28.1	And yet on the other, I cannot get it out of my head.
1:32.3	What is it?
1:33.3	The song in question is called I'm the One, and it is performed by an all-star codery
1:40.0	of hip-hop artists DJ Khaled, Justin Bieber, Chance the rapper, Cuevo from the group Migos.
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