0:00 Intro
0:31 Let's Get It On vs. Thinking Out Loud
1:17 Crazy Love
2:23 First Inversion
4:23 Tonic Extension
4:56 C# Explained
5:37 Functional Problem
6:34 Unfulfilled vs. Fulfilled
8:27 Other songs
9:23 Hooktheory
9:38 Storytelling

Why did Ed Sheeran win the lawsuit claiming he had stolen Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On? Why did millions in the lawsuit depend on the note C sharp? And how do chord progressions actually work to create meaning in these songs? Let me break down the music theory of the case and show you how Thinking Out Loud created a slightly different meaning using a similar chord progression.

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Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
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Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
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Jackie Chan's Ladder Fight from Police Story 4 (First Strike)
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Puff the Magic Dragon
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