Table 3. The RS 200 List, showing sectional cadences as identified by Temperley (DT) and
Trevor de Clercq (TdC).
In every case where a sectional cadence was found, the pre-tonic harmony is indicated
Title | Artist | DT | TdC |
1999 | Prince | vi | vi7 |
A Change Is Gonna Come | Sam Cooke | - | vi |
A Day in the Life | Beatles | - | - |
A Hard Day’s Night | Beatles | IV | IV |
All Along the Watchtower | Jimi Hendrix | - | - |
All Apologies | Nirvana | - | - |
All I Have to Do is Dream | Everly Brothers | - | V |
Anarchy in the U.K. | Sex Pistols | ii | ii |
Back in Black | AC/DC | - | - |
Be-Bop-a-Lula | Gene Vincent | - | IV |
Be My Baby | Ronettes | - | - |
Billie Jean | Michael Jackson | iv | iv |
Bitter Sweet Symphony | Verve | - | - |
Bizarre Love Triangle | New Order | - | - |
Blitzkrieg Bop | Ramones | V | V |
Blowin’ in the Wind | Bob Dylan | V | V |
Blue Suede Shoes | Carl Perkins | V | V |
Blueberry Hill | Fats Domino | V | V |
Bo Diddley | Bo Diddley | - | - |
Bohemian Rhapsody | Queen | - | - |
Born to be Wild | Steppenwolf | - | - |
Born to Run | Bruce Springsteen | V | V |
Both Sides Now | Joni Mitchell | V | Vsus4 |
Bridge over Troubled Water | Simon & Garfunkel | viio | viio7 |
Brown-Eyed Girl | Van Morrison | - | Van Morrison |
California Dreamin’ | Mamas & Papas | - | - |
California Girls | Beach Boys | vii7 | vii |
California Love | 2Pac | - | - |
Cathy’s Clown | Everly Brothers | V | V |
Changes | David Bowie | ii | IV6 |
Come As You Are | Nirvana | - | - |
Crazy | Patsy Cline | V | V |
Crying | Roy Orbison | V | V |
Da Doo Ron Ron | Crystals | V | V |
Dancing in the Street | Martha and the Vandellas | - | - |
Dancing Queen | ABBA | ii | ii |
Dock of the Bay | Otis Redding | II | II |
Don’t Worry Baby | Beach Boys | - | - |
Dream On | Aerosmith | - | - |
Earth Angel | Penguins | V | V |
Eight Miles High | Byrds | - | - |
Eleanor Rigby | Beatles | VI | - |
Enter Sandman | Metallica | - | - |
Every Breath You Take | Police | V | V |
Everyday People | Sly and the Family Stone | - | - |
Fake Plastic Trees | Radiohead | ii | ii7 |
Family Affair | Sly and the Family Stone | - | - |
Fast Car | Tracy Chapman | - | - |
Folsom Prison Blues | Johnny Cash | V | V |
For What It’s Worth | Buffalo Springfield | - | IV |
Fortunate Son | Creedence Clearwater Revival | IV | IV |
Foxey Lady | Jimi Hendrix | IV | - |
Free Fallin’ | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | V | V |
Georgia on My Mind | Ray Charles | V | V |
Gimme Shelter | Rolling Stones | - | - |
Go Your Own Way | Fleetwood Mac | - | - |
God Only Knows | Beach Boys | - | - |
God Save The Queen | Sex Pistols | V | V |
Good Golly, Miss Molly | Little Richard | IV | IV |
Good Vibrations | Beach Boys | IV | - |
Great Balls Of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis | - | - |
Hallelujah | Jeff Buckley | V | V |
Heartbreak Hotel | Elvis Presley | V | V |
Help | Beatles | - | - |
Heroes | David Bowie | IVdom7 | IV |
Hey Jude | Beatles | V | V |
Honky Tonk Women | Rolling Stones | V | V |
Hot Stuff | Donna Summer | V | v |
Hotel California | Eagles | - | - |
Hound Dog | Elvis Presley | IV | IV |
House of the Rising Sun | Animals | V | V |
I Believe I Can Fly | R Kelly | - | - |
I Can’t Make You Love Me | Bonnie Raitt | - | - |
I Can’t Stop Loving You | Ray Charles | V | V |
I Fought the Law | Bobby Fuller Four | V | V |
I Got You (I Feel Good) | James Brown | IV | IV |
I Heard It Through the Grapevine | Marvin Gaye | IV | IV |
I Only Have Eyes for You | Flamingos | - | - |
I Saw Her Standing There | Beatles | V | V |
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For | U2 | IV | IV |
I Walk the Line | Johnny Cash | V | V |
I Wanna Be Sedated | Ramones | - | - |
I Want to Hold Your Hand | Beatles | V | V |
I Want You Back | Jackson Five | - | - |
I’m So Lonesome | Hank Williams | V | V |
I’m Waiting for the Man | Velvet Underground | IV | IV |
Imagine | John Lennon | V | - |
In Bloom | Nirvana | IV | IVdom7 |
In My Life | Beatles | iv | iv |
In the Midnight Hour | Wilson Pickett | IV | IV |
In the Still of the Night | Five Satins | V | V |
It’s a Man’s World | James Brown | V | V |
I’ve Been Loving You | Otis Redding | V | V |
Jailhouse Rock | Elvis Presley | - | - |
Johnny B. Goode | Chuck Berry | V | V |
Jumpin’ Jack Flash | Rolling Stones | IV | IV |
Kashmir | Led Zeppelin | - | - |
Layla | Derek and the Dominoes | - | - |
Let It Be | Beatles | - | IV |
Let’s Get it On | Marvin Gaye | - | - |
Let’s Stay Together | Al Green | - | - |
Light My Fire | Doors | - | - |
Like a Rolling Stone | Bob Dylan | V | V |
Little Red Corvette | Prince | - | - |
Living for the City | Stevie Wonder | V | V |
London Calling | Clash | - | VII |
Long Tall Sally | Little Richard | IV | IV |
Lose Yourself | Eminem | - | - |
Loser | Beck | - | - |
Losing My Religion | REM | VI | VII |
Louie Louie | Kingsmen | IV | IV |
Love and Happiness | Al Green | V7 | V7 |
Love Will Tear Us Apart | Joy Division | - | - |
Lust for Life | Iggy Pop | V | V |
Maggie May | Rod Stewart | V | IV |
Maybellene | Chuck Berry | V | V |
Me and Bobby McGee | Janis Joplin | V | V |
Mr. Tambourine Man | Bob Dylan | V | V |
Mr. Tambourine Man | Byrds | V | V |
My Generation | Who | VII | - |
My Girl | Temptations | - | - |
Mystery Train | Elvis Presley | IV | IV |
No Woman, No Cry | Bob Marley & the Wailers | IV | IV |
Norwegian Wood | Beatles | v | - |
Not Fade Away | Buddy Holly | - | - |
Nothing Compares 2 U | Sinead O’Connor | - | - |
Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang | Dr. Dre | - | - |
One | U2 | IV | - |
Paint it Black | Rolling Stones | - | - |
Papa Was a Rolling Stone | Temptations | - | - |
Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag | James Brown | IVdom7 | IV |
Paranoid Android | Radiohead | - | - |
People Get Ready | Impressions | V11 | V9sus4 |
Please Please Please | James Brown | V | V |
Proud Mary | Creedence Clearwater Revival | - | - |
Purple Haze | Jimi Hendrix | - | - |
Purple Rain | Prince | V | V |
Rave On | Buddy Holly | V | V |
Redemption Song | Bob Marley | V | V |
Respect | Aretha Franklin | IV | - |
Ring of Fire | Johnny Cash | V | V |
River Deep - Mountain High | Tina Turner | - | - |
Rock and Roll Music | Beatles | V | V |
Rock Around the Clock | Buddy Holly & Crickets | V | V |
Rock Lobster | B-52s | - | - |
Rockin’ in the Free World | Neil Young | - | - |
Roll Over Beethoven | Chuck Berry | IV | IV |
Sabotage | Beastie Boys | - | - |
Satisfaction | Rolling Stones | IV | - |
September Gurls | Big Star | - | - |
Shake Rattle and Roll | Big Joe Turner | IV | IV |
She Loves You | Beatles | V | - |
Should I Stay or Should I Go | Clash | V | V |
Shout | Isley Brothers | - | - |
Smells Like Teen Spirit | Nirvana | - | - |
Sounds of Silence | Simon & Garfunkel | VII | VII |
Stairway To Heaven | Led Zeppelin | - | - |
Stand by Me | Ben E. King | V | V |
Strawberry Fields Forever | Beatles | IV | IV |
Summer Babe | Pavement | - | - |
Summertime Blues | Eddie Cochran | - | - |
Sunshine of Your Love | Cream | - | - |
Superstition | Stevie Wonder | V | V |
Suspicious Minds | Elvis Presley | - | - |
Sweet Child O’ Mine | Guns N’ Roses | VII | VII |
Sympathy for the Devil | Rolling Stones | V | V |
Take Me to the River | Al Green | - | - |
Tangled Up in Blue | Bob Dylan | IV | IV |
Tears in Heaven | Eric Clapton | V | Vsus4 |
That’ll Be the Day | Buddy Holly | V | V |
That’s All Right | Elvis Presley | V | V |
The Boxer | Simon & Garfunkel | V | - |
The Message | Grandmaster Flash | - | - |
The Times They Are A-Changin’ | Bob Dylan | V | V |
The Weight | The Band | IV | IV |
Thunder Road | Bruce Springsteen | V | - |
Tracks of My Tears | Smokey Robinson | IV | V |
Tutti Frutti | Little Richard | - | - |
Up on the Roof | Drifters | - | - |
Voodoo Child | Jimi Hendrix | ||
Walk On By | Dionne Warwick | IV | IV |
Waterloo Sunset | Kinks | - | - |
What’d I Say | Ray Charles | - | - |
What’s Going On | Marvin Gaye | - | - |
When a Man Loves a Woman | Percy Sledge | V | V |
When Doves Cry | Prince | - | |
While My Guitar Gently Weeps | Beatles | - | - |
Whiter Shade of Pale | Procol Harum | IV | IV |
Who Do You Love | Bo Diddley | - | - |
Whole Lotta Love | Led Zeppelin | ||
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin On | Jerry Lee Lewis | IV | IV |
Will You Love Me Tomorrow | Shirelles | V | V |
With or Without You | U2 | - | - |
Won’t Get Fooled Again | Who | IV | IV |
Yesterday | Beatles | IV | IV |
You Can’t Always Get What You Want | Rolling Stones | IV | IV |
You Really Got Me | Kinks | - | - |
You Send Me | Sam Cooke | V | V |
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ | Righteous Brothers | IV | |
Your Song | Elton John |