If you’ve peaked at the pop music sales charts lately, you’ll notice that since Michael Jackson died on Thursday his work has taken over. Among Jackson’s less obvious songs from the 80s climbing back into the spotlight, “Man in the Mirror” is an office favorite here at Listicles, no doubt owing in part to the thrilling acoustics of its change of key, which occurs exactly when your heart swells to the chorus kicking in. Capitalizing on the aural pleasure of such moments, BuzzFeed has rounded up the 12 Greatest Key Changes in Pop Music, our favorite of which (aside from “Man in the Mirror,” obvs) would have to be Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart”:
Originally from Listicles
