Standards · 1944
There's No You chords & key
“There's No You” is a jazz standard by Hal Hopper from 1944. Most bands play it in F major, ballad; the tune runs 32 bars in AABA form. Harmonically it contains 5 major ii–V–I cadences, uses 13 different chords and moves between the key centres F major and B♭ major. In this atlas it appears on 6 album tracks.
Chord changes
Showing in: Concert (C) — F major
Changes as commonly played (concert pitch). Your band's version may differ.
Harmonic analysis
Most used chords
- Fmaj7×11
- C7×5
- Gm7×4
- E♭7×3
- D♭7×3
- Am7×3
Key centres reached by ii–V
F major and B♭ major
Characteristics
- AABA song form
History
"There's No You" is a popular song written by Harold S. Hopper better known as Hal Hopper with lyrics by Tom Adair. The song was first published in 1944. Two of the best-known versions of the song were recorded in 1944 by Jo Stafford and Frank Sinatra. Stafford's version was recorded on December 13, 1944 and it reached No, 7 in the Billboard charts in 1945. Sinatra's first recording of the song was made on November 14, 1944.
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Recorded on these albums
| 1955 | Blue Moods Miles Davis |
| 1957 | Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson |
| 1957 | Where Are You? Frank Sinatra with Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra · “There’s No You” |
| 1957 | The Great Ray Charles Ray Charles |
| 1983 | Speak Love Ella Fitzgerald / Joe Pass · “There’s No You” |
| 2018 | Pops Is Tops: The Verve Studio Albums Louis Armstrong |
Historic 78 rpm recordings
- There's No You Charlie Ventura and His Orchestra · Durgona · Adair · Hopper ·… · 1953 archive.org ↗
Standards with similar changes
Similarity of the chord progression, independent of key.
| Title | Key |
|---|---|
| September In The Rain 41% | E♭ major |
| Tis Autumn 37% | E♭ major |
| Don't Go To Strangers 35% | B♭ major |
| Undecided 35% | C major |
| The Things We Did Last Summer 34% | F major |
| When You're Smilin' 33% | B♭ major |
| Nevertheless 28% | B♭ major |
| A Sunday Kind Of Love 27% | F major |
Frequently asked questions
What key is There's No You in?
There's No You is usually played in F major. For B♭ instruments that is G major, for E♭ instruments D major.
Who wrote There's No You?
There's No You was written by Hal Hopper (1944).
What is the form of There's No You?
There's No You has 4 sections (AABA) with 32 bars in total.
How fast is There's No You played?
The usual groove is Ballad.
What are the chord changes to There's No You?
The opening bars are Fmaj7 | Eb7 | Fmaj7 | Db7. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.