43. Duffy: Mercy

Artist: Duffy
Title: Mercy
Album: Rockferry
Year Released: 2009
Record Label: Mercury
Catalog #: 001082202









Duffy's hit single "Mercy" from 2008 shows that blues is still very much alive today, and is also a prominent force in pop music. The chorus for the song is a traditional twelve bar blues, however, the verse is a slight variation. The verse chords do not go to the IV chord, and repeat the progression V-IV twice in measures 8-12, making the progression a fourteen bar blues instead. Also, the bridge of the song just stays on the I chord. Although there are slight variations, this song is very much in the style of a twelve bar blues.