Level: 3
Tuning: Standard

Fred Astaire introduced "Cheek to Cheek" in the 1935 movie "Top Hat," and that same year the tune was a #1 hit for Astaire and a top 10 hit for four other singers. It's all about dancing, and Berlin said that Astaire, the ultimate dancer, was "a real inspiration for a writer." The format (AABBCA) is unusual, as there are three sections: A16-bar statement played twice (AA), an 8-bar section played twice (BB), another 8-bar section played once (C) and a repeat of A, played once - 72 bars in all. As you can see from this key-of-G arrangement, the first section is like a repeated turnaround (G, G#dim, Am7, D9) plus some typical circle-of-fifths-type chord changes. In the third section Berlin changes the key from G major to G minor, something he did in several tunes.