About “Hook”

A single that first appeared on Blues Traveler’s fourth album, appropriately titled “Four.”

The song follows the same chord progression as Pachelbel’s notorious “Canon In D,” which, given its ubiquity, could be adequately described as the pop music equivalent of the Wilhelm scream.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Af372EQLck

However, when paired with the lyrics, this song turns out to be a cleverly-constructed criticism of formulaic pop songs. Ironically, “Hook” became Blues Traveler’s biggest-selling single. This is much like “Royals,”, which jump-started Lorde’s career, thus allowing her to buy everything she laments and makes fun of in the song.