->''This is when vocalists, anxious to show that they can hit a high J, wait breathlessly while the orchestra slams the music into a higher key. [These] are found near the end of practically every 1990s power love ballad sung by the Big Three: Music/CelineDion, Music/MariahCarey, and Music/WhitneyHouston.''
-->--'''Tom Reynolds''', ''I Hate Myself and Want to Die: the 52 Most Depressing Songs You've Ever Heard''

->'''Sprites''': ''The Grove's not quiet / The Grove's not dark / The Grove isn't scary at night / And when I'm there I fall asleep like that somehow / Oh, how I wish I was there now... (''going up a key'') Right now!''
->'''Johnny''': Oh no, not a key change!
-->--"Feelin' Grove-y" song, ''Series/JohnnyAndTheSprites''

->''"Imagine how much better '[[Music/TheBeatles Hey Jude]]' would have been with three key changes towards the end!"''
-->--''[[Music/{{Oasis}} Noel Gallagher]]''

->"''When you change the key in a love song''\\
''It means you're singing passionately''\\
''But we still haven't reached the end,''\\
''No, because we're gonna change the key again!"''
-->--'''''Music/TheAxisOfAwesome''' -- "How to Write a Love Song"''

->''Y'all dumb motherfuckers want a key change?!''
-->--'''Creator/BoBurnham''' -- "Country Song (Pandering)", "Make Happy"

->''Key change, mofo!''
-->--'''Music/{{Brentalfloss}}''' "''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' WithLyrics" and "Here at the Gaming Con" (and Dave Bulmer in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand'' With Lyrics)

->''Ok, big finish! Cue the key change and massive fireworks display!''
-->--'''Neil Patrick Harris''', near the end of [[https://youtu.be/8ApFQOT39Lg the opening]] for the 2013 [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disney Parks]] Christmas Day Parade

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