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This is rather unusual in that the gear change (although not of the classic "repeated chorus" type) comes very near the start of the song, after just eight bars, and seems curiously unnecessary, too. It's almost like they started the song in the wrong key, realised their mistake, and nodded to each other to lift it up into the right one at the agreed moment.

But sadly this theory doesn't hold water: later on, after the guitar solo (which causes the crowd to go wild!) the same thing happens again – so it's definitely by design. To save a bit of space I've conflated the two moments into a single clip here with a clumsy fade in the middle.

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