Is the Key of a Song Subjective?

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Here's my video on when the first chord isn't the tonic:    • Songs that don't start on the tonic chord  
And here's my video on "Karma Police":    • Is Karma Police in E minor or A minor?  

After featuring the song "Clocks" by Coldplay in my previous video, I realised from the comment section that not everyone can agree on what key that song is in! But isn't the key of a piece of music objective and indisputable? Well, actually sometimes the key, the tonic of a song, can be open to interpretation!

Check out Adam Neely's video on "Sweet Home Alabama":    • What key is Sweet Home Alabama in?  

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0:00 What key is Clocks in?
2:42 Get Lucky by Daft Punk
3:42 It can't be in any key...
4:37 Modal Ambiguity
6:20 Hooktheory
7:00 What causes ambiguous key center?
8:17 Melody
10:31 First chord bias
11:37 not using all 7 notes
12:26 Sweet Home Alabama
13:10 Touch by Daft Punk
14:37 What do you think?