| 1 | -> "''Six and one of half a dozen'' |
| 2 | -> ''Black guitars and plastic blues.'' |
| 3 | -> ''Hide behind a wall of nothing'' |
| 4 | -> ''Nothing said and nothing new.'' |
| 5 | -> ''Four chords that made a million.''" |
| 6 | -->-- '''Music/PorcupineTree,''' "Four Chords That Made a Million" |
| 7 | |
| 8 | '''I''', '''V''', '''vi''', & '''IV.''' There's just something about these four chords that makes for a catchy tune in western pop music, transcending the boundaries of genre, and work in a song with any mood or tempo. [[InThatOrder This particular ordering of them]], the "pop punk progression" as Website/{{Wikipedia}} calls it, was spawned as a variant of the DooWopProgression, and has been particularly popular from the 1990s to the present day. Actually OlderThanTheyThink - this progression is already known in the Baroque music. Music/PachelbelsCanon is a variant of this progression, known as PachelbelsCanonProgression. Jazz players often make the IV chord a Dominant 7 chord and use a minor chord built on the second note of the scale giving this variant: I-[=VI7=]-ii7-V7. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | The Roman numerals above represent a sequence of four chords. If you don't know Roman analysis, check out [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I this video]], or play these chords on a piano: C major, G major, A minor, F major. Repeat if desired. If this progression loops back to I, this effectively produces a UsefulNotes/PlagalCadence. Very often, this progression is used as an {{ostinato}}--a repeated pattern that occurs throughout a song (or a part of it). |
| 11 | |
| 12 | In a major key, this progression is I-V-vi-IV. If we play them in a different order, vi-IV-I-V (A minor, F major, C major, G major), the progression sounds to be in the relative minor key (the [[{{Scales}} key]] whose home note starts on the sixth note of its relative major key), in which case we notate it as i-VI-III-VII. Occasionally, it's played starting with the subdominant major key: IV-I-V-vi, (or VI-III-VII-i relative to the minor), though this variation is less common than the tonic major and submediant minor versions. This version is sometimes called the "sensitive-female chord progression." |
| 13 | |
| 14 | All of these progressions can be and are played with fifth or "power" chords; these are not major or minor chords (they don't possess the "third" which determines whether a chord is major or minor), but people's ears will pick up on the sound they're "expecting" to hear and fill in the blanks mentally so the progression sounds right. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Note, as always, that Administrivia/TropesAreTools: while it has proven to be an irresistible progression, a band who relies on it for too many of their songs runs the risk of being regarded as unimaginative and dull. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | It's become a theme of music oriented comedy to make fun of this trope. Epitomized in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOlDewpCfZQ this video]]. The above-mentioned Pachelbel is the subject of a great [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM rant]], as well. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | See its predecessor from the 30s to mid-60s, the TwelveBarBlues. |
| 21 | |
| 22 | Related chord progressions: |
| 23 | * ThreeChordsAndTheTruth, which generally uses just I, IV, and V. |
| 24 | * HumoresqueProgression: '''vi-IV-V-I''', or if considered to be in minor, '''i-VI-VII-III''' |
| 25 | * DooWopProgression: '''I-vi-IV-V''' |
| 26 | * PachelbelsCanonProgression: '''I-V-vi-iii-IV-I-IV-V''' |
| 27 | * Secondary Subdominant Turnaround: '''I–V–♭VII–IV''' (may also be seen as a shortened version of the chromatic FallingBass progression) |
| 28 | * Descending progression: '''I-♭VII-♭VI-V''' (common in rock and metal, which typically uses power chords) |
| 29 | * "Music/TheChainsmokers Chords": '''VI-III-VIII-i''', a rearrangement of the minor key version of the basic four. |
| 30 | |
| 31 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 32 | |
| 33 | [[folder:I-V-vi-IV (tonic major)]] |
| 34 | !!Examples of I-V-vi-IV (the tonic major key version): |
| 35 | |
| 36 | * Music/{{Adele}} - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAc83CF8Ejk&ob=av2n Someone Like You]]" |
| 37 | * Music/{{aha}} - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914 Take On Me]]" (chorus only; verse is ii-V-I-IV) |
| 38 | * Music/{{Akon}} - "Sorry (Blame it On Me)" |
| 39 | * Music/JasonAldean — "Big Green Tractor" (verses) |
| 40 | * Music/GaryAllan — "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEkQGa_O5tU Songs About Rain]]" (verses) |
| 41 | * Music/TheAllAmericanRejects - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtypSRcwIhA Swing, Swing]]", "Move Along" (the intro, bridge, and outro), "Dirty Little Secret" (verses) |
| 42 | * Music/{{Alphaville}} - "Forever Young" (alternates with V-ii-IV-vi) |
| 43 | * Music/ToriAmos - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ljHOSqc4A Crucify]]" (1/4 of the pre-chorus), "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv8hXS_GDhE Pretty Good Year]]" |
| 44 | * Angels & Agony - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i95Gg0Y1ziE Monument]]"(chorus, the verse uses vi-IV-I-iii(V)) |
| 45 | * Music/{{Aqua}} - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buXJlBd3Mf8 Doctor Jones]]" (the chorus and alternating lines of the verses) |
| 46 | * Music/EmilieAutumn - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6k7nQhkYLA What If]]" |
| 47 | * Music/AvengedSevenfold - "Afterlife" (choruses) |
| 48 | * Axis of Awesome [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I shows us]] a lot of examples ([[Administrivia/SquarePegRoundTrope and a few non-examples]]). |
| 49 | * Steve Azar - "I Don't Have to Be Me ('til Monday)" |
| 50 | * Music/TheBeatles - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0714IbwC3HA Let It Be]]" (first half of the verse; second half is I-V-IV-I) |
| 51 | * Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure - Robbie Robb's "In Time" (the "excellent music"[[note]]Ted's words[[/note]] that plays in the scene where they travel to [[Creator/GeorgeCarlin Rufus']] time). |
| 52 | * Music/BlackEyedPeas - "Where Is The Love?" |
| 53 | * Music/{{Blink 182}} - "Dammit", "Feeling This", "Always", "Carousel", "What's My Age Again?" and more. It's called the "pop-punk progression" for a reason. |
| 54 | * Music/{{Blondie|Band}} - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoOG7LEyUJ0 "Maria"]] (alternating phrases of the verse and chorus) |
| 55 | * James Blunt - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oofSnsGkops You're Beautiful]]" (verses) |
| 56 | * Bodyjar - "Not the Same" |
| 57 | * Meredith Brooks - "Bitch" (second half of the chorus) |
| 58 | * Music/AlexandraBurke - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QprjWU7PXXo Bad Boys]]" |
| 59 | * Lampshaded by Bo Burnham in his parody love song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffwnW6JgAlI Repeat Stuff]], though he uses it himself a fair number of times outside that song. In the song, he doesn't use this exact sequence, though- most of it is in I-vi-IV-V, with the pre-choruses in vi-IV-I-V and the bridge in IV-V-I-vi. |
| 60 | * Bush - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOllF3TgAsM Glycerine]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbhFfFyZQbA Comedown]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er1bwzZCik0 Machinehead]]" (during the second and third choruses) |
| 61 | * Music/LewisCapaldi - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zABLecsR5UE Someone You Loved]]" (verses) |
| 62 | * Music/{{Caramell}} - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anEVeN4K-SY Caramelldansen]]" (chorus)[[note]]Link goes to the slow original, not the [[MemeticMutation more well known Speedycake remix.]][[/note]] and "Allra Bästa Vänner" (verses) |
| 63 | * Alessia Cara - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeiHafI9EuI How Far I'll Go]]" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' (Chorus) |
| 64 | * Music/TheCars - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYz4lwpKUkU Tonight She Comes]]" (combined with I-V-ii-IV) |
| 65 | * Music/CheapTrick - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qgpewMCVjs "I Want You to Want Me"]] (chorus) |
| 66 | * Music/{{CHVRCHES}} - "Get Out" (chorus; the coda substitutes iii for V) |
| 67 | * Cinderella - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i28UEoLXVFQ Don't Know What You Got ('Til It's Gone)]]" |
| 68 | * Creator/CirqueDuSoleil - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ-igc-BF1o "Alegria"]] (B-section) |
| 69 | * ''Manga/CrayonShinChan'''s EndingTheme |
| 70 | * Music/CrowdedHouse- "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBixWtkxztI Fall At Your Feet]]" |
| 71 | * Music/BillyCurrington — "People Are Crazy" (first half of verses) |
| 72 | * Music/MileyCyrus - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrUvu1mlWco "We Can't Stop"]], "Wrecking Ball" (chorus) |
| 73 | * Da Buzz - "[[https://youtu.be/Tp-QpN3R7fM Let Me Love You]]"(chorus, alternates with I-ii-V-IV) |
| 74 | * Gigi D'Agostino - "L'amour Toujours (I'll Fly With You)", with V7(vi) in place of the normal V. |
| 75 | * Music/JohnDenver - "Country Roads" (chorus, alternating with I-V-IV-I) |
| 76 | * Holly Dunn - "Daddy's Hands" (verses) |
| 77 | * DYCE - "Pictures Left in the Dark" (chorus) |
| 78 | * Music/{{Enya}} - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2PYEEMXREU "On My Way Home"]] (chorus only) |
| 79 | * Music/TheEraserheads – "Maling Akala" |
| 80 | * Faith Assembly - "Pool of Tears"(intro and chorus) |
| 81 | * Music/{{FEMM}} - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsIHw8Bsyw4 Whiplash]] (chorus) |
| 82 | * Music/{{Fishmans}} - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQRGiAxi44s "頼りない天使"]] (verses and chorus) |
| 83 | * Five For Fighting - "Superman (It's Not Easy)" |
| 84 | * Music/FloridaGeorgiaLine — "Cruise" |
| 85 | * The Frozen Autumn - "The Exile" (pre-chorus) |
| 86 | * Gayle - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaFd8ucHLuo ABCDEFU]]" |
| 87 | * Yuko Goto's [[CoverVersion cover of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu_9It7xxvo&feature=related "Smells Like Teen Spirit"]] by Music/{{Nirvana}}. |
| 88 | * Jamie Grace featuring tobymac - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENlO-uVg8Sk Hold Me]]" |
| 89 | * Music/GreenDay - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8dh9gDzmz8 When I Come Around]]" (verses), "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdLYCjTACpQ X-Kid]]" (chorus only) |
| 90 | * Halcali - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwbtAnC_F_Q Ai]] (chorus) |
| 91 | * Hammerhead - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jqo0ccrNJEc "Ev'rybody Gets Laid Tonight"]] |
| 92 | * [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Miku Hatsune]] - "[=PoPiPo=]" |
| 93 | * Music/ImogenHeap - "Hide and Seek" (verses and chorus) |
| 94 | * Music/UtadaHikaru - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e06_DK3fDPE "Eternally"]] |
| 95 | * Music/ImagineDragons - "Demons", and the verses of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sENM2wA_FTg "It's Time"]] |
| 96 | * Music/JessieJ - "Price Tag" |
| 97 | * Music/{{Journey|Band}} - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k8craCGpgs Don't Stop Believing]]" (most people tend to make this the definitive example of this progression when talking about it, although for most of the song it actually alternates between I V vi IV and I V ii IV) and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atxUuldUcfI Any Way You Want It]]" |
| 98 | * Israel Kamakiwiwo'ole - "Over the Rainbow" (B-section) |
| 99 | * Music/KanakoItou - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if0rdGMcD5c "Star Crossed"]] (intro) |
| 100 | * Music/AliciaKeys - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I3ZzFGxgd8 No One]]" |
| 101 | * Kitsune^2 - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c5ZPQc6XT4 Take Off And Land]]" |
| 102 | * Music/LadyGaga - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2smz_1L2_0 Paparazzi]]" (chorus) |
| 103 | ** Also, the chorus of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeWBS0JBNzQ&ob=av2e Edge of Glory]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okq8xHrIZ8I&ob=av2e Hair]]" |
| 104 | * Le Click - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geO_ioeZ_iE Call Me]]" |
| 105 | * Music/CherLloyd - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y58OT6jlLvE Swagger Jagger]]" (In the choruses after the first verse. It's more noticeable in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N55Rg1-g3Vs instrumental version]].) |
| 106 | * Love Inc. - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_kPdLLzPYk You're a Superstar]]" (alternating with vi-V-IV-V) |
| 107 | * Anders Lundqvist - "Stratosphere"(A-section, alternates with I-V-vi-V) |
| 108 | * Also Lampshaded by Music/MarianasTrench in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kpWkV7IBUw Pop 101]], though they state the chord is i-IV-vi-IV. |
| 109 | * Music/BobMarley - "No Woman No Cry" (verses and first half of the chorus) |
| 110 | * Music/{{Maroon 5}} - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIjVuRTm-dc She Will Be Loved]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJOTlE1K90k Girls Like You]]" |
| 111 | * Music/BrunoMars - "The Lazy Song" |
| 112 | * Music/RichardMarx - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_E2EHVxNAE Right Here Waiting]]" (part of the chorus) |
| 113 | * Shoji Meguro - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqTBupJd9_E "Spirited Girl"]] (from ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'') |
| 114 | * Music/MenAtWork - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V_X4LGakmU Down Under]]" |
| 115 | * Idina Menzel - "Let It Go" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' (chorus) |
| 116 | * Music/IngridMichaelson - "Everybody" (refrain) |
| 117 | * Music/{{Mika}} - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFkSMHle8-M Happy Ending]]" |
| 118 | * Music/JasonMraz - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkHTsc9PU2A&ob=av3e I'm Yours]]" |
| 119 | * WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0VbyYcljx8&feature=watch_response_rev BBBFF]] (verses) |
| 120 | * Billie Myers - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq-r4ZUpels Kiss the Rain]]" |
| 121 | * N-Trance - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18W9WYw9HaA "Set You Free"]] |
| 122 | * ''VideoGame/NightsIntoDreams'' - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgZJZBDKGw4 "Dreams Dreams"]] (verses) |
| 123 | * NINA - "Born to Live"(chorus) |
| 124 | * No Doubt - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZktNItwexo Spiderwebs]]" (chorus) |
| 125 | * Old Crow Medicine Show, Music/DariusRucker — "Wagon Wheel" |
| 126 | * OLIVIA - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgOrbSh0W20 "Winter Sleep"]] |
| 127 | * The Only Ones - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKuc3faQAEs "Another Girl, Another Planet"]]: Played straight in the verses. Mixed with the minor key version (vi-IV-I-V) in the chorus. |
| 128 | * Music/OneRepublic - "Say (All I Need)" |
| 129 | * Music/OwlCity - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIz2K3ArrWk Vanilla Twilight]] |
| 130 | * [[Music/TheHumanLeague Phil Oakey]] - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4TzB82_Nt4 Together in Electric Dreams]]" (Verse, alternates with I-IV(IV)-ii-V) |
| 131 | * {{Music/Sarina Paris}} - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4om_eQ42mT4&feature=related Look At Us Baby]]" (the chorus) |
| 132 | * Music/LizPhair - "Why Can't I", verse (and has the reordered minor key version in the refrain) |
| 133 | * Music/{{Pink}} - "Fucking Perfect" |
| 134 | * Music/ThePolice - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX6MvV8cbh8 "So Lonely"]] |
| 135 | * The Rain Within - "Yours Today, Mine Today"(verses), "Close Your Eyes"(chorus) |
| 136 | * Rainbow - "Since You Been Gone" (chorus) |
| 137 | * Music/RedHotChiliPeppers - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwlogyj7nFE "Under the Bridge"]] (verses), and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XcN12uVHeQ "Soul to Squeeze"]] (chorus) |
| 138 | * Music/RelientK - "In Love with the '80s (Pink Tux to the Prom)"; this may have been an homage to the Cars (the background arrangement is very similar to "Tonight She Comes") |
| 139 | ** Also "Pressing On" and "Forward Motion". |
| 140 | * Renard - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI6veK6ARGU Intensive Care Unit]]" and its remixes |
| 141 | * Music/RiseAgainst - "Give It All" (choruses) and Audience of One (intro and verses) |
| 142 | * ''Film/RomyAndMichelesHighSchoolReunion: TheMusical'': "It's A Giant Mystery", "Changing Lives (One Outfit at a Time)" |
| 143 | * ''Manga/SchoolRumble'''s third ED. |
| 144 | * Jun Senoue - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9wh0tqnpzU "Sea Gate"]] (from ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'') |
| 145 | * ''Series/SesameStreet'' (yes, ''Sesame Street'') - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEwNGgNXr9U The Word Is No]]" |
| 146 | * Music/SigurRos - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz8iEJeh26E "Glósóli"]] (verses, albeit with I in one bar and V, vi and IV all in the other bar) |
| 147 | * Music/TaylorSwift - "Eyes Open", "Mine", "I Knew You Were Trouble" (verse) |
| 148 | * Creator/RieTanaka's [[CoverVersion cover of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sidvycbl2Zk&feature=relmfu "Anarchy In The UK"]] by Music/SexPistols. |
| 149 | * Music/ThirdEyeBlind - "Semi-Charmed Life" cuts this down to a three-chord progression by merging the vi and IV chords into one [=IVMaj7=] chord. |
| 150 | * Thunder Porpoise - "[[https://youtu.be/NkpyglvTJn4 Until The End of Time]]" (A-section) |
| 151 | * Train - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JV74i4yvcA Hey Soul Sister]]" |
| 152 | * Music/{{U2}} - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmSdTa9kaiQ With or Without You]]" and "Miracle Drug" |
| 153 | * Creator/CristinaValenzuela - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jc6LSDokgQ&feature=channel&list=UL "Remember Me"]] from ''VideoGame/AlwaysRememberMe'' (but only in the verses). |
| 154 | * Music/VNVNation - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtrLMH19Z4U "Resolution"]](alternating with I-V-IV) |
| 155 | * Jimmy Wayne — "Paper Angels" (verses) |
| 156 | * Music/{{Weezer}} - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoAnLHSLHGQ "My Name Is Jonas"]], [[https://youtu.be/ZRGYNdxX2qU?t=25 "No One Else"]] (chorus), [[https://youtu.be/PQHPYelqr0E?t=42 "Pork and Beans"]] (chorus) |
| 157 | * Music/KanyeWest - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thEQlaqhHeY&feature=player_embedded "Runaway"]] |
| 158 | * ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2YbwIuhv0E "Sidecrawler's Dance"]](A-section) |
| 159 | * Music/SkidRow - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3retI0ugF4 "I Remember You"]] (Chorus) |
| 160 | |
| 161 | |
| 162 | [[/folder]] |
| 163 | |
| 164 | [[folder:i-VI-III-VII (minor)]] |
| 165 | !!Examples of i-VI-III-VII [vi-IV-I-V relative to major] (the minor key version): |
| 166 | |
| 167 | * Adele - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQHsXMglC9A "Hello"]] (chorus) |
| 168 | * Music/GaryAllan — "Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)" |
| 169 | * ''VideoGame/TheAngryVideoGameNerdAdventures'' - "Happy Fun Candy Time"(B-section) |
| 170 | * Music/ArcadeFire - "Rebellion (Lies)" (in the bridge) |
| 171 | * Music/{{Area 11}} - Vectors (ending, often known as the ending theme to various LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}} series including the Jaffa Factory and the "next time" music of ''[=JaffaQuest=]'') |
| 172 | * Assemblage 23 - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3uzMNmYEAw "Decades"]] (chorus) |
| 173 | * ''[[VideoGame/AtelierAyeshaTheAlchemistOfDusk Atelier Ayesha]]'' - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVcc16o0SaY "Maria"]] |
| 174 | * Ricardo Autobahn - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFM140rju4k "Golden Age of Video"]] |
| 175 | * Music/{{Aviators}} - "Friendship" |
| 176 | * Basshunter - "[=DotA=]" and "All I Ever Wanted" |
| 177 | * Music/{{Beyonce}} - "If I Were A Boy" |
| 178 | * Music/{{Bon Jovi}} - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SKFwtgUJHs It's My Life]]" |
| 179 | * Music/BreakingBenjamin - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWaB4PXCwFU Diary of Jane]]" (choruses) |
| 180 | * Music/{{Caramell}} - "Explodera (Upp Som Dynamit)", "Kom Och Ta Mig", "Gummibåt", "Spelar Ingen Roll" (chorus), "Kom Håll Om Mig", and "Vild Och Galen" (verses and chorus) |
| 181 | ** [[Music/{{Caramell}} Caramella Girls]] - "Boogie Bam Dance" |
| 182 | * Music/{{Cascada}} - "Miracle", "Ready For Love", "One More Night", and "Runaway"(chorus) |
| 183 | * Cherry - "Yes I Will" |
| 184 | * Eagle Eye Cherry - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTa2Bzlbjv0 Save Tonight]]" |
| 185 | * Music/KennyChesney — "Come Over" |
| 186 | * Music/{{CHVRCHES}} - "Miracle" (alternates with vi-IV-I-iii) |
| 187 | * Kelly Clarkson - "Behind These Hazel Eyes", "Stronger" |
| 188 | * James Coffey - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfq1f2eRidA "Legends of the Rails"]] |
| 189 | * Music/AliceCooper - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq4j1LtCdww "Poison"]] (chorus, in 4 different keys in a row, no less) |
| 190 | * Music/{{Covenant}} - "Brave New World" |
| 191 | * Music/{{The Cranberries}} - "Zombie" |
| 192 | * Music/{{Crush 40}} - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9zZus_1_ag Live and Learn]]" from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' (verse) |
| 193 | * Music/{{The Cure|Band}} - "Friday I'm In Love" (verses, alternating with I-IV-I-V) |
| 194 | * The Cynic Project - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gndAoPzSWvM "Matrix (Grid)"]] |
| 195 | * Music/DaftPunk - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRcHTdWY5lU "Contact"]] |
| 196 | * Ben Daglish - ''Deflektor'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0dwIx98pU0 theme]] (alternates with vi-IV-V(V)-V) |
| 197 | * Music/TheDarkness - "Get Your Hands Off My Woman", "Last of Our Kind" |
| 198 | * Digital Emotion - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClLYw2XZodk Go Go Yellow Screen]]" |
| 199 | * DJ Company - "Rhythm of Love" |
| 200 | * Music/TheCruxshadows - "Angelus Everlasting", "Home"(verses and second half of the chorus) |
| 201 | * DJ Kajjin - "Music is Fantasy" (chorus) and "Take My Hand" |
| 202 | * DJ Mangoo - [[https://youtu.be/03dJHrLdVl0 "Eurodancer"]] |
| 203 | ** K-391, Music/AlanWalker, Martin Tungevaag & DJ Mangoo - "Play" |
| 204 | * DJ Steve Porter - [[https://youtu.be/SnSKsLdVL5I "Life Alert Remix"]] |
| 205 | * Dr. Reanimator - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BnOUOkcr9c "Move Your Dead Bones"]] (intro, chorus, and instrumental bridge) |
| 206 | * DYCE - "World of Mystery"(second and fourth phrases of the chorus), "Hourglass"(chorus), "Fairytale"(post-chorus) |
| 207 | * Creator/ZacEfron & Creator/{{Zendaya}} - "Rewrite The Stars" from ''Film/TheGreatestShowman'' |
| 208 | * Music/{{Eminem}} - "Not Afraid", [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D4XzWjp2qM "Stronger Than I Was"]] |
| 209 | * E-Rotic - "Big Max" (chorus), "Help Me Dr. Dick", "Sexual Madness" (chorus and bridge), "Turn Me On" (verses), "Save Me", "Gotta Get It Groovin'", "Tempt Me on the Line" (chorus), "Video Starlet" (chorus) |
| 210 | * Music/{{Evanescence}} - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdhqVtpR2ts&feature=kp Going Under]]" (chorus) |
| 211 | * Lara Fabian - "I Will Love Again" |
| 212 | * Faith Assembly - "Denial" |
| 213 | * Music/FallOutBoy - "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark" (chorus), "Alone Together" (1st verse, also uses IV-I-V-vi below), "Immortals" (chorus) |
| 214 | * Music/{{FEMM}} - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYYyeV6eDk8 "Unbreakable"]] (chorus) |
| 215 | * Flo Rida - "Whistle" |
| 216 | * Music/LuisFonsi - "Despacito" |
| 217 | * Free Deejays - "[[https://youtu.be/LmpA_qpYl-A Danza Loca]]" |
| 218 | * The Frozen Autumn - "This Time" (verses) |
| 219 | * Futurecop! - "Take My Hand" (verses) |
| 220 | * Garnidelia - "Ambiguous" (from ''Anime/KillLaKill'') |
| 221 | * Genki Rockets - "Heavenly Star" (verse) |
| 222 | * Music/GhostBand — "Square Hammer" |
| 223 | * Music/SelenaGomez - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8eXaXoUJRQ Slow Down]]" |
| 224 | * A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2U0Ivkn2Ds "Say Something"]] |
| 225 | * Music/GreenDay - "Holiday" (alternating with i-VI-III-V), "21 Guns" (the verses, at least) |
| 226 | * [[WebVideo/AutoTuneTheNews The Gregory Brothers]] - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX0D4oZwCsA "Double Rainbow (remix)"]] |
| 227 | * {{Music/Groove Coverage}} - "The End", "Little June", and "God is a Girl" |
| 228 | * Hangry & Angry - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY5koFiuTww "Sadistic Dance"]] |
| 229 | * Music/UtadaHikaru - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tMg3bjLnjw "Beautiful World"]] (chorus) |
| 230 | * Hotzmic (written by [[Music/HelloProject Tsunku]]) - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZWF6qi8jhE "I'm a Lady Now"]] (appears in ''[[VideoGame/RhythmHeaven Rhythm Heaven Megamix]]'') |
| 231 | * Music/InformationSociety - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2Nom-CEkeE "Creatures of Light and Darkness"]] (verses) |
| 232 | * Music/{{Inna}} - "More Than Friends" |
| 233 | * Tappy Iwase - ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' [[https://youtu.be/QiPon8lr48U main theme]] (alternates with vi-IV-iii-II) |
| 234 | * Iyaz - "Replay" |
| 235 | * Ashley Jade - "I'm Dreaming" |
| 236 | * Music/JeanMichelJarre - "Flying Totems (Movement 2)" and "Infinity (Movement 6)" from ''Equinoxe Infinity''. |
| 237 | * Music/{{Jewel}} - "Foolish Games" (verses) |
| 238 | * Hubert Kah - "So Many People" (verses) |
| 239 | * Kate Project - "A Better World" (verses) |
| 240 | * Khaled — "Aïcha" and "C'est La Vie" |
| 241 | * Kitsune^2 - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0E5wpyLd3M "Avast Your Ass"]] (and the [[MemeticMutation many, many remixes]]) |
| 242 | * Music/LadyGaga - "Poker Face" (chorus), "Heavy Metal Lover" |
| 243 | * Laserdance - "Fear"(main riff), "Excitation"(riff), "My Mine"(A-section), "Endless Dream"(B-section), and "Discovery Trip"(riff and B-section) |
| 244 | * Avril Lavigne - "Complicated", "My Happy Ending", "Innocence" (chorus), and "Head Above Water" (chorus) |
| 245 | * John Legend - "All Of Me" (verses and second half of chorus) |
| 246 | * Kate Lesing - [[https://youtu.be/L4N5gZ7_rsc "It's A Dream"]] |
| 247 | * Music/LinkinPark - "Numb", "Crawling" |
| 248 | * Music/DuaLipa - "Physical" |
| 249 | * Music/TheLonelyIsland - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIFDIcQfY5g I Just Had Sex]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI6CfKcMhjY Jack Sparrow]]" |
| 250 | * Music/JenniferLopez - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4H_Zoh7G5A "On the Floor"]] (intro and chorus) |
| 251 | * Mario Lopez - "The Sound of Nature" |
| 252 | * Anders Lundqvist - "Mission to the Stars" (second half of intro), "Strike Force" (A-section) |
| 253 | * Music/{{Madonna}} - "The Power of Goodbye" |
| 254 | * ''VideoGame/MarioKart Wii'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_o3UFRlaRI Moo Moo Meadows]] |
| 255 | * Mayhem - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tokE083QMw "Eggs"]] |
| 256 | * Sarah [=McLachlan=] - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QUq72fla3o&ob=av3e Building a Mystery]]" |
| 257 | * Creator/IdinaMenzel - "Defying Gravity" from ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}''(chorus) |
| 258 | * Music/{{MGMT}} - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe4EK4HSPkI "Kids"]] |
| 259 | * Music/MidnightOil - "Beds Are Burning" (post-chorus) |
| 260 | * Music/TheMostMysteriousSongOnTheInternet (intro and verses, alternating with the HumoresqueProgression) |
| 261 | * Music/RonnieMilsap - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC6bo3XJnVQ Smoky Mountain Rain]]" (verses) |
| 262 | * Tim Minchin - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTQ9TpSSpF8 Canvas Bags]]" |
| 263 | * Mono Inc. - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOYy5Opp2t0 "There Comes a Time (Back to Life)"]] (chorus) |
| 264 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' - "Equestria Girls (Helping Twilight Win the Crown)"(verse) |
| 265 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'' - "Welcome to the Show" (Rainbooms' verse) and "Shine Like Rainbows" (chorus and bridge) |
| 266 | * Music/{{Newsboys}} - "Spirit Thing" |
| 267 | * Music/{{Nightwish|Band}} - "Amaranth" (chorus) |
| 268 | * NINA - "Automatic Call" |
| 269 | * Music/{{Noah|Indonesia}} - "Mimpi yang Sempurna" chords is entirely E minor-C major-G major-D major. |
| 270 | * No Mercy - "Where Do You Go?" (coda, this section is absent from the original La Bouche version) |
| 271 | * NY - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgLfwhLNmps "Trophy Boy (Todd Edwards Remix)"]] (chorus only) |
| 272 | * Music/TheOffspring seem to love this. They use it in "Gotta Get Away", "Self Esteem", "Have You Ever", "The Kids Aren't Alright", "All I Want", "Dammit, I Changed Again" and "You're Gonna Go Far Kid". |
| 273 | * Of Monsters and Men - "Little Talks" (chorus- during the verses, it's just i VI III) |
| 274 | * Music/OZone: "Dragostea Din Tei" (also known as the "[[MemeticMutation Numa Numa Song]]") during the verses |
| 275 | * Olsen Brothers - "Fly on the Wings of Love" (bridge) |
| 276 | * Joan Osborne - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4CRkpBGQzU One of Us]]" |
| 277 | * Benj Pasek and Justin Paul - "Waving Through a Window" from the 2015 Off-Broadway musical ''Dear Evan Hansen.'' |
| 278 | * Music/{{Pendulum|Band}} - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGow4nmYkkA "The Island"]] (chorus) |
| 279 | * Katy Perry - "Hot n Cold" (bridge) |
| 280 | * Music/PoetsOfTheFall - “Roses” |
| 281 | * Music/IggyPop - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fWw7FE9tTo The Passenger]] (alternating with i-VI-III-V) |
| 282 | * Rank 1 - "Airwave" (alternates with vi-IV-iii-IV-V) |
| 283 | * Music/RascalFlatts — "What Hurts the Most" |
| 284 | * Real [=McCoy=] - "Run Away" |
| 285 | * Music/RedHotChiliPeppers - "Otherside" (from ''Music/{{Californication}}'', "Don't Forget Me" (from ''Music/ByTheWay''), "Snow (Hey Oh)" (from ''Music/StadiumArcadium'') |
| 286 | * Music/RiseAgainst - "Swing Life Away" (choruses), "Hero of War" (choruses), "Audience of One" (choruses), "This is Letting Go" |
| 287 | * Music/{{Roxette}} - "Listen To Your Heart" (first half of the chorus) |
| 288 | * Motoi Sakuraba - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG77HTdreh0 Dark Pit]] from ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' (flight music) |
| 289 | ** Uses a variation, i, VI, III, V7 |
| 290 | * ''[[VideoGame/SanFranciscoRush Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA]]'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydMAR61Kq2k "Tinkletoon" (Las Vegas)]] |
| 291 | * ''VideoGame/SanFranciscoRush 2049'' - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWbjzWIQibw "Garage"]] |
| 292 | * Emeli Sandé - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFXRQKYFbXE Read All About It]]" |
| 293 | * Sash! feat. Blå Øjne - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMcvp-M6IrA "Together Again"]] |
| 294 | * Music/{{TheScript}} and will.i.am - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jukv9Q1eR2g Hall of Fame]]" |
| 295 | * The Secret Chord - "We Used To Look Up In The Sky" (chorus) |
| 296 | * Marija Šerifović - "Molitva" (winner of the 2007 Series/EurovisionSongContest) |
| 297 | * Music/{{Shakira}} - "She Wolf", "Whenever, Wherever" (chorus) |
| 298 | * Music/{{Sia}} - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31crA53Dgu0 "Cheap Thrills"]] |
| 299 | * Skylash - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozmp08r_kCo "A Starry Night"]] (chorus) |
| 300 | * Music/TheSmashingPumpkins - [[Music/MellonCollieAndTheInfiniteSadness "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"]] |
| 301 | * [[Music/SmileDK Smile.dk]] - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keAy8uVjTv8 "Moshi Moshi"]] (verse) |
| 302 | * Music/TheSmiths (covered by Music/KirstyMacColl) - "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby" |
| 303 | * Music/ElliottSmith - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuizNQUOFCI Speed Trials]]" (outro) |
| 304 | * {{Music/Sonique}} - "[[https://youtu.be/HwRQ4Jd_SHk Sky]]"(chorus) |
| 305 | * Music/{{Staind}} - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z28EXEh_KG0 For You]]" |
| 306 | * Music/TheStrokes - "Under Cover of Darkness" (choruses) |
| 307 | * [=SunStroke=] Project ft. Olia Tira "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECyeUYsU14E Run Away]]" uses a variation, using the chord of Bb minor where the fitting chord of C# major should be. |
| 308 | * Music/ShaniaTwain - "That Don't Impress Me Much" (guitar riff and verses) |
| 309 | * [[Music/BigBang Taeyang]] - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIt6KCwlFPw "Wedding Dress"]] |
| 310 | * Music/{{Timbaland}} ft. Music/OneRepublic - "Apologize" |
| 311 | * Music/{{Toto}} - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY Africa]]" (chorus) |
| 312 | * Music/TransX - "Through The Eyes of The '90s" |
| 313 | * Music/TwoStepsFromHell - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKv_wua6kFE Dragon Rider]]" |
| 314 | * Music/KeithUrban — "Long Hot Summer" (verses) |
| 315 | * Vanessa(Clara Moroni) - "Just A Game"(chorus) |
| 316 | * Music/VNVNation - "Space and Time" (verses, alternating with vi-IV-iii-IV-V), "Sunflare" (alternates with vi-IV-I-ii) |
| 317 | * {{Music/Alan Walker}} — "Faded", "Force", "Alone", "The Spectre" |
| 318 | * Music/AkiraYamaoka - "Promise" from ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' (A-section) |
| 319 | * Yiruma - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7maJOI3QMu0 "River Flows in You"]] |
| 320 | * WebAnimation/YourFavoriteMartian - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCVMuevcCvY "Zombie Love Song"]] |
| 321 | |
| 322 | [[/folder]] |
| 323 | |
| 324 | [[folder:IV-I-V-vi (subdominant major)]] |
| 325 | !! Examples of IV-I-V-vi [VI-III-VII-i relative to minor (subdominant major key version) |
| 326 | * Music/{{AFI}} - “Beautiful Thieves” (chorus), “Girl’s Not Grey” (chorus) |
| 327 | * Assemblage 23 - "Bravery" (alternates with IV-vi-I-V below) |
| 328 | * Music/{{Aviators}} - "Writing on the Walls" |
| 329 | * Music/TheBandPerry — "If I Die Young" |
| 330 | * Music/Blink182 - "What's My Age Again" (verses) |
| 331 | * Music/KateBush - "James and the Cold Gun" (chorus) |
| 332 | * Music/TheChainsmokers - "Don't Let Me Down" |
| 333 | * Day Above Ground - "Asian Girlz" |
| 334 | * Gavin [=DeGraw=] - "I Don't Wanna Be" (chorus) |
| 335 | * E-Type - "Life" (first half of the chorus) and "True Believer" (chorus) |
| 336 | * Music/FallOutBoy - "Alone Together" (chorus, also uses vi-IV-I-V above) |
| 337 | * Music/GoldenEarring - “Radar Love” (chorus) |
| 338 | * Music/GreenDay - [[Music/AmericanIdiot "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"]] (chorus), "Kill the DJ" (chorus) |
| 339 | * Groove Coverage "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Gu6qgJKvc Angeline]]" (chorus) |
| 340 | * Getter Jaani "Rockefeller Street" (chorus and bridge) |
| 341 | * Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - "Over the Rainbow" (second half of A-section) |
| 342 | * Levert - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_JXVbc2gGc "Casanova"]] |
| 343 | * Music/LinkinPark - "Final Masquerade" |
| 344 | * Music/LittleBoots - "Remedy" |
| 345 | * Mandisa - "Overcomer" |
| 346 | * Ava Max - "Sweet But Psycho" |
| 347 | * Martina [=McBride=] — "Happy Girl" (verses) |
| 348 | * Music/{{Muse}} - "Citizen Erased" (chorus; actually IV - I - V/vi (III) - vi, or bVI-bIII-V-i) |
| 349 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' - "We'll Make Our Mark" (chorus) |
| 350 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' - "Equestria Girls(Helping Twilight Win The Crown)"(chorus), "This Is Our Big Night"(verse), and "A Friend for Life" |
| 351 | ** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'' - "Welcome To The Show" (finale) |
| 352 | ** The Dazzlings' three {{villain song}}s use a [[DarkReprise dark version]] of this progression, with the first chord changed from IV to ii. |
| 353 | * Music/{{Nickelback}} - "If Everyone Cared" |
| 354 | * Owl City and Carly Rae Jepson - "Good Time" |
| 355 | * Music/OZone - "Dragostea din Tei", during the chorus |
| 356 | ** And by extension, T.I. & Rihanna's "Live Your Life" |
| 357 | * Music/{{Paramore}} - "Misery Business" (chorus) |
| 358 | * Music/PassionPit - "Take A Walk" (during the chorus) |
| 359 | * The Rain Within - "Violet Glow" (chorus) |
| 360 | * [[WebAnimation/{{Nijisanji}} Ren Zotto]] - "Blue Sugar" |
| 361 | * Rihanna - "Umbrella" (chorus) |
| 362 | * Music/RiseAgainst - "Architects" (chorus) |
| 363 | * Prince Royce - "Lao' a Lao'" |
| 364 | * Music/TheScript - "Breakeven" (chorus) |
| 365 | * Jay Sean - "Down" |
| 366 | * Jordin Sparks - "Battlefield" (chorus) |
| 367 | * Special D - "Me and My Lover" |
| 368 | * Music/TaylorSwift — "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", "Bad Blood" (chorus) |
| 369 | * Music/ShaniaTwain - "That Don't Impress Me Much" (chorus) |
| 370 | * Music/WalkTheMoon - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqw4LCOdD04 "Different Colors"]] (bridge and chorus) |
| 371 | * Steve Winwood - "Higher Love" (chorus) |
| 372 | [[/folder]] |
| 373 | |
| 374 | [[folder:Rearranged progressions]] |
| 375 | !!Other chord progressions containing the four chords. All chords are written in major scale. |
| 376 | * HumoresqueProgression |
| 377 | * DooWopProgression |
| 378 | * '''I-IV-vi-V''' |
| 379 | ** A*Teens - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHbUuf1Ex7Y "Upside Down (Bouncing Off The Ceiling)"]](verse and first half of chorus) |
| 380 | ** Alice Deejay - "Will I Ever" (with the addition of a ii between IV and vi) |
| 381 | ** Music/TheAllAmericanRejects - "Dirty Little Secret" (choruses), "It Ends Tonight" (choruses) |
| 382 | ** Anders Lundqvist - "Stratosphere"(first phrase of C-section, coda) |
| 383 | ** B.O.B. featuring Rivers Cuomo - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq-NShfefks Magic]]" |
| 384 | ** Music/{{Boston}} - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSR6ZzjDZ94 More Than A Feeling]]" (the chorus) |
| 385 | ** Music/{{Caramell}} - "Här E Jag" (chorus) |
| 386 | ** Music/{{CHVRCHES}} - "Empty Threat" (chorus), "Good Girls" (verses) |
| 387 | ** Music/CelineDion - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6wbugWrfLU "That's The Way it Is"]] (first 3/4 of chorus) |
| 388 | ** Music/EdSheeran - "Castle on the Hill" |
| 389 | ** Fine Young Cannibals - "She Drives Me Crazy" |
| 390 | ** Futurecop! - "Into Your Heart", "Lost Love"(verses) |
| 391 | ** Gouryella - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=briVKxMcU0c "Gouryella"]] |
| 392 | ** Jun Senoue - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWCDEJDnlic "Casino Park"]] (also from ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'') |
| 393 | ** Music/TheKillers - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGdGFtwCNBE "Mr. Brightside"]] (chorus) |
| 394 | ** Kristine - "Everybody" and "Sleepless Nights" (choruses) |
| 395 | ** Mika - "We Are Golden" |
| 396 | ** The theme song from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' |
| 397 | *** And "Love Is in Bloom" from that same show |
| 398 | *** "Raise This Barn" |
| 399 | *** "A True, True Friend"(intro) |
| 400 | *** And now "Hearts as Strong as Horses". Daniel Ingram really likes this one apparently. |
| 401 | *** "Find The Music In You" |
| 402 | *** "You'll Play Your Part"(chorus) |
| 403 | *** The verse and refrain of "Shine Like Rainbows" from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks''. |
| 404 | ** Music/OneDirection - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJO3ROT-A4E What Makes You Beautiful]]" (bridge and second half of chorus) |
| 405 | ** Music/PatBenatar - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTdMJuu9qYg Hit Me With Your Best Shot]]" |
| 406 | ** "[[MemeticMutation Baaaa-byyy shark doot doo do-doo do-doo...]]", at least the CoveredUp version by Creator/{{Pinkfong}}. (The song dates back to some time in the second half of the 20th century.) |
| 407 | ** Music/{{Roxette}} - "Fading Like a Flower" (first and third lines of the chorus) |
| 408 | ** SR-71 (later CoveredUp by Music/BowlingForSoup) - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sy8ulwexfY 1985]]" |
| 409 | ** Tracy Chapman - "Talkin' About A Revolution" |
| 410 | ** Walk the Moon - "Shut Up and Dance" (chorus) |
| 411 | ** Wiz Khalifa - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuVAeTHqijk No Sleep]]" |
| 412 | ** The Rain Within - "Yours Today, Mine Today"(chorus) |
| 413 | |
| 414 | * '''I-IV-V-vi''' |
| 415 | ** Music/KatyPerry - "California Gurls" |
| 416 | ** Music/{{Kesha}} - "Tik-Tok," which shares two producers with "California Gurls". |
| 417 | ** Music/{{OutKast}} - “Hey Ya” (unevenly spaced) |
| 418 | ** Rank 1 - "Awakening" |
| 419 | ** Music/{{Wheatus}} - “Teenage Dirtbag” (chorus) |
| 420 | ** Music/WhitneyHouston - "How Will I Know" (chorus, alternates with ThreeChordsAndTheTruth) |
| 421 | |
| 422 | * '''vi-V-I-IV''' |
| 423 | ** Music/BryanAdams - "Summer of '69" (chorus) |
| 424 | ** Music/TheHives - "Hate to Say I Told You So" |
| 425 | ** Music/JimmyEatWorld - “23” |
| 426 | ** Kesha - "Die Young" |
| 427 | ** NY - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVK-OPpACpY "Trophy Boy"]] |
| 428 | ** Shawn Mendes - "Stitches" |
| 429 | ** Taio Cruz - "Dynamite" |
| 430 | ** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' - "Winter Wrap-Up"(first half of intro and bridge), "I've Got to Find A Way"(verse), and "A True True Friend"(first quarter of chorus) |
| 431 | ** Music/OneRepublic - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrOeGCJdZe4 "All the Right Moves"]] |
| 432 | ** Thunder Porpoise - [[https://youtu.be/NkpyglvTJn4?t=2m51s "Until The End of Time]]" (first and third phrases of C-section) |
| 433 | |
| 434 | * '''I-vi-V-IV''' |
| 435 | ** Music/{{Alabama}} — "Dixieland Delight" |
| 436 | ** Music/BradPaisley with Music/CarrieUnderwood — "Remind Me" |
| 437 | ** Music/CheapTrick - "Surrender" (chorus) |
| 438 | ** Music/EdSheeran - "Lego House" |
| 439 | ** Music/FooFighters - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLdJQFTnZfA "Big Me"]] (verses and first half of the post-chorus) |
| 440 | ** Music/JesseMcCartney - “How Do You Sleep?” |
| 441 | ** Music/JohnDenver - "Country Roads" (verses) |
| 442 | ** Music/{{Journey|Band}} - "Faithfully" |
| 443 | ** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Wvn-9BXVc Megaupload Song]] |
| 444 | ** Music/TheOffspring - "Want You Bad" |
| 445 | ** Music/{{Pink}} - "Don't Let Me Get Me" |
| 446 | ** Music/PoetsOfTheFall - “Children of the Sun”, “Cradled In Love” (verses) |
| 447 | ** Spin Doctors - "Two Princes" |
| 448 | ** Limahl - "Never Ending Story" (verses) |
| 449 | ** FM-84 - "Arcade Summer" (A-section) |
| 450 | |
| 451 | * '''vi-I-V-IV''' |
| 452 | ** Adele - "Hello" (verses) |
| 453 | ** Music/TheAllAmericanRejects - "Move Along" (choruses) |
| 454 | ** Music/AllTimeLow - "Lost in Stereo" |
| 455 | ** Music/AntiFlag - "The Press Corpse" (chorus) |
| 456 | ** Avicii - "Levels" |
| 457 | ** Music/TheBloodhoundGang - "The Bad Touch" |
| 458 | ** Caesars - "Jerk It Out" (verses, bridge) |
| 459 | ** Music/{{Cascada}} - "Bad Boy" (first half of verse) |
| 460 | ** Creator/CirqueDuSoleil - [[https://youtu.be/dsWwwXkj5IY "Cierra Los Ojos"]] from ''Theatre/{{Luzia}}''(first half of the chorus) |
| 461 | ** Cobra Starship - "Good Girls Go Bad" |
| 462 | ** The Connells - "'74-'75" |
| 463 | ** David Guetta - "Where Them Girls At" |
| 464 | ** Music/TheDecemberists - "Down By The Water" |
| 465 | ** Digital Plexus - "Into The Blue" |
| 466 | ** Music/{{Eminem}} - "Space Bound" |
| 467 | ** Eric Prydz - "Call on Me" |
| 468 | ** Music/{{Flyleaf}} - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN0FFK8JSYE All Around Me]]" (parts of the choruses) |
| 469 | ** FM Attack feat. Mecha Maiko - "Stranger" |
| 470 | ** The Frozen Autumn - "This Time" (chorus) |
| 471 | ** Future Perfect - "Paradise" (chorus) |
| 472 | ** Music/{{Kansas}} - "Carry On Wayward Son" (chorus) |
| 473 | ** Laserdance - "Mars Invaders"(A-section) and "New Adventure" (riff) |
| 474 | ** Ken Laszlo - "Hey Hey Guy" (chorus) |
| 475 | ** Music/LilNasX - "Old Town Road" |
| 476 | ** Music/LinkinPark - "In The End" (choruses, bridge) |
| 477 | ** The Immortals - "Techno Syndrome" (''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'' theme) |
| 478 | ** Music/OneRepublic - "Counting Stars" |
| 479 | ** Music/PussycatDolls - “I Hate This Part” |
| 480 | ** Music/{{Rancid}} - “Fall Back Down” (bridge) |
| 481 | ** Music/{{Rihanna}} - "Disturbia" |
| 482 | ** Music/RedHotChiliPeppers - "Under the Bridge" (outro) |
| 483 | ** Music/RiseAgainst - "Paper Wings" (verses), "Prayer of the Refugee" (choruses) and "The Good Left Undone" (choruses) |
| 484 | ** Music/{{Seether}} - "Fine Again" |
| 485 | ** Tonic - "If You Could Only See" (chorus) |
| 486 | ** Kim Wilde - "Kids in America"(post-chorus) |
| 487 | ** X Ambassadors - "Renegades" |
| 488 | |
| 489 | * '''vi-I-V-IV-V''' |
| 490 | ** Yasuharu Takanashi - ''Manga/FairyTail'' Main Theme |
| 491 | |
| 492 | * '''V-vi-IV-I''' |
| 493 | ** Music/{{Caramell}} - "Telefon" (chorus), "Vad Heter Du?" (chorus) |
| 494 | ** John Mayer - "Waiting on the World to Change" (alternates with I-vi-IV-I) |
| 495 | ** Music/MarvinGaye - "Sexual Healing" |
| 496 | ** Music/SigurRos - "Glósóli" (chorus and outro) |
| 497 | ** Thorinair - "Applejack Season" |
| 498 | ** Robbie Williams - "Angels" ("And through it aaaaalllllll...") |
| 499 | ** Spice Girls - "Wannabe" (the verses and choruses) |
| 500 | ** Music/{{Madonna}} - "What it Feels Like for a Girl(Above & Beyond Remix)" |
| 501 | ** Simone Jay - "Wanna B Like A Man" (Devotional Mix) |
| 502 | ** Danger - "[[https://youtu.be/tYb1A6c2WcE?t=3m12s I Can't Stay Mad At You]]" from ''VideoGame/Haven2020'' (C section) |
| 503 | |
| 504 | * '''IV-V-I-vi''' |
| 505 | ** Music/{{CHVRCHES}} - "Playing Dead" (alternating phrases of the chorus) |
| 506 | ** Music/{{Coldplay}} - "Viva la Vida" |
| 507 | ** ''VideoGame/EarthwormJim'' - Psycrow's battle theme |
| 508 | ** Genki Rockets - "Heavenly Star" (first half of chorus) |
| 509 | ** Marc Cohn - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK5YGWS5H84 Walking in Memphis]]" |
| 510 | ** Music/NoDoubt - "Spiderwebs" (first half of the pre-chorus) |
| 511 | ** Music/{{Sugarland}} — "Everyday America" (verses) |
| 512 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon 2}}'' - "Tidal Rush" (chorus) |
| 513 | ** [[Music/PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky Tchaikovsky]] - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWwb4yvPQ5s The Nutcracker Pas de Deux]]" - It starts with the Doo Wop Progression then shifts to this during the great climax. |
| 514 | ** Jocelyn Enriquez - "Do You Miss Me?" (first and third lines of the chorus) |
| 515 | ** ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'': "[[https://youtu.be/NrWu3SnGqSw Trust You Forever]]" (middle third of the chorus) |
| 516 | ** Music/GwenStefani - "Cool" (chorus), "Make Me like You" |
| 517 | ** Fifty Fifty - "Cupid" |
| 518 | |
| 519 | * '''IV-I-vi-V''' |
| 520 | ** Music/BackstreetBoys - "As Long As You Love Me"(chorus, verses uses HumoresqueProgression) |
| 521 | ** Music/BarenakedLadies - "Odds Are" |
| 522 | ** Bastille - "Pompeii" |
| 523 | ** Capital Cities - "Safe And Sound" |
| 524 | ** Music/TracyChapman - "Fast Car" |
| 525 | ** Music/DemiLovato - “Give Your Heart a Break” |
| 526 | ** Dubstar - "Stars ([=Motiv8=] remix)" (bridge and chorus) |
| 527 | ** E-Type - "Life" (second half of the chorus) |
| 528 | ** Music/The Fray - "Over My Head (Cable Car)" (chorus) |
| 529 | ** Imogen Heap - "Hide and Seek" (and by extension, "Whatcha Say" by Jason [=DeRulo=]) |
| 530 | ** Music/LukeCombs - "She Got the Best of Me" |
| 531 | ** Music/KatyPerry - “Dark Horse” (chorus) |
| 532 | ** Laserdance - "Humanoid Invasion" (second half of main riff) |
| 533 | ** Music/{{Maroon 5}} - "Payphone" |
| 534 | ** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' - "Find The Music in the Treetops" (chorus) and "The Pony I Want To Be" |
| 535 | ** Rosa Walton- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvMY1uzSC1E "I Really Wanna Stay At Your House"]] (choruses), from ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' and ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'' |
| 536 | ** Together - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGEOYmMe-aI "So Much Love to Give"]] |
| 537 | ** Music/TomPetty - "Learning to Fly" |
| 538 | ** Whigfield - "No Tears To Cry" |
| 539 | |
| 540 | * '''V-I-vi-IV''' |
| 541 | ** Electric Youth - "Through The Same Eyes" |
| 542 | ** Music/{{REM}} - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luuqhAS0x6o What's the Frequency Kenneth]]" |
| 543 | |
| 544 | * '''I-V-IV-vi''' |
| 545 | ** Music/TheCars - "Just What I Needed" (chorus) |
| 546 | ** Tonic - "You Wanted More" |
| 547 | ** Olsen Brothers - "Fly on the Wings of Love" (verses) |
| 548 | |
| 549 | * '''IV-vi-V-I''' |
| 550 | ** Joe Nichols — "Sunny and 75" |
| 551 | ** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' - "Becoming Popular" |
| 552 | ** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' - "This Is Our Big Night"(chorus) |
| 553 | ** Music/{{Erasure}} - "Freedom" |
| 554 | |
| 555 | * '''vi-V-IV-I''' |
| 556 | ** "Go K.K. Rider" from ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' |
| 557 | ** Chromeo - "Jealous" |
| 558 | ** Music/GooGooDolls - "Black Balloon" (chorus), "Slide" (intro) |
| 559 | ** Music/GreenDay - "Good Riddance/Time Of Your Life," for a part of the verses. |
| 560 | ** Very briefly in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5biIXoKAHo main theme]], except that the "vi" is a major chord. |
| 561 | ** Music/MichelleBranch - “All You Wanted” (verses) |
| 562 | ** Mike Posner - "I Took A Pill in Ibiza (SeeB remix) |
| 563 | ** Music/ShawnMendes - "Treat You Better" (chorus) |
| 564 | ** ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' - "Singing Mountain"(first half of A-section) |
| 565 | |
| 566 | * '''vi-I-IV-V''' |
| 567 | ** Music/{{Aviators}} - "The Fear of Flight" and "Ghosts in the Code" |
| 568 | ** Creator/CirqueDuSoleil - "The Bee and the Wind" from ''Theatre/{{VOLTA}}'' |
| 569 | ** Music/CollectiveSoul - "The World I Know" (verse) |
| 570 | ** DJ Encore & Engelina - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlQ-2U9-Hz8 "I See Right Through To You"]] |
| 571 | ** Dubstar - "Stars (Motiv8 remix)" (verse) |
| 572 | ** ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6usKhzL8uI Theme Song]] |
| 573 | ** Holy Ghost! - "It's Not Over" (verses) |
| 574 | ** Music/LinkinPark - "Runaway" |
| 575 | ** Luna System - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxII6olrxUQ "Trancewave"]] (alternates with vi-I-ii-vi) |
| 576 | ** Mike Mareen - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYa4PQo_SNA "Love Spy"]] (main riff and verse) |
| 577 | ** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' - "The Cutie Mark Crusaders Song" (intro) |
| 578 | ** ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RiBCgFwxXI "Pursuit ~ Cornered"]] |
| 579 | ** Snap! - "Do You See The Light?"(chorus) |
| 580 | ** ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' - the middle part of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd9BZ51NvZo Theme Song]] |
| 581 | ** We The Kings - "Check Yes Juliet" |
| 582 | ** Creator/TobyFox - "[[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} "Dummy!" (chorus), "Spider Dance" (chorus), "Dating Fight!"]] |
| 583 | ** Faderhead - "[[https://youtu.be/cnW0fDG3Fk0 Darker Please]]" |
| 584 | |
| 585 | * '''V-vi-I-IV''' |
| 586 | ** Ian van Dahl - "Will I" |
| 587 | ** Music/{{CHVRCHES}} - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB4gjiMVKFI "Warning Call"]] from ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdgeCatalyst''(chorus) |
| 588 | ** DJ Encore & Engelina - "Walking in the Sky" |
| 589 | |
| 590 | * '''V-IV-vi-I''' |
| 591 | * Cracker - "Low" |
| 592 | * Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown - "No Air" |
| 593 | |
| 594 | * '''IV-vi-I-V''' |
| 595 | ** Assemblage 23 - "Bravery" (chorus, alternates with IV-I-V-vi above) |
| 596 | ** Futurecop! - "Lost Love" (chorus) |
| 597 | ** Music/ShawnMendes - "Mercy" |
| 598 | ** Guru Josh - "Infinity" |
| 599 | ** The New Division - "Ride"(switches to IV-ii-vi-V for the finale) |
| 600 | ** Music/TheCruxshadows - "Home"(first half of the chorus) |
| 601 | |
| 602 | * '''IV-V-vi-I''' |
| 603 | ** Music/{{The Cure|Band}} - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXCKLJGLENs "Lovesong"]] (chorus) |
| 604 | ** Futurecop! - "Take My Hand" (chorus) |
| 605 | ** Music/LadyGaga - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrO4YZeyl0I Bad Romance]]" (chorus and bridge) |
| 606 | ** Solar Fields - ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdgeCatalyst'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AREfY2vNmZo main theme]], and by extension, the verses of Music/{{CHVRCHES}} - "Warning Call" |
| 607 | ** Trouser Enthusiasts - "Sweet Release" (chorus) |
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