History Main / TwelveBarBlues

* Two arcade games by Irem: Moon Patrol and Spartan X (AKA: "Kung Fu Master") do this in their main themes.

** In fact, they both sample "Johnny B. Goode," listed above.

The classic twelve-bar blues: (I, IV, I, V, IV, I; often all of them being [[superscript:7]] chords). A ChordProgression that started out being used for blues songs (hence the name) but later worked its way into big-band swing and particularly early rock-and-roll, where it became all but omnipresent up until the mid-60's. Like the DooWopProgression, it has a distinctly "classic" feel to modern listeners. It's so recognizable that all Marty [=McFly=] had to tell his backup band in ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' was "This is a 'blues' riff in B" and they were able to properly accompany his rendition of "Johnny B. Goode" (until he started channeling Eddie van Halen, anyway).

* Glenn Miller's "In the Mood"

* Music/PinkFloyd put a straight-forward 12-bar blues song, "Seamus", on their album ''Meddle''. Just to keep things from seeming ''too'' normal, though, they used an actual dog to howl along with the instrumental section. A different dog performed live on their concert film, ''Live at Pompeii''.

** Dylan's "Gotta Serve Somebody" is an interesting variant, with a minor I chord instead of a major one.

* "Li'l Augie Is A Natural Man" from ''St. Louis Woman'' uses the 12-bar blues as the first section of the standard AABA pattern.

* Bill Haley and His Comets' "Rock Around the Clock"

* "Under the Bridge" from the ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' OST.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vddbWs8TOLk theme]] to the 1980 game show ''{{Blockbusters}}''.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vddbWs8TOLk theme]] to the 1980 game show ''Series/{{Blockbusters}}''.

* Scott Weiland of StoneTemplePilots fame released an album by this name. And yes, the songs matched this progression.

The classic twelve-bar blues: (I, IV, I, V, IV, I; often all of them being [[superscript:7]] chords). A ChordProgression that started out being used for blues songs (hence the name) but later worked its way into big-band swing and particularly early rock-and-roll, where it became all but omnipresent up until the mid-60's. Like the DooWopProgression, it has a distinctly "classic" feel to modern listeners. It's so recognizable that all Marty [=McFly=] had to tell his backup band in ''BackToTheFuture'' was "This is a 'blues' riff in B" and they were able to properly accompany his rendition of "Johnny B. Goode" (until he started channeling Eddie van Halen, anyway).

* ChuckBerry's "Johnny B. Goode"
* TheBeachBoys' "Barbara Ann"

* Ellis Hall's "Flip Flop and Fly" (as heard in ''ChickenRun'')

* The blues standard "Hound Dog", made famous by ''Music/ElvisPresley''.

* "Johnny C. Bad", that upbeat piano and bass tune that plays in a crowded bar and later the Dragon's Neck Coliseum in ''FinalFantasyVI''.
* BobDylan did quite a bit of 12-Bar Blues, most notably on Subterranean Homesick Blues.

* "Mighty, Mighty Man" by Roy Brown is one of the songs in constant rotation on "Galaxy News Radio" in the video game ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}''.

** "Bob", being a parody of Dylan's work by {{Music}}/WeirdAlYankovic, is also in the 12-bar style.