List of songs containing the 50s progression

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This is a partial list of recorded songs containing the 50s chord progression, represented in Roman numeral analysis as I-vi-IV-V. The list does not include songs containing the progression for very short, irrelevant sections of the songs, nor does it include remade recordings of songs by other artists.

Song Name Artist Year Progression
Accidentally in Love[1] Counting Crows 2004 I-vi-IV-V
Baby[2] Justin Bieber 2009 I-vi-IV-V
Beautiful Girls[3] Sean Kingston 2007 I-vi-IV-V
Beyond the Sea[4] Jack Lawrence and Charles Trenet 1946 I-vi-IV-V
Chain Gang[5] Sam Cooke 1960 I-vi-IV-V
Crocodile Rock[6] Elton John 1972 I-vi-IV-V
Don't Dream It's Over[7] Crowded House 1986 IV-V-I-vi
Donna[8] Ritchie Valens 1958 I-vi-IV-V
Duke of Earl[9] Gene Chandler 1962 I-vi-IV-V
Earth Angel[8][10] The Penguins 1954 I-vi-IV-V
Eternal Flame[11] The Bangles 1989 I-vi-IV-V
Give a Little Love[12] Bay City Rollers 1975 I-vi-IV-V
Happiness Is a Warm Gun[9][13] The Beatles 1968 I-vi-IV-V
Heart and Soul[14] Larry Clinton feat. Bea Wain 1938 I-vi-IV-V
Jesus of Suburbia[15][16] Green Day 2005 I-vi-IV-V
Lollipop[17] Ronald & Ruby 1958 I-vi-IV-V
Lovable[18][19] Sam Cooke 1956 I-vi-IV-V
My Life Would Suck without You[20] Kelly Clarkson 2009 I-vi-IV-V
No Surprises[21] Radiohead 1998 I-vi-IV-V
Oliver's Army[22] Elvis Costello 1979 I-vi-IV-V
Stand by Me[23][24] Ben E. King 1961 I-vi-IV-V
This Magic Moment[25] The Drifters 1960 I-vi-IV-V
Those Magic Changes[26] Sha Na Na 1978 I-vi-IV-V
True Blue[27] Madonna 1986 I-vi-IV-V
We Go Together[28] John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John 1972 I-vi-IV-V
What about Now[29] Daughtry 2008 I-vi-IV-V
You Are Not Alone[30] Michael Jackson 1995 I-vi-IV-V

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  1. ^ "Accidentally in Love", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Baby", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  3. ^ "Beautiful Girls", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  4. ^ "Beyond the Sea", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  5. ^ "Chain Gang", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  6. ^ "Crocodile Rock", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  7. ^ "Don't Dream It's Over", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  8. ^ a b Hirsh, Marc. "Striking a Chord", The Boston Globe, December 31, 2008.
  9. ^ a b Scott (2003), p. 206.
  10. ^ Harwood, Dane (September 1982). "Review: [untitled]". Ethnomusicology (University of Illinois Press on behalf of Society for Ethnomusicology) 26 (3): 491–493. ISSN 0014-1836. 
  11. ^ "Eternal Flame", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  12. ^ "Give a Little Love", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  13. ^ Riley, Tim (2002). Tell Me Why: The Beatles: Album by Album, Song by Song, the Sixties and After. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press. p. 269. ISBN 0-306-81120-0. 
  14. ^ "Heart and Soul", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  15. ^ "Acoustic Lesson 11B: Basic Chord Progressions". GuitarLessonInsider.com. Retrieved November 4, 2012. 
  16. ^ "Jesus of Suburbia", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  17. ^ "Lollipop", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  18. ^ Guralnick, Peter (2005). Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke. New York: Little, Brown. p. 157. ISBN 0-316-37794-5. 
  19. ^ "Lovable", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  20. ^ "My Life Would Suck without You", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  21. ^ "No Surprises", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  22. ^ "Oliver's Army", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  23. ^ Moore, Allan (May 1995). "The So-Called 'Flattened Seventh' in Rock". Popular Music (Cambridge University Press) 14 (2): 185–201. ISSN 0261-1430. 
  24. ^ "Stand by Me", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  25. ^ "This Magic Moment", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  26. ^ "Those Magic Changes", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  27. ^ "True Blue", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  28. ^ "We Go Together", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  29. ^ "What About Now", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  30. ^ http://www.guitare-improvisation.com/analyser_entendre-les-cadences.php
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