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50s chord progression in C (Playⓘ)

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
"Baby, I'm an Anarchist!" Against Me! 2002 I-vi-IV-V
"In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" Neutral Milk Hotel 1998 I-vi-IV-V
"Eyes on Me Faye Wong 1999 I-vi-IV-V
"Beyond the Sea"[1] Jack Lawrence and Charles Trenet 1946 I-vi-IV-V
"Chain Gang"[2] Sam Cooke 1960 I-vi-IV-V
"Crocodile Rock"[3] Elton John 1972 I-vi-IV-V
"Donna"[4] Ritchie Valens 1958 I-vi-IV-V
"Don't Dream It's Over"[5] Crowded House 1986 IV-V-I-vi
"Duke of Earl"[6] Gene Chandler 1962 I-vi-IV-V
"Earth Angel"[4][7] The Penguins 1954 I-vi-IV-V
"Eternal Flame"[8] The Bangles 1989 I-vi-IV-V
"Friday"[9] Rebecca Black 2011 I-vi-IV-V
"Give a Little Love"[10] Bay City Rollers 1975 I-vi-IV-V
Happiness Is a Warm Gun[6][11] The Beatles 1968 I-vi-IV-V
"Heart and Soul"[12] Larry Clinton feat. Bea Wain 1938 I-vi-IV-V
"In The Shape Of A Heart" Jackson Browne 1986 I-vi-IV-V
"Jesus of Suburbia"[13][14] Green Day 2005 I-vi-IV-V
"Lollipop"[15] Ronald & Ruby 1958 I-vi-IV-V
"Lovable"[16][17] Sam Cooke 1956 I-vi-IV-V
"Oliver's Army"[18] Elvis Costello 1979 I-vi-IV-V
"Pretty Little Angel Eyes" Curtis Lee 1961 I-vi-IV-V
"Every Breath You Take" The Police 1983 I-vi-IV-V
"Stand by Me"[19][20] Ben E. King 1961 I-vi-IV-V
"The Man Comes Around" Johnny Cash 2002 I-vi-IV-V
"There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" The Smiths 1992 I-vi-IV-V
"This Magic Moment"[21] The Drifters 1960 I-vi-IV-V
"Those Magic Changes"[22] Sha Na Na 1978 I-vi-IV-V
"True Blue"[23] Madonna 1986 I-vi-IV-V
"We Go Together"[24] John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John 1972 I-vi-IV-V
"You Are Not Alone"[25] Michael Jackson 1995 I-vi-IV-V
"I'm Not Edward Cullen" Hank Green 2009 I-vi-IV-V
"Stand by Me" Ben E. King 1955 I-vi-IV-V
"Postcards From Italy" Beirut 2006 IV-I-vi-V
"Take A Walk " Passion Pit 2012 IV-I-vi-V
"Payphone" Maroon 5 2012 IV-I-vi-V
"Pompeii" Bastille 2012 IV-I-vi-V
"Sovereign Light Café" Keane 2012 IV-I-vi-V
"Safe and Sound" Capital Cities 2013 IV-I-vi-V
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" Starship 1987 I-vi-IV-V
"Brave as a Noun" Andrew Jackson Jihad 2007 I-vi-IV-V

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Beyond the Sea", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Chain Gang", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  3. ^ "Crocodile Rock", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  4. ^ a b Hirsh, Marc. "Striking a Chord", The Boston Globe, December 31, 2008.
  5. ^ "Don't Dream It's Over", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  6. ^ a b Scott (2003), p. 206.
  7. ^ Harwood, Dane (September 1982). "Review: [untitled]". Ethnomusicology. 26 (3). University of Illinois Press on behalf of Society for Ethnomusicology: 491–493. ISSN 0014-1836.
  8. ^ "Eternal Flame", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  9. ^ Lewis, Randy (March 31, 2011). "Rebecca Black's 'Friday': There are a million good reasons you can't get it out of your head". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  10. ^ "Give a Little Love", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Heart and Soul", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  13. ^ "Acoustic Lesson 11B: Basic Chord Progressions". GuitarLessonInsider.com. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  14. ^ "Jesus of Suburbia", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  15. ^ "Lollipop", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  16. ^ Guralnick, Peter (2005). Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke. New York: Little, Brown. p. 157. ISBN 0-316-37794-5.
  17. ^ "Lovable", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  18. ^ "Oliver's Army", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  19. ^ Moore, Allan (May 1995). "The So-Called 'Flattened Seventh' in Rock". Popular Music. 14 (2). Cambridge University Press: 185–201. doi:10.1017/s0261143000007431. ISSN 0261-1430.
  20. ^ "Stand by Me", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  21. ^ "This Magic Moment", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  22. ^ "Those Magic Changes", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  23. ^ "True Blue", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  24. ^ "We Go Together", MusicNotes.com. (subscription required)
  25. ^ http://www.guitare-improvisation.com/analyser_entendre-les-cadences.php
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