On a related note (corniest pun of the day), the Australian musical comedy act Axis of Awesome made a song called Four Chords Song, which is basically a 47-song

On a related note (corniest pun of the day), the Australian musical comedy act Axis of Awesome made a song called Four Chords Song, which is basically a 47-song medley all using the same chord progression. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Axis_of_Awesome#Four_Chords_Song http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Axis_of_Awesome#Four_Chords... They've said that the chords are used by some of the most well known songs in the world, and their performance demonstrates this nicely, as in this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOlDewpCfZQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOlDewpCfZQ The above link is the official video; but they explain their reasoning better in this live performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0IUdjMcEmo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0IUdjMcEmo