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SONGS in 4 CHORDS
Journey -- "Don't Stop Believing"
James Blunt -- "You're Beautiful"
Black Eyed Peas -- "Where Is the Love"
Alphaville -- "Forever Young"
Jason Mraz -- "I'm Yours"
Train -- "Hey Soul Sister"
The Calling -- "Wherever You Will Go"
Elton John -- "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" (from The Lion King)
Akon -- "Don't Matter"
John Denver -- "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
Lady Gaga -- "Paparazzi"
U2 -- "With Or Without You"
The Last Goodnight -- "Pictures of You"
Maroon Five -- "She Will Be Loved"
The Beatles -- "Let It Be"
Bob Marley -- "No Woman No Cry"
Marcy Playground -- "Sex and Candy"
Men At Work -- "Land Down Under"
Theme from America's Funniest Home Videos
Jack Johnson -- "Taylor"
Spice Girls -- "Two Become One"
A Ha -- "Take On Me"
Green Day -- "When I Come Around"
Eagle Eye Cherry -- "Save Tonight"
Toto -- "Africa"
Beyonce -- "If I Were A Boy"
Kelly Clarkson -- "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
Jason DeRulo -- "In My Head"
The Smashing Pumpkins -- "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
Joan Osborne -- "One Of Us"
Avril Lavigne -- "Complicated"
The Offspring -- "Self Esteem"
The Offspring -- "You're Gonna Go Far Kid"
Akon -- "Beautiful"
Timberland featuring OneRepublic -- "Apologize"
Eminem featuring Rihanna -- "Love the Way You Lie"
Bon Jovi -- "It's My Life"
Lady Gaga -- "Pokerface"
Aqua -- "Barbie Girl"
Red Hot Chili Peppers -- "Otherside"
The Gregory Brothers -- "Double Rainbow"
MGMT -- "Kids"
Andrea Bocelli -- "Time To Say Goodbye"
Robert Burns -- "Auld Lang Syne"
Five for fighting -- "Superman"
The Axis of Awesome -- "Birdplane"
Missy Higgins -- "Scar"
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The fact that those 4 chords made them famous makes their thesis true.
My 🎷 teacher showed us this
You ain't wrong 🤣
Touché
i ron ik
@@sarahibatzin6053 same for me just today
Don’t get me wrong. 42 million is a lot of viewers, but..I still feel like more people should know about this gem
I think like 30% of them view is re view after years ago, like myself
@@andrewj3177 and the other 70% is music teachers showing their students
@@charmedrools1 This can't be a coincidence
@@makisekurisu8594 what can't be?
someone else actually posted a live performance of this and got I think 66 million views. Its about a minute shorter though.
The fact that Ed Sheeran presented one of their videos at his defense trial for copyright infringement is a thing of beauty.
Bro do you have a source on that
@@J_GamerSP what? Leaving my comment here to get notified in case of a response
@@J_GamerSP ua-cam.com/video/38OY_0NHNA8/v-deo.html
@HeyHeyChey it's on the case where he is being sued by Marvin Gayes trust
@@J_GamerSP most news outlets are reporting it
The fact that 12 years later this song was part of Ed Sheeran's successful defense against a frivolous copyright infringement lawsuit just makes it even more legendary.
11*
@@thenulamudiyanselage3582 this was uploaded July 2011, that's close enough to 12 years for me
@@benwillis5840 whyd u tag me
whats rgat song when he plays the kazoo at 4:44
@@shuush223 Kids by MGMT
“Musicians hate them, learn these four chords to play any song”
Four *
That’s what she said
@@robhannam7294 ?
@@robhannam7294 MICHAEL!!
@@jimenoelguapo4691 jimeno eres guapo 👍
When I was in middle school, my bunk mates and I mashed up "Soul Sister", "I'm Yours", "Party In The USA" and "123" for our summer camp talent show. It turns out we had... several more options...
Pretty awesome! One of my favorite mashups was Twist and Shout and La Bamba performed by a polka band, but I would have loved to see yours too.
All night longggg...
well and you failed to become rich and famous....feel stupid at all? :-)
Like
500000000009 more
Missy Barbour I see what you did there(123 for)
In case you want the songs:
0:10 Don’t Stop Believing - Journey (1981)
0:18 You’re Beautiful - James Blunt (2004)
0:29 Where is the Love - The Black Eyed Peas (2003)
0:38 Forever Young - Alphaville (1984)
0:45 I’m Yours - Jason Mraz (2008)
0:55 Hey, Soul Sister - Train (2009)
1:03 Wherever You Will Go - The Calling (2001)
1:12 Can You Feel the Love Tonight - Elton John (1994)
1:22 Don’t Matter - Akon (2006)
1:30 Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver (1971)
1:38 Paparazzi - Lady Gaga (2008)
1:44 With Or Without You - U2 (1987)
1:53 Pictures of You - The Last Goodnight (2007)
2:02 She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5 (2002)
2:11 Let it Be - The Beatles (1970)
2:16 No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley (1974)
2:18 Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy (1997)
2:20 Land Down Under - Men At Work (1981)
2:23 The Funny Things You Do - Jill Colucci (1991)
2:30 Taylor - Jack Johnson (2003)
2:36 2 Become 1 - Spice Girls (1996)
2:39 Take On Me - a-ha (1984)
2:55 Save Tonight / Africa - Eagle-Eye Cherry / Toto (1997 / 1992)
3:04 If I Were A Boy / Behind These Hazel Eyes - Beyoncé / Kelly Clarkson (2009 / 2004)
3:10 In My Head - Jason Derulo (2009)
3:20 Bullet with Butterfly Wings - The Smashing Pumpkins (1995)
3:24 One of us - Joan Osborne (1995)
3:26 Complicated - Avril Lavigne (2002)
3:33 Self Esteem - The Offspring (1994)
3:39 You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid - The Offspring (2008)
3:47 Beautiful - Akon (2008)
3:55 Apologize - Timbaland ft. OneRepublic (2007)
4:03 Love The Way You Lie - Eminem ft. Rihanna (2010)
4:10 It’s My Life - Bon Jovi (2000)
4:20 Poker Face - Lady Gaga (2008)
4:25 Barbie Girl - Aqua (1997)
4:27 Other Side - Red Hot Chili Peppers (1999)
4:34 Double Rainbow Song - The Gregory Brothers (2010)
4:43 Kids - MGMT (2007)
4:55 Con te partirò - Andrea Bocelli (1995)
5:02 Auld Lang Syne - Tiny Hill and his Orchestra (1939)
5:09 Superman (It’s Not Easy) - Five for Fighting (2000)
5:13 Bird Plane - The Axis Of Awesome (2008)
5:27 Scar - Missy Higgins (2004)
The fact that MGMT got onto here just shows how incredibly skilled they were at parodying all of pop.
Excellent list, a few I don't know. Also there's a brief snippet of "When I Come Around" Green Day during the astounding Aha cover.
As someone who knows a lot of these on guitars, I can confirm that a lot do NOT follow the same chord progression. At least a third do not.
Most obvious are Bullet With Butterfly Wings, Self Esteem, and Sex and Candy. Not even close.
How do u need this typed out? Lol
How do you save a youtube comment? Lol good list thank you from 2023
13 years later. Damn take me back to the simple times.
It's been in my top 100 on Spotify for several years in a row 😂 never gets old
I'd love to see an updated version of this
itll most likely have despacito on there
Should include songs like:
Someone Like You
Hello
Whistle
Despacito
Cruise
Its Time
Demons
Whatever It Takes
Edge Of Glory
Bailando
Danza Kuduro
Jar Of Hearts
Stronger
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
I Just Had Sex
Nice Guys Finish Last
We Found Love
Wake Me Up
Faded (Alan Walker)
Cheap Thrills
Fight Song
Drive By
Let It Go (Frozen)
Let Her Go
Hall of Fame
Give Me Everything
International Love
Say You Won't Let Go
Better Now
Ride (Twenty One Pilots)
@@sidtv2542 and like every ed sheeran song
Some brazilian songs like "de musica ligeira" and "à sua maneira" have tha same chords of "Save Tonight"
@@Pixelando de musica ligera brazilian, try again.
i fricking love discount jack black
He a woman now
Lmao
russian russia bullshit prove it
what the fuck is so improbable about a trans musician
It actually is Chester Bennington reincarted after he hanged himself.
I just love how the last song, "Scar" has the chorus that explains this entire video and then ends with the line "That's all it takes to be a star." It's like it was makes just for it to be in this video because I never knew of it's existence until Axis made this.
Yup and no doubt deliberately. There's so many versions of the 4 chord song, different songs, different orders etc but they always include Scar (and bird plane of course) at the end
It's been a year since this comment was made, do you still still care that that isn't the original line that Scar ends with?
I didn't even know that was a different song I thought they added that because it's so fitting
We performed this at a choir concert one year and the audience loved it. Highly recommend for large student choirs.
You just go 50 songs stuck in my head at once
How true is that?!
exactly
YESSSSS!
I relate to this so fucking much
@@maxotto9877 The point is to show they have the same basics, not the same song. What you're saying is the same as saying every famous statue is the same because they are all made of marble.
7 years later and this is still a banger
Original sketch is from 2009.
9 years later and this is still a banger
Lizzy Meloy So True mah boiii
Well canon in D is actually I V VI III IV I IV V whereas these four chords are I V VI IV.
Fucking 7 years? God I'm getting old
Currently i am drunk in a train towards Amsterdam. I walked through the train when i encountered a group singing this song. We sang the whole song together until they took off, right at the birdplane song . Thank you for this moment!
netherlands right
I feel like the fact that a solid 80% of these absolute bangers is maybe the even more impressive part. Like what about these cords is sooo appealing?
I assume the familiarity. Our ears become extremely accustomed to this progression (clearly). It's relaxing. Tension in music comes from subverting expectations with unexpected chords or modulations. Since these chords are extremely predictable to our brains, it almost feels like home
Basically there's the concept of tonic chords and dominant chords. Tonic chords are at "home," they sound resolved and like they don't need to go anywhere. Dominant chords are tense and feel like you must go somewhere, like you've got to move to another chord. The progression is I-V-vi-IV. I is a tonic chord (it is the strongest tonic chord), then we go to V which is the dominant/tense. vi is a tonic chord but it's got more of a wistful sense to it and isn't quite as strong as I. IV is subdominant -- it isn't resolved, but it's not as tense as V, it isn't at home but it's not desperate to go somewhere either. So you have this constant home-tense-kinda home-kinda tense. It also makes a very good loop because unlike the strongest resolution which is V-I, it features IV-I when the loop repeats which doesn't have as much sense of finality to it, rather it kinda feels like it wants to keep looping around. So it's all about tension and release and the open-ended sound of the end of the loop.
4 chords that made a million...
Nice SW reference
Thank you !!
it must be something psicologyc
warner kurt they are the same chords, just on a guitar
Steven Wilson ( former Porcupine Tree's singer/guitarist ).
*I - V - vi - IV*
Journey - Don't Stop Believing 0:09
James Blunt - You're Beautiful 0:18
Black Eyed Peas - Where Is the Love 0:27
Alphaville - Forever Young 0:37
Jason Mraz - I'm Yours 0:45
Train - Hey Soul Sister 0:54
The Calling - Wherever You Will Go 1:04
Elton John (Lion King)- Can You Feel The Love Tonight 1:12
Akon - Don't Matter 1:21
John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads 1:28
Lady Gaga - Paparazzi 1:37
U2 - With Or Without You 1:44
The Last Goodnight - Pictures Of You 1:53
Maroon Five - She Will Be Loved 2:01
The Beatles - Let It Be 2:11
Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry 2:15
Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy 2:17
Men At Work - Land Down Under 2:19
Jill Colucci - The Funny Things You Do 2:23
Jack Johnson - Taylor 2:30
Spice Girls - Two Become One 2:35
A Ha - Take On Me 2:39
Green Day - When I Come Around 2:41
Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight 2:55
*vi - IV - I - V*
Toto - Africa 2:56
Beyoncé - If I Were A Boy 3:03
Kelly Clarkson - Behind These Hazel Eyes 3:04
Jason DeRulo - In My Head 3:11
The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings 3:20
Jan Osborne - One Of Us 3:23
Avril Lavigne - Complicated 3:27
The Offspring - Self Esteem 3:32
The Offspring - You're Gonna Go far, kid 3:39
Akon - Beautiful 3:46
Timbaland feat. One Republic - Apologize 3:55
Eminem feat. Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie 4:03
Bon Jovi - It's My Life 4:10
Lady Gaga - Pokerface 4:19
Aqua - Barbie Girl 4:25
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside 4:27
The Gregory Brothers - Double Rainbow 4:35
MGMT - Kids 4:43
*I - V - vi - IV*
Andrea Bocelli - Time To Say Goodbye 4:55
Robert Burns - Auld Lang Syne 5:02
Five For Fighting - Superman / The Axis Of Awesome - Birdplane 5:09
Missy Higgins - Scar 5:26
I love you for this
+Andrew Malik it's in the description
+Nathaniel Berry Well... Thats awkward.
+Andrew Malik indeed
I - V - vi - IV* the six chord is minor.
11 years later and this is still epic!
I play this every time I'm inconsolable to the point of being a danger to myself.
Thank you from the ADD/ADHD family. I personally endorse this song as the best medicine for those with a short attention span. I appreciate your art.
XD!
I was just thinking the same thing! It's what my brain wants when I'm listening to the radio 😄
Everyone wants to be an "ADD sufferer" nowadays.Maybe you all just have the attention span of a goldfish.
This.
Danger? How?
"Endgame is the most ambitious crossover."
The Axis of Awesome:
"Allow us to introduce ourselves"
Am I a joke to you.jpeg
Hold my four chords.
Hold my chords
Why can’t I press read more?
Jack Black, Neil Patrick Harris, and Aiden English make quite the trio.
Dude in the glasses looks like Chris Evans 😂
OffLeatherWings it's like you tried really hard just to reference a wrestler
You mean Jack Black, Eddie Murphy, and Chicken Little.
I didn't know Neil Patrick Harris wrestled.
OffLeatherWings THE BEETHOVEN OF BARITONE
I still come back to this whenever I need cheering up. I live in the Scottish highlands and am lonely and sore with a chronic illness. This makes me smile every time x
Howdy stranger and hope you're feeling above the weather and smiling today :)
And now this is Ed sheerans defence in court against yet another copyright infringement
Look folks, before you start talking about how pop stars are unoriginal, there actually aren't many chord progressions out there. There are surprisingly few combinations that work and sound good. This happens to be one of the most powerful chord progressions; that's why it gets used so much.
+Dan Letts, Next to the fact they only play 4 bars of each song. With 1 chord per bar you could virtually fit every song ever wrote in this. Except for hiphop (no chords) or jazz (about 5 chords per bar)
+Dan Letts It's more about an amusing observation than it is actually about 'originality.' The four chords of pop show up a lot, but it doesn't make the songs bad for using them.
+Dan Letts There are so many combinations that sound good. But just a few that sound like Pop.
+Dan Letts the producers are unoriginal
+$-No-MND no, not at all. this progression is just widely poular. it's not about the progression but about the actual song.
0:21: Accidentally gets paper in his mouth
0:28: Trying to spit out paper with no success
0:33: Conspicuously chewing something
The best trilogy since The Lord of The Rings
@Addict C Paper is made of wood and the Lorax speaks for the trees so it isnt vegan
lmao
This is an intense character arc.
He ate it
Man, all these years later and these guys have 45 million friggin views... awesome... I remember watching this on TV once on a comedy special or something, now all these years layer it comes into my feed and I’m stoked. Awesome work
I just love the bits with Lee, that imperfect singing still matching drives it home.
I used to recite this song with my brother.
The song is 6 minutes long, and we still sang it all the way through many times.
It probably irritated my mom and my sister, but we didn't care.
It hurts whenever I remember these times and realize he's gone.
Not gonna lie they had us in the first half...
But seriously, you ok bro? How long ago has it been?
@@gipsybauski8971
4 years, he left a hole in me.
It will never heal, but the pain grows less and less over time...a long time.
@@YowLife R.I.P your brother
@@YowLife how old were you when it happened? Did you write him a letter to say goodbye? Talk to a professional?
@@YowLife admitting to yourself that you need help is the hardest part. Then asking for and seeking help is the next hardest thing.
4:25 every time I hear poker I always sing “come on Barbie lets go party” at that part.
Barbie
miss B damn autocorrect haha
@@Enivri I get that problem all the time!!!! 🤣
Have been doing it for 8 years now
There's actually quite a few songs on this list where I end up reciting the 4 chord song instead of the lyrics from just that song glad i'm not alone.
after 11 years of coming back to this every few months I've just now realised that the industry formula for catchy songs caught me even through a parody of said formula...
If it works It works.
The idiots who say stuff like “they don’t make songs like they used to” need to learn some basic music theory
@@zacharyyan4898 I wouldn't say they're "idiots". After all, two songs using the same chords does not make them the same song; you can't just entirely ignore the factors of lyrics, drum beats, what instruments are used, etc.
Here I am, more than 11 years later, still loving this song. It's still so good.
Imagine how many copystrikes this video could get.
UMG would like to: know your location
None cause theyre covers
@@q3a2 oh damn XD
@@q3a2 That has never stopped them before. Just saying. Covers can quite frequently get snagged by those sorts of things, even if they deviate extremely: for example:
ua-cam.com/video/oTkSKK307Vg/v-deo.html
This cover of 'Take Me Home Country Roads' has gotten Copyright Strikes before.
LOL!!!
I don't know there names, but the one with (in my opinion) the best voice is the one who looks like a Pug. The Chihuahua is pretty good. I'd love to hear the Great Dane when he really tries.
Omg 😂😂
Also know as chicken little
Benny is the blonde Jordan is the one who used to sport the bears and Lee is the bean pole they hang their coats on
+Adam Evans beard not bears hate auto correct
its funny because you know exactly who he's talking about
Listening to this song just makes you feel such nostalgia & happiness it’s amazing
It was this song that made me realize how much I like that chord structure like most of the songs on this list and a bunch of songs that aren't that I noticed after
Some dude in the quad: I can play like 50 songs on guitar
😂 Lmao
Elijah Faria HEY. THAT’S MY NAME. 😠
More ;)
for those wanting to play on guitar easily-
capo on 2nd.
C, G, AM, F
no ! this video is played in D maj key ! not C !
Jul Lin That is D major. It's C Major on capo 2, which makes it D Major. Likewise using those cords on capo 4 would make it E Major.
It's not easy if you have to use an F chord! :P But in all seriousness, I think it's easier to play in the key of G no capo. G D Em C
seems to sound betta, like Am, F, C, G on al lotof em :p
***** First of all, as a musician, I know. You don't need to explain it. It was kind of you to do so, but no need to be rude, man. I'm aware of plenty of music theory. I understand, completely. Don't be rude, dude. It does no good.
It's been more than a decade and I keep coming back to watch this video and the other one, and they're still good.
I kid you not this never gets old. Whether I'm drinking to forget the long day or just hanging with friends this takes me to a whole 'nother plane of awesome where old mixes with new and there are NO complaints from this guy on MUMZ I swear
My life is brilliant, my love is pure
I saw an angel, of that I'm sure
People killing people dying
Children hurting you hear them crying
Can you practice what you preach?
Would you turn the other cheek?
Forever young, I want to be
Forever young
I won't hesitate, no more no more
It cannot wait, I'm yours
Your lipstick stains
On the front lobe of my left side brains
I knew I wouldn't forget you
If I could, then I would
I'll go wherever you will go
And can you feel the love tonight?
Nobody wants to see us together
But it don't matter no
'Cause I got you
Oh country roads, take me home
To the place, where I belong
I'm your biggest fan
I'll follow you until you love me
Papa-Paparazzi
'Cause I can't live, with or without you
Pictures of you, pictures of me
Hung upon your wall for the world to see
And she will be loved yeah, she will be loved
When I find myself, in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
No woman no cry
Yeah mama this surely is a dream
I come from a land down under
Red, white and blue all the funny things you do
America, America, this is you
They say Taylor was a good girl never one to be late
Complain express ideas in her brain
I need some love like
I never needed love before
I wanna make love to your baby
Take on me (when I come around)
Take me on (when I come around)
I'll be gone, winner of you...
Save tonight
(Its gonna take a lot to drag me away from you)
And fight the break of dawn come tomorrow
(There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do)
Tomorrow I' ll be fine
Here I am, once again
I'm torn into pieces
Can't deny it, can't pretend
Just thought you were the one
In my head I see you all over me
In my head, you fulfill my fantasy
In my head
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
What if God was one of us?
Tell me, why'd you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're
Actin' like you're somebody
I know she's playing with me
Well, that's okay 'cause I got no self esteem
With a thousand lies and a good disguise
Hit 'em right between the eyes
Hit 'em right between the eyes
'Cause you're so beautiful
So damn beautiful
Too late to apologize, too late...
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn
But that's alright because I like the way it hurts
It's my life...
It's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
Can't read my, can't read my
No you can't read my poker face
Come on Barbie lets go party
How long how long will I slide
Separate my
Double rainbow all the way 'cross the sky
Yeah, yeah, so intense
Enjoy yourself
Take only what you need from him
A family of trees wanting
Time to say goodbye
Veduto e vissuto con te
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind?
I'm more than a bird I'm more than a plane
I'm a birdplane...
I'm a birdplane a mother f-ckin' birdplane
Doesn't that sound familiar?
Doesn't that hit too close to home?
Doesn't that make you shiver?
The way that things have gone
And doesn't that seem peculiar
'Cause everyone wants a little more
It's something I do remember to never go this far
That's all it takes to be a star...
This comment deserves way more likes! This must have taken so long!
@@marzbar479
Somebody had a lot of free time lol. It almost makes a story, somebody's random thoughts about a relationship going south perhaps. Brilliant
@@leandab5103 idk what you're talking about but it sounds intriguing
ok
We know the words
Such a brilliantly executed concept!
Yo what’s up godzillarex
@@KM-sb3zk cc
I’m very disappointed in myself that I only discovered this video now 😞
Over a decade old now, never get tired of this video, these 4 chords or these songs! :D
Still stuck in my head a decade later. Wow, time flies
I can't be the only one who is very impressed that Benny could hit the high note in "Take On Me". A note that probably is an entrant on the list of "most botched notes by otherwise decent karaoke singers".
i am that person, that note is brutal to the human soul
They are playing all these songs in one key -- which happens to be HIGHER than the key that A-Ha used in the original!!!
I hit that note every time... but I'm a woman :P
@markpark4028 They've performed this song live. And Benny has hit that note.
It just struck me that this actually tells a story of a guy falling in love getting married, argue and fights with his wife, he cheats, tries to apologize, but its too late and then they split and he's single again.
And then just some random shit
What do you mean dude
If you follow the lyrics the songs they choose combined together, tells a story.
@@isaacyarrell607 that's crazy, I'll check that out
And at some point, gets high on drugs and becomes a birdplane.
I have been learning bass 5 years
How you have speeded me up with your 4 chords amazing
I can follow you and have a better understanding of music as I am playing mainly by ear
I know I'm not one to talk (yet) but I miss how creative people used to get with relatively low budget.
The spirit still lives on and I love it!
My life is brilliant,
My love is pure,
I saw an angel,
Of that I'm sure,
People kill and people dyin'
Children hurt and you hear them crying'
Can you practice what you preach,
Would you turn the other cheek,
Forever young,
I wanna be forever young,
I won't hesitate,
No more, no more,
It can not wait,
I'm yours,
Lipstick stains,
And the front lobe of my left side brains,
I knew I wouldn't forget you,
If I could,
Then I would,
I'd go wherever you will go.
And can,
You feel the love tonight.
Nobody wants to see us together,
But it don't matter, no.
Cause I can't-
Oh country road,
Take me home,
To the place,
Where I belong.
I'm your biggest fan,
I'll follow you until you love me,
Papa-Paparazzi,
Well I can't believe,
With or without you.
Pictures of you,
Pictures of me,
Hung up on your wall,
For the world to see,
And she will be loved,
Yeah, she will be lo-...
When I find myself in times of trouble,
Mother Mary comes to me,
No woman no crying,
(Yeah momma this surely is a dream),
I come from the land down under.
Red, white and blue,
Funny things you do,
America, America,
This is you.
They say that Taylor was a good girl,
Never wanna be late,
Complain, express ideas, and complain,
I need love like I've never needed love before,
I'm going to make love to your baby,
Take on me,
(When I come around)
Take me on,
(When I come around)
I'll be gone,
In a day or two!
Save tonight,
(It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you)
And fight the break of dawn,
(There's nothing a hundred men or more could ever do)
There's more before I'm gone,
(If I were a boy)
Here I am,
Once again,
I'm torn into pieces,
Can't deny it,
Can't pretend,
(I think I would understand)
Just thought you were the one in my head,
I see you all over me in my head,
Beautiful fantasies of you in my head,
Despite all my rage I'm still just a rat in a cage,
(What if God was one of us?)
Tell me,
Why'd you have to make things so complicated,
I see the way you're acting like somebody-
(I know she's playing with me,
Well that's okay 'cause I got no self esteem)
With a thousand eyes and a good disguise,
Hit 'em right between the eyes,
Hit 'em right between the eyes,
You're so beautiful,
So damn beautiful..
Too late to apologize,
Too late..
Just gonna stand there and watch me burn,
But that's all right 'cause I like the way it hurts,
It's my life,
It's now or never,
I ain't gonna live forever,
Can't read my,
Can't read my,
No he can't read my poker face,
(Come on Barbie,
Let's go party)
How long,
How long,
Will I slide,
Separate my,
Double rainbow all the way across the sky,
Yeah,
Yeah,
So intense.
Enjoy yourself,
Take only what you need from it,
A family of treason.
Time to,
Say goodbye,
(veduto e vissuto)
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind,
I'm more than a bird,
I'm more than a plane,
I'm a birdplane,
I'm a birdplane,
A motherfuckin' birdplane,
Doesn't that sound familiar,
Doesn't that hit to close to home,
And doesn't that make you shiver,
The way that things have gone,
And doesn't seem peculiar,
'Cause everyone wants a little more,
It's something I do remember,
To never go this far,
That's all it takes to be a star.
Good job....
I'm like 90% sure I got a few words wrong.
+Nicholas Lopez Sans ;)
and country hole is country home
country road
Who’s music teacher also showed them this?
Surprisingly enough, my English professor showed us this. That's how I found out about this a few days ago
My history through music teacher showed us the live on stage version.
same
Mine xd
Leo Limited Edition my music teacher showed me this
Ive loved this song for 10 years and still listen all the time. Thank you
This just never get old. So good.
We need a yearly update of this song! "4 chords 2019", "4 Chords 2020" etc
A lot of songs in recent years have switched to a different chord progression: C, D, Em, D
I have done a version of this medley myself with more songs... I'll give you the link: ua-cam.com/video/3XEbnqT5X8s/v-deo.html
Yeah they should add Adele’s Someone Like You and Taylor Swift’s Wildest Dreams
Lewis Bastard Capaldi
505 years for one chord
They sing half of these better then the original singers did
I think you guys should sing all these songs fully and put them up on youtube
Its mostly benny singing.
ya but its still better lol
Agreed.
I noticed this too! My parents were both Voice trainers. these guys give me chills.. It's the best sort of eargasm!
10 years ago, when I was just a 14-year-boy, accedentally watched this video. Deeply facinated by this video.
As time flew by, I have already forgotten the existence of this video.
10 years after, I accidentally found this video again.
Still feel fresh about the video and the memory of carefree me sitting in front of computer went thorugh my mind.
I think that's what "nostalogia" means...
I always loved how they sing "Can you feel the love tonight"
There are only 4 bases in every DNA strand, (A, G, C, and T,) but the progression of arrangements of those 4 bases produces anything from a human being to a wombat.
Yeah, the only difference is that A,T,C, and G appear in different combinations for over 2 billion nucleotides, while these songs repeat the same combination over and over again.
Don't try and talk sense into a weaboo. He's lost already. We gotta let him go..
+TimmehTRP Haha.
I'm a she, not a he, and Ghost in the Shell is about as mainstream as you can get. Heck, ScarJo's starring in the Hollywood adaptation.
I also concede the point Dean raised. Mine was a bad analogy.
+Avensis Astari Sorry, didn't mean to be rude, your analogy is actually more correct than not. you can have alot of variety with only 4 chords, my answer was more jokey-smartassy.
Pop music is 4 chords for 1,000 people, Jazz is 1,000 chords for 4 people.
Damn,that must be the most clever comment i've ever read!
you can change "chords" for "minutes" and it still applies
+Milanesa-chan! lel
So true...
im a metal head but the same thing applies and i completely agree, very cleaver what they did tho.
10 years?! Wow! I wonder what each of you have lived since this. I use this as an example when explaining music still. Thank you you awesome mo'fo
Brilliant! Exactly like Rob Paravonian's Pachelbel rant from about 15 years ago. So painfully true so many years later.
All the time when I'm singing one of these songs I keep on singing the way it is here....I forgot how most of the songs actually continue because of this!!
Exactly!
Me too!
Nice make up.
fctrumpet I wish I could do that with make-up. It's just a filter though
you wanna know the best part? this music is acctuly better than 50% of the "original" musics like lady gaga and stuff like that :v
I find myself singing this in random places, and I think people assume I can't keep my mind on one thing or something.
That's totally me
Back to this video after 8 years. Unforgettable…
I don’t understand why I am only finding this song now, I got chills the whole time. So good!
If you're still listening to this masterpiece in 2024 you're a legend.
Yesssss 😩
I am leg end 😀
Pls my teacher put it on in music and idk I just liked it
😉❤👌
Almost 10 years old and still brilliant, nothing less,
I think chicken little is a little older than 10. he doesn't like it, i know.
I could only imagine how fun this must've been for them to compose especially with the constant small adlib's from other songs 😂legends thank you xx
Wow.. I was just letting UA-cam stream anything, all my videos had all ready played...
When this came on I stopped cleaning & was in complete awe ... U guys are truly talented!
We watched this in music class at school. Is a sick mashup!
ChrisGamingSAV IKR WE DIS
@@idc3509 oh yeah yeah
ChrisGamingSAV oh no no
Same aha
we just watched it today
That sudden Billy corgan bullet with butterfly wings got me...
SAME
James Delong omg same 😂😂😂😂
James Delong i died 💀😂😂😂
Thank you for showing us the connection of music using chords. You are the prophets of musical knowledge.
I can't believe how happy this made me, so amazingly well done!
ALL SONGS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER:
0:17 | James Blunt - You're Beautiful
0:27 | Black Eyed Peas - Where is the Love
0:36 | Alphavill - Forever Young
0:44 | Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
0:53 | Train - Hey, Soul Sister
1:03 | The Calling - Wherever You Will Go
1:11 | Lion King - Can You Feel The Love Tonight
1:21 | Akon - Don't Matter
1:28 | John Denver - Country Roads
1:37 | Lady Gaga - Paparazzi
1:44 | U2 - With Or Without You
1:52 | The Last Goodnight - Pictures of You
2:01 | Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved
2:08 | *Awkward Silence*
2:10 | The Beatles - Let It Be
2:15 | Bob Marley - No Woman, No Cry
2:17 | Marcy Playground- Sex and Candy
2:19 | Men at Work - Down Under
2:22 | America's Funniest Home Videos Theme 1990
2:30 | Jack Johnson - Taylor
2:34 | Spice Girls - 2 Become 1
2:39 | A-Ha - Take on Me / Green Day - When I Come Around
2:55 | Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight / Toto - Africa
3:03 | Beyonce - If I Were A Boy / Kelly Clarkson - Behind These Hazel Eyes
3:11 | Jason Derulo - In My Head
3:19 | The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with Butterfly Wings
3:22 | Joan Osborne - One Of Us
3:27 | Avril Lavigne - Complicated
3:31 | The Offspring - Self Esteem
3:38 | The Offspring - Self Esteem / The Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far, Kid
3:46 | Akon Colby O'Donis - Beautiful
3:54 | Timbaland - Apologize ft. OneRepublic
4:02 | Rihanna - Love the Way You Lie ft. Eminem
4:10 | Bon Jovi - It's My Life
4:19 | Lady Gaga - Pokerface
4:25 | Aqua - Barbie Girl
4:27 | Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside
4:34 | Double Rainbow Song
4:42 | MGMT - Kids
4:54 | Andrea Bocelli & Sara Brightman - Time to Say Goodbye
5:01 | Andrea Bocelli & Sara Brightman - Time to Say Goodbye / Beautiful Version Of Auld Lang Syne
5:08 | Axis of Awesome - Birdplane
5:26 | Missy Higgins - Scar
What was/were your favourite part(s)?
Mine were: 1:28 | 2:10 | 2:30 | 2:39 | 2:55 | 3:19 | 3:31 | 5:26
Mr. Memelord You missed Barbie Girl by Aqua at 4:25 :)
Noted, thanks ;)
Mr. Memelord +
Or, you know, check the description
Careless I
It's incredible how clear they speak English, I understood words that from the original didn't.
Well since English is their first language its not hard
@@solosam9 there are a lot of people who can speak flawless english but cannot enunciate their lyrics properly at all
@@izd4 *do not* not cannot. It goes the other way too. A lot of British acts that aren't from Southern England are incomprehensible when talking but enunciate well in song
Covers of Nirvana songs are like that too lol like Amy Lee's cover of Heart Shaped Box
@@solosam9 I think he was referring to the original artist, not these guys! Unless he meant original vid in which case live sounds don't record as well etc
Still amazing over a decade later. Good stuff. 👍❤
They use their time to made this masterpiece for entertain us...huge respect...🔥👌👍
My roommate started teaching me how to play guitar.
His first lesson was learn this four chords and you can play over 1000 popular songs
Wes Rodriguez what are the four cords? Asking for a friend
@@haru5257 Em, G, C, D
@@haru5257 G, D, em, C is the right order
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Same here, I learned ukulele just by learning four chords
my music teacher showed my class this video today as an example of the 4 blue cords, and i loved it
I always come back to this. Thank you for amazing timeless content.
“And the cast of Glee” gets me every time 😂😂😂
Yeah I just finished watching the show and saw this video and that took me by surprise lol
Time stamp? I’m too drunk to catch it lol
@@somenightsidontknow3762 like the first 10 seconds lol
i want a full cover of The Offsprings- You're going to go far kid.
I agree!
Hell no, that song sucks bad
MongolHorde69 they're going to make it good.
cozi cosimini You can't make something awful suddenly good
+MongolHorde69 lol.
Perfect music for my adhd. Keep it going❤
Lol I was in band class when I first heard this in middle school.. I'm 23 now bro, time flies. I still jam out to this. 🤘
For anyone who needs the chords that are actually in this key :
D A Bm G
if only you didn't say bm
guys try G D Em C . trust me it works
@@psychopath4156 or C G Am F
michael spencer yeah that’s the one I know of
I - V - vi - IV
(any variations included)
2019??? This IS sick. THERE NEEDS TO BE AN UPDATED VERSION OF THIS!!!!!!
ICONIC Shadow sadly they won't be doing it they split up
Also this is the updated version, the original was at a comedy festival
Kc king of pickles Audis 😱😱😱 no!!!
No, old is gold
Léopold Madsen ha well youre right
"That's all it takes to be a star". This has inspired me to keep writing. Thankyou. ❤
you have no idea, how many songs I remember as the same song because of this masterpiece.
2:52
Dayum...I could never hit that note.
Amazing Ness
Ikr
....
Tigerlivi 101 What?
Alyssa Biggs I can if I'm warmed up
came back 7 years later.. it just came back to my mind after that long time..
Omg same !!! Memories 😄
@@kvillagonzalo no you didn't
Coming back to mind just now? WHENEVER I hear Pokerface during all these years, I always end it with "Come on Barbie, let's go party!" :-D
Watched this in music class today. It was brilliant
How could I miss this gem
There's a big difference between
*_"lack of creativity"_* in modern music and the *_"limitations of the octave scale"_*
Creativity is usually found in the melody, which can be broken down into a (mostly) unique pattern of individual notes and is why you can distinguish between songs being played here, but most western music is based on a single octet interval. Doesn't mean there's no creativity, it's just the structure of the traditional western music. This video is such an incredible demonstration,
but don't misinterpret it!
Apple Juice Simpson underrated comment
@@mantasinspace yes seriously underrated comment. Its the way the chords sound and since pop song is mainly about feeling good and happy these chords will always show up. Many of the popular pops you hear on the radio take over a month to produce even with a team of people.
This is the exact reason metal music is superior. It's a much more versatile creative outlet with fewer constraints to deal with.
@@bmssenjoyer I love metal, but I wouldn't say it's superior, that's a word I don't like to use. And I think it's better because it doesn't follow a formula and it's made by musicians who want to make real music, not a consumable. Most pop songs are recyclable, but true metal anthems stay. I'd say that Queen music is also better or has more staying power because it was made from the heart
@@CrisKRA What's your bias against the word? It has a legitimate and relevant meaning. And contextually, it is a synonym for better, like you used.
The 4th, the 5th, the minor fall and the Major lift
As amusing as that'd be, the pop song progression used here is C -> G -> Am -> F, and Hallelujah doesn't actually have that. Fucks around lots with those chords and Em, but not in that order.
You’re brilliant and extremely talented!!! I miss your channel. You’re work has always been AWESOME!!!
Maaaan... I remember this song being passed around in early "Facebook" sharing years... Still a gem.
2:39 Take on Me and When I Come Around at the same time gets me every time. Best part
pretty cool how they effortlessly transition from the "major" 4 chords to the "minor" at 2:55. They're really good musicians!
Came here looking for anyone else who noticed that!!
I assume you are ironic because that is just starting the lyrics 2 bars later: I V vi IV I V vi IV I V vi IV I V vi IV I V vi IV I V vi IV I V
@@richardbloemenkamp8532 thats what the major and minor versions are, just different starting points
@@Cloiss_ that's their point, there's no much merit in that. Well handled but not genius
@@krismg_21 I... suppose, but they mask the "extra" 2 bars pretty well with all the songs coming in and out. It's not obvious that the progression is being felt differently unless you're really paying attention
Been returning to this video for 11 years now. Hate every song on here, absolutely love this song.
I have loved these guys for a long time, this is awesome exposure!
And such good evidence that there js nothing new under the sun, we just recycle everything, and reinvent it...
I’m here because of my music teacher. Wow. This is so fascinating.
same :)
random girl yeah Me too
Check this one. it's much better in my opinion.
ua-cam.com/video/5pidokakU4I/v-deo.html
Or in text: Axis of Awesome - 4 Four Chord Song (with song titles)
V
Same