Music

♙THE BLACKLIST

A compilation of songs with cliche chord progressions

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I-V-vi-iii-IV-I-IV-V: Pachelbel's Canon chord progression

Aerosmith - Cryin'

Blues Traveler - Hook

Coolio - See You When You Get There

Green Day ~ Basket Case

Lenka ~ Trouble is a Friend

Los Pop Tops - Oh Lord Why Lord

Oasis - We Don't Look Back in Anger, Stop Crying Your Heart chorus

One Tin Soldier - The Original Caste

Pet Shop Boys - Go West

Vitamin C - Graduation Song

I-V-ii-IV: The "It's the End of the World" chord progression

Beyonce - Irreplacable

Cher - Believe

The Cure - Just Like Heaven

Daniel Powter - Bad Day

Katy Perry - Hot and Cold

Our Lady Peace - Somewhere Out There

Peter Frampton - Baby I Love Your Way

Peter Schilling - Major Tom chorus

R.E.M. - It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

Semisonic - Closing Time

Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me

I-V-vi-IV: a.k.a. the “pop-punk” chord progression

3 Doors Down - Be Like That, Here Without You

Adele - Someone Like You

A-Ha - Take On Me

Akon - Don't Matter

Alanis Morrissette - Head Over Feet

Alesso - Heroes (we could be) ft. Tove Lo

Alex Lloyd - Amazing

Alicia Keys – No One

All-American Rejects - Move Along verse, Night Drive, Swing Swing

Amiel - Lovesong

Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman - Time to Say Goodbye

Avril Lavigne - Sk8r Boi, Keep Holding On, Girlfriend

Axis of Awesome - Birdplane

Banjo Patterson - Waltzing Matilda

The Beatles – Let It Be

Ben Lee - Cigarettes Will Kill You

Better than Ezra - Good

Beyonce - If I Were a Boy

Bic Runga - Sway

Black Eyed Peas – Where Is the Love?

blink-182 – Adam’s Song, Always, Carousel, Dammit, Feeling This, What's My Age Again

Bob Marley – No Woman No Cry

Bruce Springsteen - I'm Goin' Down

Bush – Glycerine, Machinehead

Christian Contemporary - Blessed Be Your Name chorus, In the Secret chorus, I Want to Know You chorus

Counting Crows - Omaha chorus, Holiday in Spain

Creed - One Last Breath, My Sacrifice

Crowded House - At Your Feet

Dream Street - It Happens Everytime

Elton John - Can You Feel the Love Tonight

Five for Fighting – Superman (It’s Not Easy)

Florida-Georgia Line - Cruise

Green Day - When I Come Around, Church on Sunday, X-Kid

Hellogoodbye - Here In Your Arms

Howie Day - Collide

Idina Menzel - Let It Go

Imagine Dragons - Demons, It's Time

Ingrid Michaelson - Maybe chorus, Everybody chorus

Jack Johnson - Taylor

James Blunt - You're Beautiful

James Taylor - Shower the People verse

Jason DeRulo – Whatcha Say

Jason Mraz - I'm Yours

John Denver – Take Me Home, Country Roads

John Mellencamp – Hurts So Good

Jonas Brothers - ~Hold On, Hello Beautiful, Australia verse,

Journey – Don’t Stop Believin', Any Way You Want It

Kasey Chambers - Not Pretty Enough

Kanye West - Runaway

Katy Perry - Firework

Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway

Kelly Clarkson ft. Jason Aldean - Don't You Wanna Stay?

Lady Gaga - Paparazzi, The Edge of Glory

Lenka - The Show

Lighthouse - Family High

Lonestar - Amazed

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesday's Gone verse

Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved

Matchbox 20 – Push

Matisyahu – One Day

Men At Work - Down Under

Mika - Happy Ending

Miley Cyrus - When I Look At You chorus, Wrecking Ball

Missy Higgins - Scar

Myra - Miracles Happen (When You Believe)

Natalie Imbruglia – Torn

Ne-Yo - So Sick

Nickelback - Far Away, Gotta Be Somebody, Never Gonna Be Alone

Nicki Minaj - Super Bass chorus

No Doubt - Spiderwebs

O.A.R. - Heaven

OneRepublic - Secrets

P!nk - Perfect

P!nk ft. Nate Ruess ~ Just Give Me a Reason

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Soul to Squeeze, Under the Bridge verse

Richard Marx – Right Here Waiting

Rihanna - Take a Bow, California King Bed, Stay chorus

Savage Garden - Crash and Burn

Staind - So Far Away chorus, Right Here

Switchfoot – On Fire, This is Home chorus, We Are One Tonight chorus, Awakening

Taylor Swift - Tim McGraw chorus, Teardrops On My Guitar chorus, I Knew You Were Trouble verse

Tesla – Love Song

The Calling - Wherever You Will Go

The Decemberists - This Is Why We Fight

The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright, Gotta Get Away, Kick Him When He's Down, Hammerhead

The Police – So Lonely

The Rolling Stones - Beast of Burden

The Script - For the First Time verse, Nothing chorus

Thirsty Merc - Twenty Good Reasons

Tim Minchin - Canvas Bags

Train - Hey Soul Sister

U2 – With or Without You

Weezer - Pork and Beans, No One Else, My Name is Jonas Zedd - Clarity (ft. Foxes)

i-VI-III-VII: a.k.a. the “sensitive female” chord progression

The Lonely Island - I Just Had Sex ft. Akon, Jack Sparrow ft. Michael Bolton

A Great Big World - Say Something ft. Christina Aguilera

Angels and Airwaves - The Adventure

Atlas Genius - Trojans

Avril Lavigne – Complicated chorus, My Happy Ending

Basshunter - All I Ever Wanted

Beyonce - If I Were a Boy

Bon Jovi - It's My Life

Bruno Mars - Grenade

Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe

Clay Aiken - This is the Night chorus

Clear Blue – Who You Are

Colbie Caillat - Try

Coldplay - Lost

Counting Crows - American Girls chorus

Damien Rice - 9 Crimes

Don Omar - Danza Kuduro

Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight

Eminem - Not Afraid

Eminem ft. Rihanna - Love the Way You Lie

Flo Rida - Whistle

Green Day - Holiday, 21 Guns verse

Guy Sebastian & Lupe Fiasco - Battle Scars

Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine - Stereo Hearts

Heart - What About Love

Jason DeRulo - In My Head

Jessie J - Nobody's Perfect

Joan Osborne - One of Us John Legend - All Of Me verse

Johnny Cash/Nine Inch Nails - Hurt chorus

Jonas Brothers - S.O.S.

Josh Groban - You Raise Me Up

Justin Bieber - Love Me

Katy Perry - Firework bridge

Kelly Clarkson – A Moment Like This verse, Behind These Blue Eyes, Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)

Lady Gaga - Poker Face chorus

Linkin Park - Numb

Lonestar - Amazed

MGMT - Kids

Mumford & Sons - Below My Feet

Nelly - Just a Dream

Nicki Minaj - Marilyn Monroe

Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks chorus

OneRepublic - Apologize

Ozone - Numa Numa Pitbull - Give Me Everything verse

Rascal Flatts/Cascada - What Hurts the Most

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (Hey Oh), Otherside

Rednex - Wish You Were Here

Rihanna - We Found Love

Sara Bareilles – King of Anything chorus

Scott McKenzie - San Francisco

Sean Kingston - Eenie Meenie (feat. Justin Bieber)

Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm

Staind - So Far Away verse, It's Been Awhile

Switchfoot - Your Love is a Song

Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart The Cranberries - Zombie

The Offspring - Self-Esteem, The Kids Aren't Alright, You're Gonna Go Far Kid

The Script - For the First Time chorus, Hall of Fame

The Strokes - Under Cover of Darkness chorus

Todd Agnew – Grace Like Rain

Toto - Africa

Train - Drive By verse

Walk the Moon - Anna Sun

Walk Off the Earth - Summer Vibe

I-vi-IV-V: the “50s” or “doo-wop” chord progression

Christian Contemporary - How Great is Our God chorus

Grease - Those Magic Changes

Ace of Base - I Saw the Sign

Avril Lavigne - Complicated verse

Ben E. King - Stand By Me

Bobby Vee - Devil or Angel

Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart chorus

Dion - Run Around Sue

Elton John - Crocodile Rock

Fun - We Are Young chorus

Gene Chandler - Duke of Earl

Green Day - Jesus of Suburbia

Hoobastank - The Reason

James Taylor - Handyman

Justin Bieber - Baby

Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You chorus

Led Zeppelin - D'yer Maker

Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love

Little Anthony and the Imperials - Tears On My Pillow

Little Caesar - Those Oldies But Goodies

Mariah Carey - Thank God I Found You (feat. 98 Degrees) verse

Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On

Neil Sedaka - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Nena - 99 Red Balloons

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplanes Over the Sea

Paul Anka - Diana

Peter, Paul, and Mary - Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

Radiohead - No Surprises verses

Rebecca Black - Friday

Ritchie Valens - Oh Donna, Sleepwalk

Sam Cooke - Lovable, Chain Gang

Sara Bareilles - Brave

Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls

Sonny James - Young Love

Suzanne D'Mello - Latika's Song

Taylor Swift - Tim McGraw chorus, Teardrops On My Guitar verse, Last Kiss verse

Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition

The Bangles - Eternal Flame verses

The Beatles - I Feel Fine bridge, Octopus's Garden, Happiness is a Warm Gun chorus, This Boy

The Drifters - This Magic Moment

The Five Satins - In the Still of the Night

The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman

The Paris Sisters - I Love how you Love Me

The Penguins - Earth Angel

The Police - Every Breathe You Take

The Ronettes – Be My Baby

Twitty - It's Only Make Believe

Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You chorus

Standards - Lollipop, Monster Mash

I-vi-ii-V: The "Heart and Soul" chord progression

Bobby Darin - Dream Lover

The Crew-Cuts - Sh-Boom

The Del-Vikings - Come Go With Me

Elvis Presley - Wonder of You, Return to Sender

Justin Bieber - Boyfriend chorus

Paul and Paula - Hey Paula

The Beatles - I Will

The Four Seasons - Big Girls Don't Cry, Sherry

The Spaniels - Goodnight Sweetheart

i-III-VI-IV: The "Wonderwall" chord progression

Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks

Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Imagine Dragons - ~Monster, Radioactive

Justin Timberlake - What Comes Around... Goes Around

Katy Perry - Wide Awake

Lady Gaga - ~Just Dance verse

Linkin Park - What I've Done

Oasis - Wonderwall verse, D'You Know What I Mean? verse/chorus

Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me pre-chorus

Tears for Fears - Mad World

I-IV-vi-V: The “More Than a Feeling” chord progression

Avril Lavigne - What the Hell

Boston - More than a Feeling chorus

Counting Crows - Anna Begins chorus

Darrell Evans - Trading Sorrows

Enrique Iglesias - Escape

Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy

John Mayer - Say

One Republic - Good Life

Sara Bareilles - King of Anything verse

Spacehog - In the Meantime

The Killers - Mr. Brightside chorus

U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name

I-ii-iii-IV: The "1-2-3-4" chord progression

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass verse

John Denver - Sunshine on My Shoulders bridge

The Allman Brothers - Sweet Melissa

The Beatles - Here, There, and Everywhere

The Cure - Boys Don't Cry

i-III-VII-VI: "Good Feeling" chord progression

Adele - Set Fire to the Rain verse

Avicii - Levels, Rapture ft. Nadia Ali

Avril Lavigne - Fall to Pieces verse

Blind Melon - Walk

Bloodhound Gang - Bad Touch

Cascada - Everytime We Touch verse

Ed Sheehan - I See Fire verse

Eric Prydz - Call on Me

Etta James - Something's Got a Hold on Me

Flo Rida - Good Feeling

Jonas Brothers - Burnin' Up

Lady Gaga - Just Dance

Linkin Park - In the End

Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball

Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful of Sunshine

Nirvana - Polly

One Republic - Counting Stars

Pitbull ft. Kesha - Timber

Rihanna - Disturbia

Steve Winwood - Valerie

Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart, Hangover

IV-I-vi-V: "Learning to Fly" chord progression Avicii - Wake Me Up

Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me

Calvin Harris - Sweet Nothing ft. Florence Welch

Pitch Perfect - Cups chorus

Foo Fighters - Wheels

Fun - Some Nights

Gavin DeGraw - I Don't Want to Be

Imogene Heap – Hide and Seek

Journey - Faithfully instrumental break

Katy Perry - Dark Horse chorus

Maroon 5 - Payphone

Matt & Kim - Daylight chorus

Passenger - Let Her Go

Phillip Phillips - Home pre-chorus

Capital Cities - Safe and Sound

Tom Petty - Learning to Fly

The Killers - Shot at the Night

The Wanted - Glad You Came

U2 - The Miracle of Joey Ramone