What songs use 4 chords?

"Four Chords" Journey – "Don't Stop Believin'" James Blunt – "You're Beautiful" The 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) More items...

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Australian musical comedy act

The Axis of Awesome was an Australian comedy music act with members Jordan Raskopoulos, Lee Naimo and Benny Davis, that performed from 2006 to 2018. The trio covered a wide variety of performance styles, and perform a combination of original material and pop parodies.

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The Axis of Awesome formed in 2006, their name being a play on the phrase "axis of evil" used by United States President George W. Bush. The trio were heavily involved in improv theatre at the University of Sydney and decided to try something different. The band played at a few stand-up comedy nights and improv events in Sydney and performed a fortnightly segment on FBi Radio, but got their first big break when they released a number of rap parodies lampooning the 2007 Australian Federal Election. The band gained further success performing in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and making television and radio appearances. Their 2008 Melbourne International Comedy Festival show, titled "The Axis of Awesome Comeback Spectacular", received a Moosehead Award. They took the show to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2008 where it was received with critical and audience acclaim.[1][2] After the Edinburgh festival, the Axis of Awesome's song "4 Chords", a medley of 36 pop songs that all contain the same basic chord structure, received airplay on BBC Radio 1.[3] This airplay drove listeners to the internet and "4 Chords" went viral, receiving millions of views on YouTube. The success on YouTube prompted increased interest, both home and abroad, and the Axis performed the song on many radio and television programs, including Nova 96.9, Triple M, The Footy Show, Good News Week and 9am with David & Kim. In April 2009, the Axis of Awesome performed at The Melbourne International Comedy Festival with a new show, The Axis of Awesome vs Bee.[4] The show wove the band's songs into a narrative involving a giant bee. The Axis of Awesome vs Bee was also performed at the Sydney Comedy Festival (formerly The Cracker Comedy Festival) in May 2009. The Axis toured regional Queensland and New South Wales as part of The Melbourne Comedy festival roadshow and performed at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival[5] in May and June. They returned to The Edinburgh fringe in August with a new sell-out show "The Axis of Awesome: Infinity Rock Explosion" and appeared at the World's Funniest Island festival in Sydney in October.

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In February 2010, the Axis of Awesome released their second album Infinity Rock Explosion! and performed sold out seasons at The Adelaide Fringe Festival, The Melbourne International Comedy Festival, The Sydney Comedy Festival and The Singapore Flipside Festival. They received The Time Out award for best local talent at the Sydney comedy festival and recorded their first DVD, The Axis of Awesome Live which was released in Australia on 6 October 2010 by Punchline and Beyond Entertainment. They returned to the Edinburgh Festival again in 2014 with their new show "Viva La Vida Loca Las Vegas". In February 2016, Jordan publicly came out as transgender.[6] She was pleasantly surprised by the "overwhelmingly positive" public reaction. Their album released that year, Viva La Vida Loca Las Vegas, features a cover of "Transgender Dysphoria Blues" by Against Me!. In August 2018, the band announced on Facebook that they would no longer be performing together as The Axis of Awesome.[7] In 2020 Jordan explained, through a YouTube video, that the band had originally decided to take a break, and that break had become permanent. She explained that she still wished the band were together performing, but people grow and change over time and a decade together is a long time.

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Singles [ edit ]

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album UK

[8] "Four Chords" 2011 175 Animal Vehicle

Awards [ edit ]

Melbourne International Comedy Festival Moosehead Award 2008

Time Out Sydney Comedy Festival Best Australian Act Award 2010

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Time Out Sydney Best Comedy Show 2010–2011

Online Video Awards Best YouTube Channel 2014[9]

"Four Chords" is the Axis of Awesome's best-known work. It is a medley of popular songs, set to the I–V–vi–IV progression.[10] Many of the songs selected do not actually follow this four-chord progression, and some of the ones that do only include it briefly. Since these four chords are played as an ostinato, the band also uses a vi–IV–I–V, usually from the song "Save Tonight" to the song "Torn". The band plays the song in the key of D (E in the live performances on YouTube), so the progression they use is D–A–Bm–G (E, B, C#m, A on the live performances). Most of the songs have been transposed from their original keys. The band continually vary the songs comprising the medley, often incorporating new releases. The Axis' song "Birdplane" (itself a parody of the Five for Fighting song "Superman") is always included, as well as Australian folk song "Waltzing Matilda" and "Down Under" by the Australian band Men at Work. The medley usually starts with Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'". The song always concludes with the chorus of "Scar" (by Missy Higgins), except with the final line changed from "Could you leave me with a scar?" to "That's all it takes to be a star" (referring to the four chords themselves). On 20 July 2011, the Axis of Awesome released an official music video for "Four Chords" on their YouTube channel.