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Studio recording of The Axis of Awesome's "4 Chords". The song that proves that all you need to be a pop star is four simple chords.

The audio is accompanied with a slide show of the original artists.

Different recordings of "4 Chords" will vary as the band continually updates the song with the latest hits that use the structure.

http://www.axisofawesome.net

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  • the 297 dislikes must be from the artists which actually found their profit on those 4 chords :D

  • For anybody wanting to know the chord progression it is : I - V - VI - IV

    Or the chords C - G - Am - F (if in C major) Use this and change to any key you want with this =p

    Axis play it in E major however.

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  • 0:29 fap

  • @Chewbacca4387 lol, a lot of this wasn't pop though

  • PEOPLE KILLING PEOPLE DYING PEOPLE HURTING PEOPLE CRYING IF PRACTISE WAT YA PREACH THEN TURN THE OTHER CHEACK

    AMEN.

    This is good advice take note!

  • @Chewbacca4387 : it's the same deal with most of the so-called underground or metal stuff... it's hard to be creative since guys like Bach, Haendel, Mozart and so forth existed centuries ago.

  • creative, entertainging and educational. hey thanks !

  • along with these chords and progression D - G - C - A, most used ever too.

  • The Pachelbel's Canon chord series used to be very famous in the late 60s with the Pop Tops "Oh Lord Why lord" and the Aphrodite's Child of Demis Roussos with "Rain and Tears" which peaked at #1 in several European countries in Summer 1968.

  • i write my own tunes on the keyboard, and i do use 3 of the 4 chords in most of my songs. I know it isnt the most original, but it works

  • That Alicia Keys picture near the beginning needs to be shopped...

  • I just let out a massive LOL. This is awesome *two thumbs up*

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