List of songs containing the '50s progression

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A '50s progression in C

This is a partial list of recorded songs containing the '50s progression, represented in Roman numeral analysis as I–vi–IV–V. The list does not include songs containing the progression for very short, irrelevant sections of the songs, nor does it include remade recordings of songs by other artists.

Song Name	Artist	Year	Progression
"A Teenager in Love"	Dion and the Belmonts; Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman (writers)	1959	I–vi–IV–V
"Angel Baby"	Rosie and the Originals	1960	I–vi–IV–V
"All I Have to Do Is Dream"	Everly Brothers	1958	I–vi–IV–V
"Baby"	Justin Bieber	2010	I–vi–IV–V
"Baby Doll"	The Buttertones	2016	I–vi–IV–V
"Bad Girl"	The Detroit Cobras	1996	I–vi–IV–V
"Baby, I'm an Anarchist!"	Against Me!	2002	I–vi–IV–V
"Beautiful Girls"	Sean Kingston	2007	I–vi–IV–V
"Beyond the Sea"	Jack Lawrence and Charles Trenet	1946	I–vi–IV–V
"Bleeding Love"	Leona Lewis	2007	I–vi–IV–V
"Blue Moon"	The Marcels	1961	I–vi–IV–V
"Brave as a Noun"	Andrew Jackson Jihad	2007	I–vi–IV–V
"Bristol Stomp"	The Dovells	1961	I–vi–IV–V
"Brokenhearted"	Karmin	2012	I–vi–IV–V
"Burberry Headband"	Lil Mosey	2018	I–vi–IV–V
"Capital Radio"	The Clash	1977	I–vi–IV–V
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)	Darlene Love	1963	I–vi–IV–V
"Chain Gang"	Sam Cooke	1960	I–vi–IV–V
"Close Your Eyes"	Meghan Trainor	2014	I–vi–IV–V
"Cradle Rock	The Heartbreakers (Ray Collins/ Frank Zappa)	1963	I–vi–IV–V
"Crocodile Rock"	Elton John	1972	I–vi–IV–V
"Da Doo", "Dentist"	Little Shop of Horrors (musical) Original Broadway Cast	1982	I–vi–IV–V
"Dance with Me Tonight"	Olly Murs	2011	I–vi–IV–V
"Dear Future Husband"	Meghan Trainor	2015	I–vi–IV–V
"Donna"	Ritchie Valens	1958	I–vi–IV–V
"Don't Dream It's Over"	Crowded House	1986	IV–V–I–vi
"Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)"	The Swingin' Medallions	1966	I–vi–IV–V
"Duke of Earl"	Gene Chandler	1962	I–vi–IV–V
"Dura"	Daddy Yankee	2018	I–vi–IV–V
"D'yer Mak'er"	Led Zeppelin	1973	I–vi–IV–V
"Earth Angel"	The Penguins	1954	I–vi–IV–V
"Enola Gay"	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	1980	I–vi–IV–V
"Epiphany"	BTS	2018	I–vi–IV–V
"Eternal Flame"	The Bangles/Atomic Kitten	1989/2001	I–vi–IV–V
"Every Breath You Take"	The Police	1983	I–vi–IV–V
"Eyes of Blue"	Paul Carrack	1995	I–vi–IV–V
"Eyes on Me"	Faye Wong	1999	I–vi–IV–V
"Flightless Bird, American Mouth"	Iron & Wine	2007	I–vi–IV–V
"For Your Precious Love"	Jerry Butler	1958	I–vi–IV–V
"Friday"	Rebecca Black	2011	I–vi–IV–V
"Give a Little Love"	Bay City Rollers	1975	I–vi–IV–V
"Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder"	Mothers Of Invention	1966	I–vi–IV–V
"Girl on Fire"	Alicia Keys	2011	I–vi–IV–V
"God Is in the Rhythm"	King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard	2015	I–vi–IV–V
"Happiness Is a Warm Gun"	The Beatles	1968	I–vi–IV–V
"Heart and Soul"	Larry Clinton feat. Bea Wain	1938	I–vi–IV–V
"I'll Make Love to You"	Boyz II Men	1994	I–vi–IV–V
"I'm Not Edward Cullen"	Hank Green	2009	I–vi–IV–V
"I'm the One"	DJ Khaled	2017	I–vi–IV–V
"I Always Knew"	The Vaccines	2012	I–vi–IV–V
"I Love You Too Much"	The Book of Life (soundtrack)	2014	I–vi–IV–V
"In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"	Neutral Milk Hotel	1998	I–vi–IV–V
"In The Shape Of A Heart"	Jackson Browne	1986	I–vi–IV–V
"In the Still Of the Night"	The Five Satins	1956	I–vi–IV–V
"I Wanna Be With You"	The Raspberries	1974	I–vi–IV–V
"I Will Always Love You"	Dolly Parton / Whitney Houston	1974 / 1992	I–vi–IV–V
"Jesus of Suburbia"	Green Day	2005	I–vi–IV–V
"Joey"	Concrete Blonde	1990	I–vi–IV–V
"Just One Look"	Doris Troy	1963	I–vi–IV–V
"Just like a Pill"	Pink	2002	I–vi–IV–V
"Just the Way You Are (song)"	Bruno Mars	2010	I–vi–IV–V
"Kimberly"	Patti Smith	1975	I–vi–IV–V
"Last Kiss"	Wayne Cochran	1961	I–vi–IV–V
"Looking for an Echo"	Kenny Vance / Ol' 55	1975/1976	I–vi–IV–V
"Lollipop"	Ronald & Ruby	1958	I–vi–IV–V
"Lonely This Christmas"	Mud	1974	I–vi–IV–V
"Lovable"	Sam Cooke	1956	I–vi–IV–V
"Making Love Out Of Nothing At All"	Air Supply	1982
"Mama I'm A Big Girl Now"	Hairspray (musical) Original Broadway Cast	2002	I–vi–IV–V
"Mandy"	Barry Manilow	1974	I–vi–IV–V
"Marathon"	Tennis	2011	I–vi–IV–V
"Marvin Gaye"	Charlie Puth and Meghan Trainor	2015	I–vi–IV–V
"Me!"	Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie	2019	I–vi–IV–V
"Messin' Around"	Pitbull	2016	I–vi–IV–V
"Don't Dream It, Be It"	The Rocky Horror Picture Show	1975	I–vi–IV–V
"Hangin' Out with Jim"	GG Allin	1988	I–vi–IV–V
"Million Reasons"	Lady Gaga	2016	I–vi–IV–V
"Monster Mash"	Bobby Pickett	1962	I–vi–IV–V
"No Hay Pedo"	Banda Los Recoditos	2014	I–vi–IV–V
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"	Starship	1987	I–vi–IV–V
"Octopus's Garden"	The Beatles	1969	I–vi–IV–V
"Oh True Love"	Everly Brothers	1960	I–vi–IV–V
"Bobby Brown"	Frank Zappa	1979	I–vi–IV–V
"Hang Fire"	The Rolling Stones	1981	I–vi–IV–V
"Saturday Night"	The Misfits	1999	I–vi–IV–V
"Oliver's Army"	Elvis Costello	1979	I–vi–IV–V
"Perfect"	Ed Sheeran	2017	I–vi–IV–V
"Please Mr. Postman"	The Marvelettes	1961	I–vi–IV–V
"Pretty Little Angel Eyes"	Curtis Lee	1961	I–vi–IV–V
"Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache"	Warren Smith	1957	I–vi–IV–V
"Rinky Dink"	Dave "Baby" Cortez/ Booker T & the MGs	1962	I–vi–IV–V
"Runaround Sue"	Dion	1961	I–vi–IV–V
"Stand by Me"	Ben E. King	1961	I–vi–IV–V
"Telephone Line"	Electric Light Orchestra	1976	I–vi–IV–V
"Tell Me Why"	The Beatles	1964	I–vi–IV–V
"The Man Comes Around"	Johnny Cash	2002	I–vi–IV–V
"The Thin Ice"	Pink Floyd	1979	I–vi–IV–V
"This Boy"	The Beatles	1963	I–vi–IV–V
"This is Me"	Keala Settle	2018	I–vi–IV–V
"This Magic Moment"	The Drifters	1960	I–vi–IV–V
"Those Magic Changes"	Sha Na Na	1978	I–vi–IV–V
"(Tired Of) Toein' The Line"	Rocky Burnette	1980	I–vi–IV–V
"Total Eclipse of the Heart"	Bonnie Tyler	1983	I–vi–IV–V
"Twistin' the Night Away"	Sam Cooke	1962
"Mr. Bass Man"	Johnny Cymbal	1961	I–vi–IV–V
"True Blue"	Madonna	1986	I–vi–IV–V
"Unchained Melody"	Righteous Brothers	1955	I–vi–iv–V
"We Almost Had A Baby"	Emmy the Great	2009	I–vi–IV–V
"We Are Young"	Fun ft. Janelle Monáe	2011	I–vi–IV–V
"We Go Together"	John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John	1972	I–vi–IV–V
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone"	Pete Seeger	1955	I–vi–IV–V
"Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)"	Barry Mann	1961	I–vi–IV–V
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"	Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers	1956	I–vi–IV–V
"You Don't Own Me"	Lesley Gore	1963	I–vi–IV–V
"Your Reality"	Dan Salvato	2017	I–vi–IV–V

See also

• '50s progression
• Doo-wop
• List of songs containing the I–V–vi–IV progression

Notes

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