THE VIDEO SHELF · pop chord progressions
Axis of Awesome - 4 Four Chord Song (with song titles)
Australian comedy group Axis of Awesome perform a sketch showing that dozens of pop hits share the same four chords. It was recorded at the 2009 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Why HN readers recommended it
The go-to reference in threads on chord progressions, pop music similarity and music copyright.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- random804
- Topic
- pop chord progressions
- Format
- comedy
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 20
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2012–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I suspect the "appealing" melodies amongst this are likely a small subset of the the total set. The whole story reminded me of this axis of awesome (OZ comedy group) song (well worth watching): [VIDEO]
cycomanic on Hacker News · 2022-03
In I became the world's most prolific DJ, using codeI think nobody linked to Axis of Awsome's 4 Chords Song yet. A good example of chords vs. songs: [VIDEO]
BrandoElFollito on Hacker News · 2023-05
In Ed Sheeran Demonstrates How Copyright Is Destroying Musicians
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