Certain common chord movements are so fundamental that they are the building blocks of many different pieces of music in all kinds of different styles. This is great news, because if you become fluent with these there are hundreds of songs you’ll be able to play relatively easily. You will also get good at hearing and recognising the chord patterns in songs you want to be able to play by ear. Training with these audios in the ways listed will mean that when it comes to playing a song that uses this pattern, you’ll be able to play it in no time at all. Don’t be concerned if to start with, you find it hard to sync up the chord change with the music that you’re hearing. It’s normal to get out of sync at the beginning, but because it’s a repeating pattern, you will be able to get back in sync again just by pausing and waiting for it to go back to the beginning. Counting through each chord out loud without playing the guitar is a good way to get your ear to know what should be happening when, and then it’s easier to add the guitar back in.   Your first level of skill development is to hit the chords on beat one and get the right chord at the right time.

Here are some audios you can play along to. If you’re working on getting the chord changes going, start off with one or two one minute changes between each pair of chords, and work towards playing each chord once on beat one of the bar. (Reminder-here, each bar lasts for four beats, or a count of four). Use the first set of audios labelled ‘Training’ and you’ll hear one guitar strum on beat one, and just drums marking the remaining beats. Try to keep up with the chord changes moving to faster tracks as your chords get a bit quicker. You can start adding in a second strum or a complete strumming pattern (and don’t worry if you don’t know any yet, you will soon) when your chord changes speed up. It’s a good idea to start on the training audios, as it can be hard to pick out the guitar and the beat AND play along when you’re starting out. Soon, though, it will feel much easier and you can play along with the band tracks underneath that have more instruments in them.

 If you are struggling to know which chord is which, try counting each chord out loud. This is a great way to learn fast!

Training audios: Just click on the text link below to open the audio file, and play along.

Em C G D 60bpm

Em C G D 80 bpm

Em C G D 100bpm

Em C G D 120bpm

When you are comfortable changing chords and following the sequence of chords, you can apply them to these different musical styles below. Initially if you don’t practice the training audios first it can be hard to follow the chord change, so do habituate yourself using the audios above first.
  1. Heavy

 

2. Medium, reggae feel, strums on beats 2 and 4

 

3. Indie/Brit-rock

 

How does learning to play these progressions benefit my playing?
It develops your chord and rhythm playing using chord progressions that you will definitely come across in songs that you want to learn.
It develops your ability to know how to arrange chord progressions using different strumming patterns, picking patterns and playing approaches.
Getting really familiar with the character of these different progressions will enable o you to develop your ear, so that when you hear a song, you can tell what type of chord progression it’s using.
Here are ways you can play these progressions depending on your level:
– 3 string open chords, played on beat 1 of the bar. If you are new to guitar, do some training on changing 20 x between the individual pairs of chords first before trying the whole progression.
– 3 string open chords, played on beats 1 and 2 of the bar
– 3 string open chords, using a full strumming pattern
– Partial open chords
– Full open chords
– Power chords
– Barre chords
– Open chord extensions
Ways of developing and playing this progression:
– basic strumming patterns
– more complex strumming patterns (e.g. different strumming patterns over two bars – bar 1, strumming pattern 1, bar 2, strumming pattern 2, bar 3, strumming pattern 3, bar 4, strumming pattern 4.
– picking notes of chord separately using a picking pattern.
– fingerpicking the progression
– rocking it up with power chords
Later on, you can also use E minor pentatonic to play lead guitar over this progression, by improvising anything in E minor, or by moving any phrases you know in A minor pentatonic into E minor.

Here is a list of songs that use this chord progression – although if you listen to them, they won’t all start on an open Em, some will need you to use a capo. There’s a cool blog that lists more:

1967
*The Doors – “Crystal Ship”
Scott McKenzie – “San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)”

1974


*UFO – “Doctor Doctor”

1975
*Joan Baez – “Diamonds & Rust”

1976
Boston – “Peace of Mind”

1977
*Iggy Pop – “The Passenger”

1979
Graham Parker and the Rumour – “Protection”

1980
*Squeeze – “Another Nail For My Heart”
Warren Zevon – “Play It All Night Long”

1981
*Human Switchboard – “Who’s Landing In My Hangar?”
The Rings – “Who’s She Dancin’ With”

1982
Toto – “Africa”

1984
The Scorpions – “Still Loving You”
Vixen – “Give It A Chance”

1985
Heart – “What About Love”

1986
Hüsker Dü – “No Promise Have I Made”

1987
Heart – “Alone”
Loverboy – “Love Will Rise Again”
The Smiths – “You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby”

1988
Midnight Oil – “Beds Are Burning”
The Posies – “I May Hate You Sometimes”
Roxette – “Listen To Your Heart”
Voice Of The Beehive – “Don’t Call Me Baby”

1989
Alice Cooper – “Poison”
The Cult – “Sweet Soul Sister”
Ani DiFranco – “Fire Door”
Tom Petty – “Yer So Bad”
Starship – “It’s Not Enough”

1990
Bad Religion – “21st Century (Digital Boy)”
INXS – “Hear That Sound”
Jeff Lynne – “What Would It Take”
Straitjacket Fits – “Hand In Mine”
Yanni – “Almost A Whisper”

1991
White Lion – “Broken Heart”

1992
Bad Religion – “Generator”
The Bottle Rockets – “Wave That Flag”
Gin Blossoms – “Until I Fall Away”

1993
The Smashing Pumpkins – “Disarm”
Therapy? – “Screamager”
Urge Overkill – “Sister Havana”
*U2 (featuring Johnny Cash) – “The Wanderer”

1994
Tori Amos – “Cloud On My Tongue”
The Cranberries – “Zombie”
Loreena McKennitt – “The Bonnie Swans”
The Offspring – “Gotta Get Away”
The Offspring – “Self Esteem”
Roxette – “Crash! Boom! Bang!”

1995
Ani DiFranco – “Shy”
Guster – “Window”
Jewel – “Foolish Games”
Joan Osborne – “One Of Us”

1996
Reel Big Fish – “Beer”
Social Distortion – “Don’t Drag Me Down”
Paul Van Dyk – “Home”
The Waifs – “Brain Damage”

1997
Cotton Mather – “Password”
Sarah McLachlan – “Building A Mystery”
Shania Twain – “That Don’t Impress Me Much”

1998
Eagle Eye Cherry – “Save Tonight”
Jewel – “Hands”
Madonna – “The Power of Good-Bye”
Neutral Milk Hotel – “In The Aeroplane Over The Sea”

1999
Melissa Etheridge – “Angels Would Fall”
The Offspring – “The Kids Aren’t Alright”
The Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Otherside”
Britney Spears – “Born To Make You Happy”
Antonello Venditti – “In Questo Mondo Che Non Puoi Capire”

2000
Joseph Arthur – “In The Sun”
Bangs – “Undo Everything”
Bon Jovi – “It’s My Life”
Bon Jovi – “Two Story Town”
Tracy Chapman – “Telling Stories”
Eagle Eye Cherry – “Burning Up”
The Cure – “Maybe Someday”
Nina Gordon – “Tonight and the Rest of My Life”
Reggie And The Full Effect – “From Me 2 U”
Sick Of It All – “America”
Cat Stevens – “I’ve Got A Thing About Seeing My Grandson Grow Old”
U2 – “In A Little While”
Lee Ann Womack – “I Hope You Dance”

2001
Michelle Branch – “All You Wanted”
Butterfly Jones – “Anywhere But Now”
Ani DiFranco – “Marrow”
Ben Folds – “Not The Same”
Damien Rice – “Cannonball”
Shakira – “Whenever, Wherever”
The Shins – “Girl On The Wing”
Yiruma – “River Flows In You”

2002
Bad Religion – “Shattered Faith”
Celine Dion – “A New Day Has Come”
Celine Dion – “I Surrender”
Iron & Wine – “Upward Over The Mountain”
Avril Lavigne – “Complicated”
Poyushchie vmeste (Поющие вместе) – “A Man Like Putin (Такого как Путин)”
Sum 41 – “The Hell Song”
Sum 41 – “Still Waiting”
Sum 41 – “Thanks For Nothing”
Superdrag – “The Staggering Genius”
Keith Urban – “You’ll Think Of Me”

2003
Gavin DeGraw – “Chariot”
Girlyman – “Maori”
Ben Harper – “Amen Omen”
Lillix – “It’s About Time”
Longwave – “Tidal Wave”
Liz Phair – “Why Can’t I?”
Staind – “So Far Away”
Yellowcard – “Believe”

2004
Arcade Fire – “Rebellion (Lies)”
Ryan Cabrera – “On the Way Down”
Kelly Clarkson – “Behind These Hazel Eyes”
Green Day – “Holiday”
Jay-Z/Linkin Park – “Numb/Encore”
Avril Lavigne – “Don’t Tell Me”
Avril Lavigne – “My Happy Ending”
Social Distortion – “Reach For The Sky”
Regina Spektor – “Us”
Sum 41 – “Pieces”
Keith Urban – “Tonight I Wanna Cry”

2005
Acceptance – “So Contagious”
James Blunt – “Out Of My Mind”
Bon Jovi – “Have A Nice Day”
Tracy Bonham – “Something Beautiful”
*Alice Cooper – “Dirty Diamonds”
*Garbage – “Why Do You Love Me”
Girlyman – “Speechless”
*Missy Higgins – “The Sound Of White”
Missy Higgins – “They Weren’t There”
Missy Higgins – “Unbroken”
The Hold Steady – “Don’t Let Me Explode”
Hope Partlow – “Who We Are”
Jovanotti – “Mi Fido Di Te”
Adrienne Pierce – “Lost And Found”
Stars – “One More Night”
Katie Todd Band – “Figure It Out”
The Veronicas – “Everything I’m Not”

2006
Assembly Of Dust – “40 Reasons”
Boys Like Girls – “The Great Escape”
Kasey Chambers – “Colour Of A Carnival”
Kasey Chambers – “Dangerous”
Kasey Chambers – “Living On The Railroad”
Cobra Starship – “The Church Of Hot Addiction”
Teddy Geiger – “Night Air”
Micah P. Hinson – “The Leading Guy”
The Hold Steady – “First Night”
Into Eternity – “Severe Emotional Distress”
Mat Kearney – “Undeniable”
Mat Kearney – “Wait”
The Killers – “For Reasons Unknown”
Kristy Lee (Cook) – “Devoted”
*Loreena McKennitt – “Beneath A Phrygian Sky”
Pet Shop Boys – “Integral”
Pink – “U + Ur Hand”
Rascal Flatts – “Stand”
Rascal Flatts – “What Hurts The Most”
The Rasmus – “No Fear”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Snow”
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus – “Face Down”
Damien Rice – “9 Crimes”
State Radio – “Camilo”
The Veronicas – “4Ever”
Yogi – “Let You Go”

2007
Natasha Bedingfield – “Angel”
Colbie Caillat – “One Fine Wire”
Vanessa Carlton – “Hands On Me”
The Juliet Dagger – “Flinch”
Ben Lee – “Is This How Love’s Supposed To Feel?”
Maroon 5 – “Back At Your Door”
Tim Minchin – “Canvas Bags”
Hannah Montana – “Nobody’s Perfect”
Bret Mosley – “Climbing The Floor”
John Murphy and Underworld – “Sunshine (Adagio In D Minor)”
OneRepublic -“All We Are”
The Postal Service – “Grow Old With Me”
LeAnn Rimes and Bon Jovi – “Till We Ain’t Strangers Anymore”
LeAnn Rimes and Reba McEntire – “When You Love Someone Like That”
*Bruce Springsteen – “Radio Nowhere”
Stars – “The Night Starts Here”
Taylor Swift – “Christmas Must Be Something More”
Timbaland, featuring OneRepublic – “Apologize”
Carrie Underwood – “So Small”
Carrie Underwood – “Twisted”
Carrie Underwood – “Wheel Of The World”
Dan Wilson – “Breathless”
Whitley – “More Than Life”
Wire Daisies – “Mary Jane”
Elliott Yamin – “One Word”

2008
Addison Road – “All That Matters”
Akon – “Beautiful”
*Katie Armiger – “Unseen”
Attack Attack! – “Stick Stickly”
David Archuleta – “A Little Too Not Over You”
David Archuleta – “Waiting For Yesterday”
David Archuleta – “You Can”
Basshunter – “All I Ever Wanted”
Beyoncé – “Broken-Hearted Girl”
Beyoncé – “If I Were A Boy”
Beyoncé – “Radio”
The cast of Camp Rock – “We Rock”
Carolina Liar – “I’m Not Over”
Caithlin De Marrais – “Outer Space Is Still Sexy”
*Marié Digby – “Stupid For You”
Alejandro Escovedo – “Sister Lost Soul”
Giant Sand – “Fire In The Belly”
Guns ‘n’ Roses – “Shackler’s Revenge”
Ha*Ash – “Already Home”
Neil Halstead – “Spinning For Spoonie”
Randy Houser – “Wild Wild West”
Leslie Hunt – “Down Day”
A Kiss Could Be Deadly – “Broken Music”
Jet Lag Gemini – “Bittersweet”
Greg Laswell – “It Comes And Goes (In Waves)”
*Lenka – “Don’t Bring Me Down”
Looker – “Spit For Your Shine”
Demi Lovato – “This Is Me”
Aimee Mann – “Borrowing Time”
Meaghan Jette Martin – “Too Cool”
Idina Menzel – “I Stand”
Lady GaGa – “Poker Face”
MGMT – “Kids”
Milk, Inc. – “Forever”
Moby – “Every Day It’s 1989”
Noah And The Whale – “Give A Little Love”
The Offspring – “You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid”
Katy Perry – “Fingerprints”
Xavier Rudd – “Shiver”
Serena Ryder – “All For Love”
Serena Ryder – “Brand New Love”
Serena Ryder – “Sweeping The Ashes”
Secondhand Serenade – “Fall For You”
The Small Sounds – “Mothers & Daughters”
The Submarines – “You, Me And The Bourgeoisie”
The Subways – “Shake! Shake!”
Sugarland – “Take Me As I Am”
Taylor Swift – “You’re Not Sorry”
3Oh!3 – “Don’t Trust Me”
T.I. – “Whatever You Like”
The Weepies – “All Good Things”
The Weepies – “Antarctica”

2009
The Alibi District – “Movie Night”
Kris Allen – “No Boundaries”
*Kris Allen – “The Truth”
Lily Allen – “Back To The Start”
Justin Bieber – “Love Me”
Diane Birch – “Rewind”
Black Gold – “Shine”
Bon Jovi – “Work For The Working Man”
Boys Like Girls – “Love Drunk”
Breaking Benjamin – “Without You”
V. V. Brown – “Shark In The Water”
Colbie Caillat – “I Never Told You”

The Clean – “All Those Notes”
Taio Cruz – “Break Your Heart”
Daughtry – “Life After You”
Daughtry – “Supernatural”
Deer Tick – “Smith Hill”
Jason Derülo – “In My Head”
Marié Digby – “Shoulda Been Simple”
Marié Digby – “Machine”
Cara Dillon – “The Parting Glass”
The Dimes – “Lovely Mary Dyer”
*Benjy Ferree – “Whirlpool Of Love”
The Fray – “You Found Me”
Selena Gomez & The Scene – “More”
Selena Gomez & The Scene – “Naturally”
Great Northern – “Driveway”
Green Day – “21 Guns”
Honor Society – “My Own Way”
Honor Society – “Over You”
Hoobastank – “The Letter”
Ian Hunter – “Man Overboard”
Chris Isaak – “We Let Her Down”
Iyaz – “Replay”
Kiss – “Say Yeah”
KSM – “Distracted”
KSM – “Read Between The Lines”
LANDy – “Just A Thought”
Oren Lavie – “Her Morning Elegance”
Lifehouse – “Halfway Gone”
Demi Lovato – “Gift Of A Friend”
Demi Lovato – “World Of Chances”
LoveSick Radio – “Over You”
Maino ft. T-Pain – “All of the Above”
Melissa McClelland – “Brake”
Oceana – “Cry Cry”
Paramore – “Where The Lines Overlap”
Ramona Falls – “Melectric”
Rascal Flatts – “Unstoppable”
The Rural Alberta Advantage – “Don’t Haunt This Place”
The Rural Alberta Advantage – “Drain The Blood”
*Russian Circles – “Hexed All”
Sarazino – “Cochabamba”
Sarazino – “Desbaratado”
The Sounds – “Crossing The Rubicon”
The Sounds – “The Only Ones”
Regina Spektor – “Blue Lips”
Ryan Star – “Breathe”
The Swell Season – “I Have Loved You Wrong”
Tegan And Sara – “Northshore”
Tinted Windows – “Back With You”
Tiny Animals – “Answer Me”
Tiny Animals – “Norway”
Carrie Underwood – “Change”
Carrie Underwood – “Songs Like This”
Weezer – “Can’t Stop Partying”
Weezer – “Put Me Back Together”
Elliot Yamin – “Doorway”

2010
Against Me! – “Bamboo Bones”
Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson – “Don’t You Wanna Stay”
Allstar Weekend – “Amy”
Allstar Weekend – “Journey To The End Of My Life”
Almost Recess – “The Remedy”
AM Taxi – “The Mistake”
*AM Taxi – “Thanner Boyle Vs. The 7th Grade”
Dave Barnes – “God Gave Me You”
Sara Bareilles – “King Of Anything”
Sara Bareilles – “Let The Rain”
Justin Bieber with Sean Kingston – “Eenie Meenie”
Big Time Rush – “Til I Forget About You”
Brutha – “One Day On This Earth”
Margaret Cho – “Calling In Stoned”
Margaret Cho – “Hey Big Dog”
Miley Cyrus – “Stay”
Kara DioGuardi and Jason Reeves – “New York In Wintertime”
Eminem featuring Rihanna – “Love The Way You Lie”
Eminem – “Not Afraid”
*Evelyn Evelyn – “You Only Want Me ‘Cause You Want My Sister”
Sky Ferreira – “Obsession”
Gogol Bordello – “Immigraniada (We Comin’ Rougher)”
The Green Children – “Life Saviour”
The Green Children – “We’re The Future”
John Hiatt – “The Open Road”
HoneyChild – “Driving Song”
Jewel – “No More Heartaches”
*Jewel – “Ten”
*Joey + Rory – “That’s Important To Me”
*Dan Kaplan – “Can’t Get Her (Out Of My Mind)”
Sean Kingston – “Eenie Meenie”
Lady Antebellum – “Hello World”
Greg Laswell – “Let It Ride”
The Lonely Island, featuring Akon – “I Just Had Sex”
Shelby Lynne – “Like A Fool”
The Maine – “Color”
The Maine – “Inside Of You”
The Maine – “Saving Grace”
Maroon 5 – “Never Gonna Leave This Bed”
Bruno Mars – “Grenade”
Matisse – “Better Than Her”
Nellie McKaye – “Bruise On The Sky”
*Sarah McLachlan – “Illusion Of Bliss”
Mobile Wash Unit – “Open Book”
Monte Negro – “Perderte (Sonambulos Sin Sueño)”
Murdocks – “Die Together”
*My Chemical Romance – “Planetary (Go!)”
Kate Nash – “Early Christmas Present”
Nelly – “Just A Dream”
Carrie Newcomer, featuring Mary Chapin Carpenter – “Before And After”
*Joanna Newsom – “’81”
Oceana – “Cry Cry”
The Open Feel – “Detach”
Plain White T’s – “Broken Record”
Lindsey Ray – “Goodbye From California”
*The Red Elephant – “Brooklyn Sleigh Ride”
Robyn – “Cry When You Get Older”
Yvette Rovira – “Fearless”
Justin Rutledge – “Turn Around”
Sons Of Sylvia – “Love Left To Lose”
Starry Saints – “Unseeing Eyes”
Stars – “The Last Song Ever Written”
Taylor Swift – “Back To December”
*Tristen, “Battle Of The Gods”
Trumpeter Swan – “Eternal Pessimist”
Keith Urban – “Long Hot Summer”
The Weepies – “Hope Tomorrow”

2011
Atlas Genius – “Trojans”
*Augustana – “On The Other Side”
Ian Axel – “Say Something”
Bear Lake – “Scissors”
Natasha Bedingfield – “Neon Lights”
Natasha Bedingfield – “Run-Run-Run”
Natasha Bedingfield – “Touch”
Natasha Bedingfield – “Try”
James Blunt – “Superstar”
Breaking Benjamin – “Better Days”
Colbie Caillat – “Brighter Than The Sun”
Kimberly Caldwell – “Heart Like Mine”
Kimberly Caldwell – “Taking Back My Life”
Kelly Clarkson – “Hello”
Kelly Clarkson – “What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger)”
Coldplay – “Paradise”
Javier Colon – “A Drop In The Ocean”
Dennis Crommett – “Dark Gray Horses”
Daughtry – “Crazy”
Daughtry – “Break The Spell”
Daughtry – “Gone Too Soon”
*Daughtry – “Losing My Mind”
Evanescence – “Lost In Paradise”
Evanescence – “My Heart Is Broken”
Foo Fighters – “Arlandria”
Fountains Of Wayne – “Acela”
Cast of Glee – “Get It Right”
Gloriana – “(Kissed You) Good Night”
Kina Grannis – “Gone”
Kina Grannis – “Strong Enough”
Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit – “Stopping By”
Jessie J – “Nobody’s Perfect”
Jessie J – “Who You Are”
Jordan Knight – “Believe”
Jordan Knight – “Unfinished”
Lady Antebellum – “Just A Kiss”
Lady Antebellum – “Wanted You More”
The Lonely Island featuring Michael Bolton – “Jack Sparrow”
Demi Lovato – “Skyscraper”
Demi Lovato – “Unbroken”
Anaïs Mitchell – “Wait For Me”
The Morning Birds – “Higher Thoughts”
Over The Rhine – “The Laugh Of Recognition”
Sean Paul – “She Doesn’t Mind”
Pitbull featuring Chris Brown – “International Love”
Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer – “Give Me Everything”
Ron Pope – “A Drop In The Ocean”
Ron Pope – “Tightrope”
Ron Pope – “Wherever You Go”
Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris – “We Found Love”
Ringside – “Stay”
Ringside – “This Time”
Roxette – “She’s Got Nothing On (But The Radio)”
Runner Runner – “Falling”
Runner Runner – “Life After You”
Runner Runner – “Running Away”
Matthew Ryan – “All Hail The Kings Of Trash”
Matthew Ryan – “All Of That Means Nothing Now”
Cody Simpson – “All Day”
Sloan – “Unkind”
The Smoking Popes – “College”
The Strokes – “Under Cover Of Darkness”
*Sunny Sweeney – “Staying’s Worse Than Leaving”
Taylor Swift – “Sparks Fly”
Tinie Tempah – “Love Suicide”
Tinie Tempah – “Written In The Stars”
Keith Urban – “Long Hot Summer”
Kate Voegele – “Say You’re Mine”
You Me At Six – “The Dilemma”
You Me At Six – “This Is The First Thing”
Eli Young Band – “Crazy Girl”

2012
Big Dipper – “Forget The Chef”
Cherri Bomb – “Raw. Real.”
Kenny Chesney – “Come Over”
Dispatch – “Circles Around The Sun”
Jeremy Fisher – “Built To Last”
Flo Rida – “Whistle”
The Gaslight Anthem – “45”
Girlyman – “Caroline”
*Girlyman – “Empire Of Our State”
*Girlyman – “Nothing Left”
Ellie Goulding – “Burn”
Horse Feathers – “Bird On A Leash”
Casey James – “The Good Life”
Carly Rae Jepsen – “Curiosity”
Aimee Mann – “Charmer”
Aimee Mann – “Disappeared”
Mumford & Sons – “Below My Feet”
*One Direction – “Live While We’re Young”
Hayden Panetierre – “Love Like Mine”
Charlie Peacock – “Till My Body Comes Undone”
Gretchen Peters – “Five Minutes”
Pink – “Here Comes The Weekend”
*Joel Rafael – “Dance Around My Atom Fire”
Rascal Flatts – “Let It Hurt”
Roxette – “It’s Possible”
The Script – “Hall Of Fame”
*State Radio – “Black Welsh Mountain”
Taylor Swift – “Stay Stay Stay”
Train – “Drive By”
Walk Off The Earth – “Summer Vibe”
Walk The Moon – “Anna Sun”

2013
Casey Abrams – “Get Out”
*Avicii – “Wake Me Up”
Josh Berwanger – “Baby Loses Her Mind”
Luke Bryan – “Crash My Party”
City And Colour – “The Lonely Life”
Daft Punk – “Contact”
Lee DeWyze – “Stay Away”
Echosmith – “Cool Kids”
Fall Out Boy – “Alone Together”
Fall Out Boy – “Just One Yesterday”
Fall Out Boy – “Miss Missing You”
Fall Out Boy – “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)”
Selena Gomez – “Love Will Remember”
Selena Gomez – “Slow Down”
Kree Harrison – “All Cried Out”
Kalli – “Nothing At All”
John Legend – “All Of Me”
Demi Lovato – “Heart Attack”
Demi Lovato – “Neon Lights”
Demi Lovato – “Never Been Hurt”
Demi Lovato – “Warrior”
New Politics – “Fall Into These Arms”
Hayden Panetierre – “I’ve Been Used”
Patty (Patricia Dłutkiewicz) – “Krzyk” (“Scream”)
Cassadee Pope – “Wasting All These Tears”
Thomas Rhett – “It Goes Like This”
Amy Speace – “Bring Me Back My Heart”
Amy Speace – “In Salida”
*Amy Speace – “Perfume”
Tiesto – “Red Lights”

2014
Jason Aldean – “Burnin’ It Down”
Jason Aldean – “Gonna Know We Were Here”
Jason Aldean – “I Took It With Me”
Jason Aldean – “Tryin’ To Love Me”
James Bay – “Craving”
Big & Rich – “Look At You”
The Both – “Milwaukee”
Clare Bowen – “Black Roses”
Luke Bryan – “I See You”
Colbie Caillat – “Try”
Common and John Legend – “Glory”
Ht Bristol, Charlie Bannister, Vincent Steele & Nine One One (Extreme Music) – “Bring Me Back To Life”
*Marianne Faithfull – “Love More Or Less”
Fall Out Boy – “Immortals”
5 Seconds Of Summer – “End Up Here”
Florida Georgia Line – “Sippin’ On Fire”
Guided By Voices – “Some Things Are Big (And Some Things Are Small)”
Chrissie Hynde – “Like In The Movies”
Justice Crew – “Que Sera”
Christina Perri – “Human”
Maya Rudolph, Kristen Bell and Sean Hayes – “Frozen Again”
Chadwick Stokes – “Our Lives Our Time”
Carrie Underwood – “Little Toy Guns”

2015
Adele – “Hello”
Jason Aldean – “Gonna Know We Were Here”
Rachel Bloom – “I Give Good Parent”
Luke Bryan – “Games”
Luke Bryan featuring Karen Fairchild – “Home Alone Tonight”
Brandi Carlile – “I Belong To You”
Brandi Carlile – “The Things I Regret”
Michelle Chamuel – “Lottery”
Eric Church – “Kill A Word”
Kelly Clarkson – “Good Goes The Bye”
Kelly Clarkson – “War Paint”
Luke Combs – “Hurricane”
Mikky Ekko – “Loner”
Karmin – “Everything”
Ryan Link – “Under The Rug”
Metric – “Celebrate”
Kip Moore – “Wild Ones”
The Scorpions – “We Built This House”
*Skellums – “Growing Old”
X Ambassadors – “Unsteady”

2016
Kelsea Ballerini – “Peter Pan”
Dierks Bentley – “Different For Girls”
Basia Bulat – “Let Me In”
Mary Chapin Carpenter – “Hand On My Back”
Brian Fallon – “A Wonderful Life”
Ellie Goulding – “Still Falling For You”
Lady Gaga – “Million Reasons”
Lori McKenna- “All These Things”
Blake Shelton – “A Guy With A Girl”
Sia – “Cheap Thrills”
Gwen Stefani – “Rare”
Volbeat – “Goodbye Forever”
Danny Wood – “Broken”
Danny Wood – “Dance For Me”
Danny Wood – “Here Comes The Silence”
Danny Wood – “Hold On”
Danny Wood – “If Only”
Danny Wood – “My Sunshine”
Danny Wood – “Shine”
Danny Wood – “Waiting On I Love You”

2017
Charli XCX – “Boys”
Kasey Chambers – “Summer Pillow”
Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee (with Justin Bieber) – “Despacito”
Grant Gustin – “Runnin’ Home To You”
Dustin Lynch – “Small Town Boy”
*Aimee Mann – “Good For Me”
Old Dominion – “No Such Thing As A Broken Heart”

 

Metal songs:

METAL songs with this pattern:

Manowar – Battle Hymn
Manowar – Master of The Wind
Manowar – Courage
Manowar – Touch The Sky
Manowar – Annihilation
Iron Maiden – Can I Play With Madness
Iron Maiden – The Wicker Man (Brave New World)
Iron Maiden – Out of the Silent Planet
Iron Maiden – Blood Brothers
Iron Maiden – The Longest Day (A Matter of Life And Death)
Iron Maiden – These Colours Don’t Run
Iron Maiden – For the Greater Good of God
Iron Maiden – When The Wild Wind Blows (The Final Frontier)
Iron Maiden – Lord of The Flies (X Factor)
Bruce Dickinson – Tears Of The Dragon
Blaze Bayley – Stare at The Sun
Judas Priest – Diamonds and Rust (cover)
KISS – Strutter
KISS – Say Yeah!
Aria – Angel Dust
Blind Guardian – Nightfall
Blind Guardian – Curse Of Feanor
Angra – Heros of Sand
Hydria – Sober Dreams
Elvenking – The Winter Wake
Elvenking – This Nightmare Will Never End
Mindmaze – Never Look Back
Mindmaze – Breaking The Chains
Seven Kingdoms – Wolves in Sheep’s Clothes
Seven Kingdoms – Somewhere Far Away
Xandria – Now and Forever
Icarus Witch – Coming of The Storm *
Rhapsody of Fire – Triumph for My Magic Steel
Evertale – Dragonriders
While Heaven Wept – Vessel
X Japan – Born To Be Free
Amaranthe – Amarathine
Amaranthe – Stardust
Amaranthe – The Nexus
Amaranthe – Automatic
Serenity – Velatum
Serenity – The Chevalier
Insomnium – Through The Shadows
Romasanta – Sobreviviendo
UFO – Doctor Doctor
Aria – Angel Dust
Heidevolk – Ostara
Iced Earth – Spirit of the Times
Sabaton – A Lifetime of War
Sabaton – Cliffs of Gallipoli
Sabaton – Metal Machine
Sabaton – Metal Crew
Sabaton – Master of The World
Falconer – Substitutional World
IRON FIRE – Until The End
Iron Fire – When The Heroes Fall
Iron Fire – March of The Immortals
Iron Fire – The Phantom Symphony
Iron Fire – Brotherhood Of The Brave
Iron Fire – Ice-Cold Arion
Cryonic Temple – In Thy Power
Winterstorm – Fire of Dreams
Winterstorm – The Final Rise
Dreamtale – Hearts Desire
Power Quest – Blood Alliance
Liv Moon – Say Goodbye
Liv Moon – Alchemy
Distant Sun – Hypocrite
Darkest Horizon – Ad Astra
Acts Of Desolation – Birthed by a Mindless Machine
Acts of Desolation – Living To See You Fall
Slave of Insanity – Pandora’s box
Annihilator – Downright Dominate
In Flames – Come Clarity
Blood Stain Child – S.O.P.H.I.A.
Gallowbraid – Stone of Remembrance
Caladoon Brood – Wild Autum Wind
Ego Fall – Echo From The Abyss
Into Eternity – Severe Emotional Distress
Equilibrium – Snüffel
Equilibrium – Waldschrein
Warthrone – Human Hellebore
Menegroth – Für den Sieg
Judas Iscariot – The Cold Earth Slept Below
Blutklinge – Night I
Alcest – Faiseurs de mondes
Scorpions – Still Loving You
Blaze – Place in The Sun
Gypsyhawk – The Red Wedding
Skeletonwitch – Baptized in Flames
Skeletonwitch – Stand, Fight, and Die
Gyze – Final Revenge
Gyze – Midnight Darkness
Stahlmann – Teufel
Ultimatium – Fight The Time
Helloween – March Of Time
Impellitteri – Empire of Lies
Freedom Call – Flying High
Hammerfall – Riders of The Storm
Iron Savior – Protector
Gaia Epicus – Keepers of Time
Gaia Epicus – Masters of the Sea
Gaia Epicus – Hand of Fate
Holy Dragons – Ragnarok
Hell’s Gaurdian – Middle Earth
ELUVEITIE – The Call Of The Mountains
Instanzia – Power of the mind
Ride the Sky – Far Beyond the Stars
Illusion – Invincible
Danzig – Tired Of Being Alive
Michael Zethner – The End
Crucified Barbrara – Count Me In
Athlos – Aegean Blue (Poseidon’s Realm)
Delain – Shattered
Xandria – Forevermore
Edenbridge – Higher
Triphon – For Those Departed