# Help with famous songs that use this sequence please **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 24, 2009, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-famous-songs-that-use-this-sequence-please/500812 "2009-06-24T07:51:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-famous-songs-that-use-this-sequence-please/500812/1 "2009-06-24T07:51:33Z")
My band play a version of Blink’s ‘All The Small Things’ - in the breakdown we’ve begun inserting snatches of other songs. It goes - C (count of 8) F (count of 4) G (count of 4) So far we’ve got Adam Ant’s ‘Prince Charming’ and various artists’ ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ to shoehorn in there. We tried Wham’s ‘I’m your Man’ and ‘Unchained Melody’ but the count is wrong. There must be gajillions but we’re out. So, any suggestions of a refrain from a well known song that follows that pattern? Key is unimportant; surprise factor moreso. Thanks in advance. MiM ---
**Author:** ![busterbloodvessel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@busterbloodvessel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/busterbloodvessel)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-famous-songs-that-use-this-sequence-please/500812/2 "2009-06-24T08:08:42Z")
Hmm… Blondie - The Tide is High? You’d have to slow it down a little… I’m sure I’ll think of some more later… ---
**Author:** ![busterbloodvessel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@busterbloodvessel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/busterbloodvessel)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-famous-songs-that-use-this-sequence-please/500812/3 "2009-06-24T08:15:49Z")
Maybe “We Go Together” from Grease? It’s actually C A- F G, but you could sing it over C C F G pretty easily. ---
**Author:** ![busterbloodvessel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@busterbloodvessel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/busterbloodvessel)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-famous-songs-that-use-this-sequence-please/500812/4 "2009-06-24T08:24:50Z")
Do You Love Me? By the Contours ---
**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-famous-songs-that-use-this-sequence-please/500812/5 "2009-06-24T16:26:00Z")
Thanks Buster - dont know the Grease song(!) - will listen. Blondie and The Contours - it’s the timing… Will try at tonights p ractise. Cheers MiM ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-famous-songs-that-use-this-sequence-please/500812/6 "2009-06-24T17:44:38Z")
Off the top of my head, “007 (Shanty Town)” by Desmond Dekker (reggae tune) and “Joe’s Garage” by Frank Zappa, there must indeed be thousands of others. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-famous-songs-that-use-this-sequence-please/500812/7 "2009-06-24T17:55:25Z")
Blitzkrieg Bop by the Ramones. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-famous-songs-that-use-this-sequence-please/500812/8 "2009-06-24T17:58:27Z")
_Night Moves_ … ? by Bob Segar. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-famous-songs-that-use-this-sequence-please/500812/9 "2009-06-24T19:03:33Z")
Contours-“Do You Love Me?” Also from [Wikipedia:](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chord_progression) I - I - IV - V. (Millie Small’s My Boy Lollipop (usually credited to Robert Spencer, Morris Levy and Johnny Roberts), Heartbeat (written by Bob Montgomery and Norman Petty for Buddy Holly), The Rolling Stones’ Get Off Of My Cloud (refrain), Paul Simon’s Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes, Van Morrison’s Madame George…) ---
**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-famous-songs-that-use-this-sequence-please/500812/10 "2009-06-24T20:55:15Z")
These are top suggestions - if the timing was 4-2-2 0r 4-1-3 in The Ramones ; but its 8-4-4 and we can’t drag the lyrics/tune out for twice as long! Will listen to Zappa but not sure how well known that is in Cockermouth -the venue of our next gig. Please keep them coming MiM ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-famous-songs-that-use-this-sequence-please/500812/11 "2009-06-24T21:33:37Z")
> [@Made\_in\_Macau](#): > > These are top suggestions - if the timing was 4-2-2 0r 4-1-3 in The Ramones ; but its 8-4-4 and we can’t drag the lyrics/tune out for twice as long! I sang it over the breakdown at half speed and thought it worked okay. You said you wanted unexpected, right? You have to sing two lines of it though, for it to work, in my opinion. One line isn’t quite enough. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@Mike\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Fun)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-famous-songs-that-use-this-sequence-please/500812/12 "2009-06-25T16:37:53Z")
Probably about 75% (or more) of rock songs are some variation of the I-IV-V progression! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-famous-songs-that-use-this-sequence-please/500812/13 "2009-06-25T18:25:25Z")
> [@Mike\_Fun](#): > > Probably about 75% (or more) of rock songs are some variation of the I-IV-V progression! It’s a popular choice of three chords, but that’s overstating it by quite a bit. Maybe very early rock and blues-based rock would fit your statement. ---
**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-famous-songs-that-use-this-sequence-please/500812/14 "2009-06-25T23:35:42Z")
> [@Mike\_Fun](#): > > Probably about 75% (or more) of rock songs are some variation of the I-IV-V progression! You see - it’s not the progression that’s the issue - As I said in the OP - ‘I’m Your Man’ by Wham has the same progression - but the timing is off - same with ‘Tide is High’ ‘Do You Love Me’ and so on. Perhaps I’m just being an arse, but the timing was what I was having difficulty with in finding songs that fit - not the chords. That’s why I posted. Please be gentle with me. MiM