I somehow missed The Axis of Awesome‘s “Four Chords” when it came out:
I immediately recognized some of the songs in that official music video:
- Journey – “Don’t Stop Believin’”
- James Blunt – “You’re Beautiful”
- Black Eyed Peas – “Where Is the Love”
- Alphaville – “Forever Young”
- Jason Mraz – “I’m Yours”
- Train – “Hey Soul Sister”
- The Calling – “Wherever You Will Go”
- Elton John – “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” (from The Lion King)
- Akon – “Don’t Matter”
- John Denver – “Take Me Home Country Roads”
- Lady Gaga – “Paparazzi”
- U2 – “With Or Without You”
- The Last Goodnight – “Pictures of You”
- Maroon Five – “She Will Be Loved”
- The Beatles – “Let It Be”
- Bob Marley – “No Woman No Cry”
- Marcy Playground – “Sex and Candy”
- Men At Work – ” Down Under”
- Jill Colucci – “The Funny Things You Do” (Theme from America’s Funniest Home Videos)
- Jack Johnson – “Taylor”
- Spice Girls – “2 Become 1″
- a-ha – “Take On Me”
- Green Day – “When I Come Around”
- Eagle Eye Cherry – “Save Tonight”
- Toto – “Africa”
- Beyoncé – “If I Were A Boy”
- Kelly Clarkson – “Behind These Hazel Eyes”
- Jason DeRulo – “In My Head”
- The Smashing Pumpkins – “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”
- Joan Osborne – ” One of Us”
- Avril Lavigne – “Complicated”
- The Offspring – “Self Esteem”
- The Offspring – “You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid”
- Akon – “Beautiful”
- Timbaland featuring OneRepublic – “Apologize”
- Eminem featuring Rihanna – “Love the Way You Lie”
- Bon Jovi – “It’s My Life”
- Lady Gaga – “Poker Face”
- Aqua – “Barbie Girl”
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Otherside”
- The Gregory Brothers – “Double Rainbow Song”
- MGMT – “Kids”
- Andrea Bocelli – “Time To Say Goodbye”
- Robert Burns – “Auld Lang Syne”
- Five for Fighting – “Superman”
- The Axis of Awesome – “Birdplane”
- Missy Higgins – “Scar”
Josh Kaufman plays the medley on his ukulele while promoting The First 20 Hours, his book about how to learn anything fast: