On a related note (corniest pun of the day), the Australian musical comedy act Axis of Awesome made a song called Four Chords Song, which is basically a 47-song medley all using the same chord progression.
They've said that the chords are used by some of the most well known songs in the world, and their performance demonstrates this nicely, as in this clip:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Axis_of_Awesome#Four_Chords...
They've said that the chords are used by some of the most well known songs in the world, and their performance demonstrates this nicely, as in this clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOlDewpCfZQ
The above link is the official video; but they explain their reasoning better in this live performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0IUdjMcEmo