one chord songs...

Lately I have been mesmerized by some one-chord songs. The one that rattles my brain the most these days is "Get the party started" by Pink, but there are others out there...

Would you call the Macerena song one chord, even if it "backs" into a V chord for rhythm?

Post your favorite one chord songs here.

denny

But first off, let me qualify this. I'm a geezer, right? Never heard Pink that I know of. I never listen to commercial radio. It was yonks before I ever connected people running around going"Ooops, I did it again" with Britney Spears and a I still don't know who let the dogs out BUT, I've often been in jams on "Gloria" and one on my faves "Spoonful" I know there are a couple of more, but I've got CRS (can't remember sh*t) disease.
Cheers, Jack

Chains of Fools - Aretha Franklin

Mainly a vamp in Bm, although you gotta hit the vocal "ooh - oohs" in the break to make the song

Cheers,
Doug

Anything by Bo Diddly.

and let me take you higher
Obnoxious semi-reggae tune in the 80s, I never sat down to figure it out (I never actually LISTENED that closely), but me thinks it a one chord wonder.

How bout Run Through The Jungle- CCR

...by Guy Clark.

Boogie Chillun.
Sally Mae.
Crawling King Snake.
etc. etc. etc.

Later....

Shotgun by Jr. Walker & the Allstars. There's some variation on the E chord, but it mostly stays the same through the whole song.

Baby please don't go!!!!!!!!!

My fave.


Jake

"The Story of One Chord" by Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper tells a story about a one chord song using 2 chords. So I guess it doesn't count. But it is a fun song anyway.

Tommorrow never knows.

Pali Gap

Machine Gun

Who Knows


Peter

A large percentage of the music on Fat Possum records. Mississippi Hill Blues from artists like T-model ford and R.L. Burnside

syd barrett playing the same chord for 15 minutes is rather amuseing

Who do you love..... can't remember the artist.. :cry:

Who do you love..... can't remember the artist.. :cry:
BO DIDDLY!
also done by John Hammond Jr, George Thorogood, And Quicksilver Messenger Service, and, no doubt, thousands of others.
Cheers, feojack

Who do you love..... can't remember the artist.. :cry:
BO DIDDLY!
also done by John Hammond Jr, George Thorogood, And Quicksilver Messenger Service, and, no doubt, thousands of others.
Cheers, feojack

Don't forget The Doors......Jim tried to make the "the night was dark" part sound like it was about something!! :lol: :) :D

and I'll think of a few more after I get out in my car and away from the computer

has a hidden tract called "my one chord song" on his golden road album I believe. I dont know which song its after, but I know you have to wait a while before it starts playing. Its pretty humorous. :D

Plus lots of other Muddy Waters stuff. 8)

How about that new Beastie Boys songs "Check it out", or whatever it's called. Just the same chord over and over again with breaks in between.

Rebel Girl

Hmmm... probably not too many Bikini Kill fans here. :D

Just about everything James Brown was involved with from the late 60's through the mid 70's. Some of the greatest music ever recorded.

CCR's Born on the Bayou.