I-IV-vi-V (Rock Stadium)
Why do rock choruses always give you energy?
I-IV-vi-V is the progression of powerful choruses. Designed to sound big with eighth notes. Much more energy than I-V-vi-IV because IV arrives first, pushing forward.
IIVviV
Famous songs
Stadium rock anthems · Best of You (Foo Fighters) · Payphone (Maroon 5)
Did you know?
U2 built "With or Without You" on this progression with infinite guitar delay. Coldplay inherited it in "Clocks" — the sound of stadiums since 1987.