Six Four One Five:
The Sensitive Female Chord Progression

The recent blogsplosion caused by Rebecca Black's jaw-dropping "Friday" has shone a light onto Ark Music Factory, the... uh.....

One of my resolutions is more frequent posts in 2011. Until then, here is a celebration of the SFCP in 2010 and some of its appearances on B...

Song: "Foolish Games" Artist: Jewel Album: Pieces Of You Written by: Jewel Kilcher Year: 1995 Key: Dm (E♭m in single version...

Song: "Grow Old With Me" Artist: The Postal Service Album: Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur Wri...

Song: "Behind These Hazel Eyes" Artist: Kelly Clarkson Album: Breakaway Written by: Kelly Clarkson/Martin Sandberg/Lukasz Gott...

Song: "The Staggering Genius" Artist: Superdrag Album: Last Call For Vitriol Written by: Don Coffey, Jr./John Davis/Sam Powers Y...

Song: "If I Were A Boy" Artist: Beyoncé Album: I Am... Sasha Fierce Written by: Toby Gad/B.C. Jean Year: 2008 Key: Em Classifi...

I've just been informed that "Here And Now" will be replaying the interview that I did earlier this year with host Robin Young...

Song: "Stick Stickly" Artist: Attack Attack ! Album: Someday Came Suddenly Written by: Austin Carlile/John Carlo/Johnny Frank/Ca...

Song: "The Kids Aren't Alright" Artist: The Offspring Album: Americana Written by: Dexter Holland Year: 1998 Key: B♭m Cl...

Song: "Peace Of Mind" Artist: Boston Album: Boston Written by: Tom Scholz Year: 1976 Key: C#m Classification: SF1 Lyrical c...

Song: "In The Aeroplane Over The Sea" Artist: Neutral Milk Hotel Album: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea Written by: Jeff Mangum ...

Song: "Why Can't I?" Artist: Liz Phair Album: Liz Phair Written by: Lauren Christy/Graham Edwards/Liz Phair/Scott Spock Ye...

Song: "Africa" Artist: Toto Album: Toto IV Written by: David Paich/Jeff Porcaro Year: 1982 Key: F#m Classification: SF1 Lyr...

Song: "Save Tonight" Artist: Eagle Eye Cherry Album: Desireless Written by: Eagle Eye Cherry Year: 1998 Key: Am Classificatio...

Song: "Alone" Artist: Heart Album: Bad Animals Written by: Billy Steinberg/Tom Kelly Year: 1987 Key: E♭m Classification: SF1...

Song: "Tonight And The Rest Of My Life" Artist: Nina Gordon Album: Tonight And The Rest Of My Life Written by: Nina Gordon Year:...

Song: "Angel" Artist: Natasha Bedingfield Album: Pocketful Of Sunshine Written by: Rodney Jerkins/Rico Love/Lashawn Daniels/Cryst...

Song: "The Power Of Good-Bye" Artist: Madonna Album: Ray Of Light Written by: Madonna/Rick Nowles Year: 1998 Key: Fm Classif...

The SFCP was featured on today's episode of "Here And Now" on WBUR and many NPR affiliate stations. You can listen to the show...

Song: "Hands On Me" Artist: Vanessa Carlton Album: Heroes & Thieves Written by: Vanessa Carlton/Stephan Jenkins Year: 200...

The SFCP was featured on Friday's Radio 2 Morning radio program on the CBC, which is Canada's public radio. Tom Allen interviewed me...

Song: "Building A Mystery" Artist: Sarah McLachlan Album: Surfacing Written by: Sarah McLachlan/Pierre Marchand Year: 1997 Key:...

Song: "One Of Us" Artist: Joan Osborne Album: Relish Written by: Eric Bazilian Year: 1995 Key: F#m Classification: SF1 Lyrica...

Q: What does "classification" mean? A: Allow me to hand this one over to "One Of Us" songwriter Eric Bazilian: A bit of ...

Q: Why do you care about this, exactly? A: I wish I could tell you. All I know is that at some point, I heard the SFCP enough times that I j...

Q: Are you saying that anybody who uses the SFCP is a hack? A: Not at all. It's a tool like any other. Chord progressions get reused all...

Q: What's so sensitive and female about this chord progression? Don't angry men use it too? A: Sure do. Here's the thing: "...

Q: You say the progression is vi-IV-I-V. Shouldn't it be i-VI-III-♭VII? A: Technically, yes. If you're claiming that the progression...

Q: What is the Sensitive Female Chord Progression? A: It's any chord progression that starts with the minor six (vi) and then moves to t...

Q: I don't get it. What's this blog all about? A: The short version is that I figured that as long as I was keeping a list of songs ...

Have any questions about what's going on here? Any comments you'd like to make? Any suggestions for songs I may have missed? Feel fr...

This is the list of every song I've been able to find (and confirm) that uses the SFCP. Found one that's not here? Leave it in the c...