Songs where the verse and chorus have the same chord pattern

Trude

Not sure if there's been a thread on this before, but I just wrote a song where the chords don't change between the verse and chorus, and it got me thinking about how many great songs are out there that do this. The best ones don't sound samey because the melodies of each section are so strong and distinct.

I'm sure there are loads, but I immediately thought of:

Free Falling - Tom Petty
The Passenger - Iggy Pop
Transmission and Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division

Any other good examples you can think of?

CMW335

Don’t Look Back In Anger

edit: chords are same for Verse and Chorus but there is a bridge in between so probably doesn’t qualify

viz

Watermelon sausage. 

Flowers. 

CaseOfAce

George Michael's 2 biggest hits - Last Christmas and Careless Whisper - each have 4 chords going thru the entire song....

Jonathangus

She Sells Sanctuary.

RocknRollDave

Lots of songs do it, but for me it is a huge no-no.
Songs need the dynamic shift of some kind of change between the verses and chorus.

Trude

viz said:

Watermelon sausage. 

Flowers. 

Actually Watermelon Sugar takes it one further, as the verse, chorus AND bridge all use the same pattern!

Trude

RocknRollDave said:

Lots of songs do it, but for me it is a huge no-no.
Songs need the dynamic shift of some kind of change between the verses and chorus.

You know that "Careless Whisper"? That's your favourite song, that is....
  

uksaint7

Dancing in the Moonlight by Toploader. Used to play it in a cover duo, terrible song.

Kurtis

U2 do it a lot (street's have no name) and the Verve (BSS). Most bands will have done it. 

Nothing wrong with it in my opinion as long as the song is good. 

Trude

uksaint7 said:

Dancing in the Moonlight by Toploader. Used to play it in a cover duo, terrible song.

Agreed, absolutely hateful song. Or rather an absolutely hateful cover of a mediocre song. 

Imagine being Toploader. The only song you're known for is a cover, and you probably earned sod all from it. 

Kurtis

RocknRollDave said:

Lots of songs do it, but for me it is a huge no-no.
Songs need the dynamic shift of some kind of change between the verses and chorus.

You can definitely still create a shift using different instruments, effects, vocal melody etc. 

mrkb

Laid - James

mrkb

Jon Kingsman (RIP) used to have a list of these - I’m sure one of his old posts has them listed 

yep - here it is 
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/285/one-chord-progression-songs-suitable-for-jams-or-encores/p6

monquixote

Sweet Home Alabama.

Kurtis

All a long the watchtower. 

Trude

Almost forgot one of the most obvious ones...
Horse With No Name - America

idiotwind

Kurtis said:

All a long the watchtower. 

3 verses, no bridge or chorus 

Kurtis

idiotwind said:

Kurtis said:

All a long the watchtower. 

3 verses, no bridge or chorus 

It's quite interesting when you think about it. How many components does a song need? 
Led Zep The Bridge comes to mind as well. 

Bellycaster

mrkb said:

Laid - James

And "Sit Down" as well.

Teyeplayer

Country Feedback by REM.

Trude said:

Imagine being Toploader. The only song you're known for is a cover, and you probably earned sod all from it. 

Joe definitely made a couple of million from that cover, I know it funded him for at least a decade. A shared acquaintance told me once that the record company rang him up to apologise as they had somehow omitted half a million in royalties and were worried that he’d noticed (Joe hadn’t). Goes to show that a track on a few TV shows, couple of adverts and repeat elevator play can make for quite a nice payday.