The Greatest TWO Chord Song of All Time

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Published 2022-01-29
What is the Greatest TWO Chord Song of All Time? In this video I answer that question.

Mary Spender - youtube.com/maryspender
Rhett Shull - youtube.com/c/RhettShull

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All Comments (21)
  • Lou Reed said it best: "One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz."
  • @michaelclarke8458
    the way rhett played the cello part with his guitar on something in the way was absolutely fantastic
  • @JM.Redding
    Mary Spender has such an incredible singing voice.
  • @davidfleuchaus
    Bill Withers’ “Use Me” is a two-chord song and his lesser know but equally cool tune “Who Is He And What Is He To You?” is a one-chord song.
  • @ijeff2005
    I really think "Dreams" is an incredible example of a 2 chord song with the most elaborate melody. For the less musically inclined, they'd never guess it was a 2 chord song.
  • @JNighthawk7x
    Isn’t it so crazy how these songs still feel like they have so much depth and energy with just 2 chords and those gorgeous Melodies on top
  • It never occurred to me that Dreams was mainly two chords, but now it's so obvious. The melodies, amazing performances and production make it so much bigger than just the two chords.
  • @caryd67
    Horse With No Name has a really great bass line which provides a lot of movement in the background; along with vocal harmonies the listener doesn’t really notice that there’s only two chords. Genius in simplicity. And, I’m a sucker for a shuffle.
  • @mpress469
    Rhett Shull's "cello" slide is killer!!!
  • @HofTheStage
    Love seeing Mary here in person, I know she's in US but didn't know she was gonna be visiting you. Awesome seeing my favourite music YouTubers doing collabs like this, hope there will be more!
  • @FullumMusic
    It dawns on me that The Staple Singers "I'll Take You There" is just F and C the whole time. They do SO MUCH AMAZING with those two chords, but it's just those two chords that i never get tired of. It's my warm-up bass playing song.
  • @jordanspory7633
    First song I ever learned in guitar with my guitar teacher was Horse with no name. It was a MASSIVE confidence booster for me as I previously had only learned chords out of a book. Being 7 years old and playing along with a massively well known song I felt like I was on top of the world. After playing that I was off to the races, I remember the next week coming to my guitar teacher begging him to teach me Comfortably Numb and 12 years later I’ve never put a guitar down!
  • @RobbieD2468
    What a trio! Looks like everyone is having fun - as are we!
  • @virus-hoax
    Wow! That cover of Dreams was out of this world! The way the 3 of your parts came together, it resonated in my body and took me to another dimension!
  • When 'A Horse with No Name' hit #1 on the US charts, Neil Young's Dad called him up to congratulate him. Neil had to say, "Ummm... that's not me Dad, it's a band called America."