Joan Osborne's "One of Us" is just one song that uses what we'll call the Sensitive Female Chord Progression. Here's an easy way to see if a song uses the SFCP: Just sing Osborne's lyric's: "What if God was one of us? Just a slob like one of us?" over the suspect four chords. If it fits, you've just spotted one in the wild. Once you're attuned to it, you'll hear it everywhere. (Read more from the Globe.)

Here are some other songs that use the Sensitive Female Chord Progression ...