Complicated Pastiche

From the Wikipedia-page of Avril Lavigne's "Complicated":

In terms of chord sequence, "Complicated" is a masterful pastiche of several classic hit songs patterns. The acoustic guitar is tuned down a whole step so as to avoid the common sound of these chords in G. Instead, the song is in F major and this was likely more fitting for Avril's voice. The introduction is a strummed vi-IV-I-V which returns as the chorus with different rhythmic accents. The verse of the song employs the I-vi-IV-V sequence associated with hit songs of a bygone era while the prechorus exploits an angsty IV-vi movement which suggests grunge: IV-vi-IV-V. Finally the chorus arrives with that satisfying vi-VI-I-V.

(Emphasis by me.)

O...kay. If whoever wrote that could maybe, I don't know, write songs for Avril Lavigne that would actually deserve a description like that, the world would be a slightly better place.

Oh, and don't ask why I was reading that page in the first place. It's complicated.