President Barack Obama’s official campaign music playlist – the music that he will be playing as he tours and campaigns throughout the U.S.A. – has been made public. More surprising than who made the list is who didn’t make the list.
Certain recording artists who Obama tends to fawn over are not on the playlist, such as Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye. Other artists are surprisingly on the list, telling the nation that he has more widely diverse tastes in music than previously thought.
The songs on Obama’s playlist are: (song, artist)
- Different People – No Doubt
- Got to Get You into My Life – Earth Wind & Fire Experience featuring Al McKay Allstars
- Green Onions – Booker T. & the MGs
- I Got You – Wilco
- Keep on Pushing – The Impressions
- Love You I Do – Jennifer Hudson
- No Nostalgia – Ages and Ages
- Raise Up – Ledisi
- Stand Up – Sugarland
- This – Darius Rucker
- We Used to Wait – Arcade Fire
- You’ve Got the Love – Florence and the Machine
- Your Smiling Face – James Taylor
- Roll with the Changes – REO Speedwagon
- Keep Marchin’ – Raphael Saadiq
- Tonight’s the Kind of Night – Noah and the Whale
- Keep Me in Mind – Zac Brown Band
- The Weight – Aretha Franklin
- Even Better than the Real Thing – U2
- Home – Dierko Bentley
- Everyday America – Sugarland
- Learn to Live – Darius Rucker
- Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
- Mr. Blue Sky – Electric Light Orchestra
- My Town Montgomery Gentry
- The Best Thing about Me is You – Ricky Martin featuring Joss Stone
- You are the Best Thing – Ray LaMontagne
- We Take Care of our Own – Bruce Springsteen
The list shows that Obama is ‘into’ more than just the R&B artists he tends to promote via invitations to the White House and the ones he has commented on publicly.
Now, to see if any of the artists tell Obama not to use their songs, as Newt Gingrich was recently told to quit using ‘Eye of the Tiger’ by one of the two writers of the song.
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Source: Sun-Times, Washington Post
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