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will.i.am performs "Yes We Can" during the final day of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.. Since the original posting on YouTube, the video has been re-posted a number of times by other users and as of February 23, 2008, the video had been watched a combined total of more than 22 million times among all of the postings. [5]
Song Songwriter / Lyricist Ref. 1920: Warren G. Harding: Republican "Harding, You're the Man for Us" Al Jolson [2] 1924: Calvin Coolidge: Republican "Keep Cool and Keep Coolidge" Bruce Harper and Ida Cheever Goodwin 1928: Al Smith: Democratic "Sidewalks of New York" Charles B. Lawlor and James W. Blake: 1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt: Democratic
Campaign songs are songs used by candidates or political campaigns.Most modern campaign songs are upbeat popular songs or original compositions that articulate a positive message about a campaign or candidate, usually appealing to patriotism, optimism, or a good-natured reference to a personal quality of the candidate such as their ethnic origin or the part of the country they are from.
At Obama's election night rally at Grant Park in Chicago, the song was one of the first of three songs played to warm up the audience for Obama's victory speech upon winning the election. The song was used in the same fashion the Clinton-Gore campaign used Fleetwood Mac's hit "Don't Stop." The Obama family came out to the song again on Election ...
"Obama (Yes We Can)", a 2008 campaign song by Andy Fraser; Music. Yes We Can, a 1970 album by Lee Dorsey; Yes We Can, a 2010 album by World Saxophone Quartet
Each year, Barack Obama drops the statesman's version of a surprise album. The pop culture-savvy 44th president releases seasonal and annual lists of the books and songs shaping his days and weeks.
President Barack Obama pumped himself up for the occasion by listening to Eminem's anthem "Lose Yourself" from the 2002 film "8 Mile."
Return to normalcy" – 1920 U.S. presidential campaign theme of Warren G. Harding, referring to returning to normal times following World War I. "America First" – 1920 US presidential campaign theme of Warren G. Harding, tapping into isolationist and anti-immigrant sentiment after World War I. [9] "Peace. Progress. Prosperity." – James M. Cox