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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.
In October 2016, author Dave Eggers launched a project slated to release one anti-Trump song each day leading up to 2016's election day. Originally called 30 Songs, 30 Days, Eggers' plan was to have each song performed by a different artist, but due to more musicians coming through with songs, it grew to be 40, and then 50 songs in 30 days.
Here's a look at some of the songs the campaigns have used and how music has affected presidential politics this election cycle. Songs Trump uses on the 2024 campaign trail
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ABBA joins a long list of performers who’ve objected to Trump using their songs. Ahead of the 2020 election, that included Bruce Springsteen, Rihanna, Phil Collins, Pharrell, John Fogerty, Neil ...
The song was in its third week at number one on January 4, 2020, reaching the top for the first time on December 21, 2019. The following week, on January 11, 2020, Post Malone 's " Circles " returned to the number-one spot, another carry-over from the 2010s; it originally reached number one on November 30, 2019.
With Election Special, Cooder wanted to write an album with direct lyrics and encourage urgency in listeners during the US presidential election of 2012. [6] [7] He felt that the election season was "the time of decision in this country ... the most critical time in the history of the country". [8]
Eddie Vedder just gave Bruce Springsteen a special post-election song dedication from the other side of the world. “It's been a tricky time in our nation back home,” said Vedder from the stage ...