Coffee Break: Campaign songs
by Jill Riley and Anna Weggel
August 05, 2020
Neil Young has filed a civil lawsuit against President Trump's reelection campaign. Young's mission: to get Trump supporters to stop rocking out to "Rockin' in the Free World" and "Devil's Sidewalk" at his campaign events and rallies.
That got us thinking about other songs that have been famously used in political campaigns - whether the artist agreed to the use or not.
So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what campaign songs do you want to hear?
Make sure to tell us whose campaigns they were used for!
Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.
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Songs played
Sam and Dave - Soul Man (Bob Dole, 1996)
The Clash - Clampdown (Beto O'Rourke, 2020)
Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 (Elizabeth Warren, 2020 / Hillary Clinton, 2008)
The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (Bernie Sanders, 2020)
Tom Petty - I Won't Back Down (George W. Bush, 2000)
Woody Guthrie - This Land Is Your Land (George Bush, 1988)