Yes We Sang: Music fueled the campaign

Listen to this. One of the things I enjoyed about this past campaign was the way music played such a key role at influential points. Music, meet social networking. Now anyone can make music about the campaign...and they did. I thought it might be fun to go back and listen to some of the 2008 election tunes. Here they are by genre.

The most popular, I think, is the will.i.am song inspired by Barack's New Hampshire speech: Yes We Can.

How about the flighty Obama Girl's crush.



And the hip hop tribute?




Calypso? Try the Mighty Sparrow.



Speaking of Calypso, this is a cool biography song.




And the last Calypso song chides Sarah Palin. Priceless.



Of course there has to be a Rock and Roll version.




I found this one that I'd never heard before. Shhh... don't tell the King family.




Here's a find from one of our readers. You might remember the Robert Palmer tune from the late 80's. :-)

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And recognizing that music plays such an important role, the Obama Campaign released their own soundtrack for the campaign. You can find it here: http://store.barackobama.com/Yes_We_Can_Voices_of_a_Grassroots_Movement_s/1037.htm

Know of another good one? Let me know.



Now I'm wondering. What kind of music can we expect to support Barack Obama as he governs?