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  Top 5 songs inspired by the 2008 political season… so far

  posted by songspeak | 10.16.08 | permalink | 1 comment

  In every political season, the candidates inspire recording artists to record tributes (or try to cash in) to their chosen candidates. We at Songspeak picked 5 at random, and labeled them ‘top 5′ totally arbitrarily. 1,000 points for us! Here they are:

  # 5: “Barack Obama” - Coco Tea
  Back in March, reggae singer Coco Tea recorded this shout-out tribute to Barack Obama. Never did we realize just how catchy singing someone’s name repeatedly during the chorus could be.

  #4: “Raisin’ McCain” - John Rich
  John Rich, of popular country band Big & Rich, wrote this McCain rally song. He even performed this song at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul.

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  Tags: 2008 presidential election, amber lee ettinger, Barack Obama, big & rich, black eyed peas, coco tea, i got a crush, john legend, john mccain, john rich, moose shootin' mama, obama girl, parasailin', pat garrett, political songs, raisin' mccain, reggae, sarah palin, strausstown, will.i.am, yes we can