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The presidential campaigns have become so dynamic and the candidates and their teams have devised so many tactics that they really deserve to be in politics.

And undoubtedly, songs really do make the campaigns more dramatic and unforgettable.  It turns even the most fiercest audience to tears and suddenly emotional and makes them more connected to the candidate who featured those songs in their campaign.  Picking up songs for a campaign is not an easy task,  the songs have to embody the candidates’ platforms and easy to remember.

So, here are the best presidential campaign songs that candidates have used and should use.

1.  Courtesy of Red, White and Blue by Toby Keith

John McCain has used this in one of his rallies and have to admit,  it speaks for America.  Maybe if McCain wins, he’ll appoint Keith as Secretary of State. All of the new trade agreements will include the “boot up your ass” caveat.

2.  Vote for me by Joe Walsh

This song is an outright expression of pleading for a vote.  Really sounds like a drunk man singing but the lyrics says it all.  This song was actually for a vice-presidential candidate.

3. Happy days are here again by Charles King

Well, this is definitely what the candidates feel.  Another term in office is surely a start of better days coming.

4.  Don’t Stop by Fleetwood Mac

Bill Clinton used this during his presidential campaign in 1992.  And obviously, it did well for him becuase he won.

5. Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen

Ronald Reagan used without Springsteen’s permission.  This song does not resonate campaigning or about elections whatsoever.  Never in history has there been a greater example of missing the point entirely and being blinded by narrow-minded jingoism.

6. Yes, we can by Barack Obama’s supporters

This was inspired by one his speeches.  It was sung by a number of Obama’s Hollywood supporters.

A song can make or break a campaign in certain ways, but at the end of the day in a rally, what matters is that the candidate who’ll use the song will stick to what he or she plans and that these plans are realistic and have good, long-term effects.  Songs have the power to  influence political views. But nevertheless, a campaign would never be complete without a song.