Obama & McCain Divulge Top 10 Songs

Blender Magazine recently polled presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain on their top 10 songs, revealing an eclectic selection for both.

Obama’s list of tunes includes classic rock (Rolling Stones), modern hip-hop (Kanye West and will.i.am’s “Yes We Can,” which was produced specifically for his campaign) and R&B (Aretha Franklin and Marvin Gaye), while McCain’s reveals a taste for disco (two ABBA songs made the cut) as well as classics (“Sweet Caroline” by Neil Diamond and “What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong).

Barack Obama:

1. “Ready or Not” – Fugees
2. “What’s Going On” – Marvin Gaye
3. “I’m On Fire Bruce” – Bruce Spingsteen
4. “Gimme Shelter” – The Rolling Stones
5. “Sinnerman” – Nina Simone
6. “Touch the Sky” – Kanye West
7. “You’d Be So Easy to Love” – Frank Sinatra
8. “Think” – Aretha Franklin
9. “City of Blinding Lights” – U2
10. “Yes We Can” – will.i.am

John McCain:

1. “Dancing Queen” – ABBA
2. “Blue Bayou” – Roy Orbison
3. “Take a Chance On Me” – ABBA
4. “If We Make It Through December” – Merle Haggard
5. “As Time Goes By” – Dooley Wilson
6. “Good Vibrations” – The Beach Boys
7. “What A Wonderful World” – Louis Armstrong
8. “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” – Frank Sinatra
9. “Sweet Caroline” – Neil Diamond
10. “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” – The Platters

–Katie Stapleton-Paff