Bloodless Coup

What Campaign Song Would You Pick?

So since people are discussing Hillary's choice of a Celine/Air Canada song for her campaign (and The Sopranos spoof she made as an ad for it), I think discussing what we think of as "good" campaign songs is in order. [Disclaimer: I should say I don't care about this one iota in terms of issues or votes or air-time on tv or anything else that really affects who'll lead the country - this isn't a real campaign issues and shouldn't be - I'm simply bring this up for the music/inspirational/ kind of psychy matters tied to how you choose want you want to play at campaign events.] It seems to me that for national appeal you want a famous song, a song that's upbeat, a song that's appealing to a broad group, a song that includes some sort of hopeful or inspirational message. Also, you'd not want a song many find irritating (no "Walkin' on Sunshine" or the like), and you don't want a song made famous by someone's who's evil (to your voters) or a basketcase (so, no Courtney Love songs - a shame that). Does anyone disagree with those criteria? If so, please let me know. And are there other key criteria I'm leaving out? And with all that in mind - if you were a campaign manager, what song would you pick for your candidate? I'll try to think of some possibilities over trivia, and post my picks when I get back in tonight.