Campaign song - wikipedia Campaign song Campaign songs are songs used by candidates or political campaigns. Most modern campaign songs are upbeat popular songs or original compositions that articulate a positive message about a campaign or candidate, usually appealing to patriotism, optimism, or a good - natured reference to a personal quality of the candidate such as their ethnic origin or the part of the country they are from. In some cases, the campaign song can be a veiled attack on an opposing candidate or party. The use of a campaign song is primarily known in the quadrennial United States presidential election, where both major party candidates usually use one or more songs to identify with their campaign. Contents 1 History in the United States 1.1 Presidential campaign songs 2 References 3 External links History in the United States The origin of campaign songs were partisan ditties used in American political canvasses and more especially in presidential contests. The words were commonly set to established melodies like `` Yankee Doodle, '' `` Hail, Columbia, '' `` Rosin the Bow, '' `` Hail to the Chief '' `` John Brown 's Body, '' `` Dixie '' and `` O Tannenbaum '' ( `` Maryland, My Maryland '' ) ; or to tunes widely popular at the time, such as `` Few Days, '' `` Champagne Charlie, '' `` The Wearing of the Green '' or `` Down in a Coal Mine, '' which served for `` Up in the White House. '' Perhaps the best known of them was `` Tippecanoe and Tyler Too, '' ( in which words by Alexander C. Ross were adapted to the folk tune, `` Little Pigs '' ). First heard at Zanesville, Ohio, this spread rapidly over the country, furnishing a party slogan. It has been said : `` What the Marseilles Hymn was to Frenchmen, ' Tippecanoe and Tyler Too ' was to the Whigs of 1840. '' In 1872 an attempt was made to revive the air for `` Greeley Is the Real True Blue. '' The words, sometimes with music, of campaign songs were distributed in paper - covered song books or `` songsters. '' Among these were the Log Cabin Song Book of 1840 and Hutchinson 's Republican Songster for the presidential campaign of 1860, compiled by J.W. Hutchinson. For many years national campaigns included itinerant stumpspeakers, live animals, fife - and - drum corps, red fire, floats, transparencies and rousing mass meetings in courthouses and town halls. Glee clubs were organized to introduce campaign songs and to lead audiences and matchers in singing them. The songs were real factors in holding the interest of crowds, emphasizing issues, developing enthusiasm and satirizing opponents. With changes in the methods of campaigning, the campaign song declined as a popular expression. Source : Dictionary of American History by James Truslow Adams, New York : Charles Scribner 's Sons, 1940 Presidential campaign songs Election Candidate Song Songwriter / Lyricist 1800 John Adams ( Federalist ) `` Adams and Liberty '' John Stafford Smith and Robert Treat Paine, Jr. 1808 James Madison ( Democratic - Republican ) `` Huzzah for Madison, Huzzah '' 1824 John Quincy Adams ( Democratic - Republican ) `` Little Know Ye Who 's Coming '' Andrew Jackson ( Democratic - Republican ) `` The Hunters of Kentucky '' Samuel Woodworth 1828 Andrew Jackson ( Democratic campaign ) 1840 William Henry Harrison ( Whig ) `` Tippecanoe and Tyler Too '' Alexander Coffman Ross Martin Van Buren ( Democratic ) `` Rock - a-bye Baby '' Traditional 1860 Abraham Lincoln ( Republican ) `` Lincoln and Liberty '' Jesse Hutchinson 1864 `` Battle Cry of Freedom '' George F. Root 1920 Warren G. Harding ( Republican ) `` Harding, You 're the Man for Us '' Al Jolson 1928 Al Smith ( Democratic ) `` Sidewalks of New York '' Charles B. Lawlor and James W. Blake 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt ( Democratic ) `` Happy Days Are Here Again '' Milton Ager and Jack Yellen 1948 Harry S. Truman ( Democratic ) `` I 'm Just Wild About Harry '' Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle 1960 John F. Kennedy ( Democratic ) `` High Hopes '' Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson ( Democratic ) `` Hello Lyndon '' Jerry Herman ( performed by Carol Channing ) Barry Goldwater ( Republican campaign ) `` Go with Goldwater '' Tom McDonnell and Otis Clements 1968 Richard Nixon ( Republican 1968 : campaign ) `` Nixon 's the One '' Moose Charlap and Alvin Cooperman 1972 `` Nixon Now '' Ken Sutherland, performed by the Mike Curb Congregation George McGovern ( Democratic campaign ) `` Bridge over Troubled Water '' Paul Simon 1976 Jimmy Carter ( Democratic ) `` Ode to The Georgia Farmer '' K.E. and Julia Marsh Gerald Ford ( Republican ) `` I 'm Feeling Good about America '' Robert K. Gardner 1980 Ronald Reagan ( Republican 1980 : campaign ) `` California, Here I Come '' Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Meyer 1984 Walter Mondale ( Democratic ) `` Gonna Fly Now '' Bill Conti George H.W. Bush ( Republican ) `` This Land Is Your Land '' Woody Guthrie `` The George Bush Song '' Willie Barrow and Sylvia Johns Cain Michael Dukakis ( Democratic ) `` America '' Neil Diamond Ross Perot ( Independent campaign ) `` Crazy '' Patsy Cline Bill Clinton ( Democratic 1992 : campaign ) `` Do n't Stop '' Fleetwood Mac `` This Is the Moment '' Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse Bob Dole ( Republican ) `` Dole Man '' Sam and Dave 2000 Al Gore ( Democratic campaign ) `` You Ai n't Seen Nothin ' Yet '' Bachman -- Turner Overdrive `` Let the Day Begin '' The Call `` Praise You '' Fatboy Slim George W. Bush ( Republican 2000 : campaign 2004 : campaign ) `` I Wo n't Back Down '' Tom Petty `` We the People '' Billy Ray Cyrus `` Right Now '' Van Halen `` Only in America '' Brooks & Dunn `` Wave on Wave '' Pat Green Howard Dean ( Democratic primary campaign ) `` We Can '' LeAnn Rimes John Kerry ( Democratic campaign ) `` No Surrender '' Bruce Springsteen `` Fortunate Son '' Creedence Clearwater Revival `` Beautiful Day '' U2 2008 Rudy Giuliani ( Republican primary campaign ) `` Take Us Out '' Jerry Goldsmith `` Rudie Ca n't Fail '' The Clash Mike Huckabee ( Republican primary campaign ) `` More Than a Feeling '' Boston Dennis Kucinich ( Democratic primary campaign ) `` Give Peace a Chance '' John Lennon Chris Dodd ( Democratic primary campaign ) `` Get Ready '' The Temptations `` Reach Out I 'll Be There '' Four Tops John Edwards ( Democratic primary campaign ) `` Our Country '' John Mellencamp Hillary Clinton ( Democratic primary campaign ) `` Blue Sky '' Big Head Todd and the Monsters `` Suddenly I See '' KT Tunstall `` You and I '' Celine Dion `` Takin ' Care of Business '' Bachman -- Turner Overdrive `` 9 to 5 '' Dolly Parton `` American Girl '' Tom Petty Cynthia McKinney ( Green campaign ) `` Power to the People '' John Lennon John McCain ( Republican campaign ) `` Take Us Out '' Jerry Goldsmith `` Take A Chance On Me '' ABBA `` Our Country '' John Mellencamp `` Raisin ' McCain '' John Rich Barack Obama ( Democratic 2008 : campaign 2012 : campaign ) `` Yes We Can '' will.i.am `` Better Way '' Ben Harper `` Signed, Sealed, Delivered I 'm Yours '' Stevie Wonder `` City of Blinding Lights '' U2 `` Higher and Higher '' Jackie Wilson `` Think '' Aretha Franklin `` The Rising '' Bruce Springsteen `` Only in America '' Brooks & Dunn 2012 `` We Take Care of Our Own '' Bruce Springsteen Mitt Romney ( Republican campaign ) `` Born Free '' Kid Rock `` It 's America '' Rodney Atkins 2016 John Kasich ( Republican primary campaign ) `` Beautiful Day '' U2 Bernie Sanders ( Democratic primary campaign ) `` America '' Simon & Garfunkel `` Starman '' David Bowie Donald Trump ( Republican campaign ) `` You Ca n't Always Get What You Want '' The Rolling Stones `` God Bless the USA '' Lee Greenwood Hillary Clinton ( Democratic campaign ) `` Fight Song '' Rachel Platten `` Roar '' Katy Perry Ted Cruz ( Republican primary campaign ) `` Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly '' Aaron Tippin Hunters of Kentucky Jackson supporters used this Battle of New Orleans anthem as their campaign song. Problems playing this file ? See media help. Tippecanoe and Tyler too As used in the 1840 campaign. Problems playing this file ? See media help. References Jump up ^ `` HUGHES DECLARES HARDING BEST MAN ; Tells Theatrical Visitors to Marion Nominee Has Courage and Common Sense. HARDING FOR ALL - STAR CAST Country Drifting Under One - Load Activities, He Says, and Americans Want Change. ''. Retrieved 2017 - 06 - 23. Jump up ^ Shanley, John P. ( 1964 - 08 - 21 ). `` ' Hello, Lyndon ! ' Joins Campaign At Democratic Parley Next Week ''. The New York Times. ISSN 0362 - 4331. Retrieved 2017 - 06 - 26. Jump up ^ BRODER, JOHN M. ( 1992 - 11 - 03 ). `` Perot Winds Up Campaign With a New Theme : ' Crazy ' ''. Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458 - 3035. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 30. Jump up ^ Wartofsky, Alona ( 2000 - 04 - 30 ). `` Al Gore, Drawing on Fatboy Slim 's ' Praise ' ''. The Washington Post. ISSN 0190 - 8286. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 11. Jump up ^ `` Fatboy Slim On Gore 's Use Of `` Praise You '' ``. MTV News. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 11. Jump up ^ `` Why Politicians Keep Using Songs Without Artists ' Permission ''. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 30. Jump up ^ Carlson, Margaret ( 2016 - 02 - 09 ). `` John Kasich, Mainstream Outsider ''. Bloomberg View. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 30. Jump up ^ `` Aaron Tippin Responds to Ted Cruz 's Use of His Music ''. The Boot. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 11. Jump up ^ `` Listen up ! Here are the campaign launch songs you need to hear ''. MSNBC. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 11. External links Timely Tunes, Voices Across Time Center for American Music, University of Pittsburgh Library System, University of Pittsburgh. ' Music Minefield ' - a humorous AP interactive with animations. Examines certain candidates Campaign Songs intended and unintended meanings. The Republican campaign songster, for 1860 by William Henry Burleigh. Digitized from the collection of the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Library. Sing a Song of Howard Dean Campaign Jukebox, 2004 model Gone are the days of ' Happy Days Are Here Again. ' Singing to the Oval Office Songs in the Key of Presidency Candidate 's Tunes Hit A Few Sour Notes ' Only in America ' could Obama borrow the GOP 's favorite Brooks and Dunn song Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Campaign_song&oldid=797142110 '' Categories : Election campaigning Political party songs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Edit links This page was last edited on 25 August 2017, at 05 : 44. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: what was the official theme song to george hw bush's 1988 presidential campaign
Answer: "This Land Is Your Land"