# List of songs used for presidential campaigns in the United States

In the United States, candidates running for elected office run a campaign that promotes their platform. In quadrennial presidential elections in the United States, the largest election in the country, candidates and their campaigns will often choose or become associated with a campaign song.

## 19th century

Entries listed in bold indicate the winner of that year's election.
| Election | Candidate | Party | Song | Songwriter / Lyricist |
| 1800 | John Adams | Federalist | "Adams and Liberty" | John Stafford Smith and Robert Treat Paine Jr. |
| 1800 | Thomas Jefferson | Democratic-Republican | "Jefferson and Liberty" | John Stafford Smith |
| 1808 | James Madison | Democratic-Republican | "Huzzah for Madison, Huzzah" | |
| 1824 | John Quincy Adams | Democratic-Republican | "Little Know Ye Who's Coming" | |
| 1824 | Andrew Jackson | Democratic-Republican | "The Hunters of Kentucky"" | Samuel Woodworth |
| 1828 | Andrew Jackson (campaign) | Democratic | "The Hunters of Kentucky"" | Samuel Woodworth |
| 1840 | William Henry Harrison | Whig | "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" | Alexander Coffman Ross |
| 1840 | Martin Van Buren | Democratic | "Rock-a-bye Baby" | Traditional |
| 1860 | Abraham Lincoln | Republican | "Lincoln and Liberty" | Jesse Hutchinson |
| 1864 | Abraham Lincoln | Republican | "Battle Cry of Freedom" | George F. Root |

## 20th century

Entries listed in bold indicate the winner of that year's election.
| Election | Candidate | Party | Song | Songwriter / Lyricist |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding | Republican | "Harding, You're the Man for Us" | Al Jolson |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge | Republican | "Keep Cool and Keep Coolidge" | Bruce Harper and Ida Cheever Goodwin |
| 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 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Republican | We Love the Sunshine of Your Smile | The Pied Pipers and Mark Carter and his Orchestra |
| 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) |
| 1964 | Barry Goldwater campaign) | Republican | "Go with Goldwater" | Tom McDonnell and Otis Clements |
| 1968 | Robert F. Kennedy | Democratic | "Omaha Rainbow" | John Stewart (musician) |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon (campaign) | Republican | "Nixon's the One" | Moose Charlap and Alvin Cooperman |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (campaign) | Republican | "Nixon Now" | Ken Sutherland, performed by the Mike Curb Congregation |
| 1972 | George McGovern (campaign) | Democratic | "Bridge over Troubled Water" | Paul Simon |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter | Democratic | "Ode to the Georgia Farmer" | K.E. and Julia Marsh |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter | Democratic | "Why Not the Best" | Oscar Brand |
| 1976 | Gerald Ford (campaign) | Republican | "I'm Feeling Good About America" | Robert K. Gardner |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (campaign) | Republican | "California, Here I Come" | Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Meyer |
| 1984 | Walter Mondale | Democratic | "Gonna Fly Now" | Bill Conti |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush | Republican | "This Land Is Your Land" | Woody Guthrie |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush | Republican | "The George Bush Song" | Willie Barrow and Sylvia Johns Cain |
| 1988 | Michael Dukakis | Democratic | "America" | Neil Diamond |
| 1992 | Ross Perot (campaign) | Independent | "Crazy" | Willie Nelson |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (campaign) | Democratic | "Don't Stop" | Christine McVie |
| 1996 |
| 1996 | Bob Dole | Republican | "Dole Man" | Isaac Hayes, David Porter, and Sam Moore |

## 21st century

Entries listed in bold indicate the winner of that year's election.
| Election | Candidate | Party | Song | Recording Artist |
| 2000 | Al Gore (campaign) | Democratic | "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" | Bachman–Turner Overdrive |
| 2000 | Al Gore (campaign) | Democratic | "Sir Duke" | Stevie Wonder |
| 2000 | Al Gore (campaign) | Democratic | "Let the Day Begin" | Michael Been |
| 2000 | Al Gore (campaign) | Democratic | "Praise You" | Fatboy Slim |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (campaign) | Republican | "I Won't Back Down" | Tom Petty |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (campaign) | Republican | "We the People" | Billy Ray Cyrus |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (campaign) | Republican | "Right Now" | Van Halen |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (campaign) | Republican | "Only in America" | Brooks & Dunn |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (campaign) | Republican | "Wave on Wave" | Pat Green |
| 2004 | Howard Dean (campaign) | Democratic | "We Can" | LeAnn Rimes |
| 2004 | John Kerry (campaign) | Democratic | "No Surrender" | Bruce Springsteen |
| 2004 | John Kerry (campaign) | Democratic | "Fortunate Son" | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| 2004 | John Kerry (campaign) | Democratic | "Beautiful Day" | U2 |
| 2008 | Rudy Giuliani (campaign) | Republican | "Take Us Out" | Jerry Goldsmith |
| 2008 | Rudy Giuliani (campaign) | Republican | "Rudie Can't Fail" | Joe Strummer and Mick Jones |
| 2008 | Mike Huckabee (campaign) | Republican | "More Than a Feeling" | Boston |
| 2008 | Dennis Kucinich (campaign) | Democratic | "Give Peace a Chance" | John Lennon |
| 2008 | Chris Dodd (campaign) | Democratic | "Get Ready" | Smokey Robinson |
| 2008 | Chris Dodd (campaign) | Democratic | "Reach Out I'll Be There" | Holland–Dozier–Holland |
| 2008 | John Edwards (campaign) | Democratic | "Our Country" | John Mellencamp |
| 2008 | Hillary Clinton (campaign) | Democrat | "Blue Sky" | Todd Park Mohr |
| 2008 | Hillary Clinton (campaign) | Democrat | "Suddenly I See" | KT Tunstall |
| 2008 | Hillary Clinton (campaign) | Democrat | "You and I" | Celine Dion |
| 2008 | Hillary Clinton (campaign) | Democrat | "Takin' Care of Business" | Bachman–Turner Overdrive |
| 2008 | Hillary Clinton (campaign) | Democrat | "9 to 5" | Dolly Parton |
| 2008 | Hillary Clinton (campaign) | Democrat | "American Girl" | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers |
| 2008 | Cynthia McKinney (campaign) | Green | "Power to the People" | John Lennon |
| 2008 | John McCain (campaign) | Republican | "Take Us Out" | Jerry Goldsmith |
| 2008 | John McCain (campaign) | Republican | "Take a Chance on Me" | ABBA |
| 2008 | John McCain (campaign) | Republican | "Our Country" | John Mellencamp |
| 2008 | John McCain (campaign) | Republican | "Raisin' McCain" | John Rich |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (campaign) | Democrat | "Yes We Can" | will.i.am |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (campaign) | Democrat | "Better Way" | Ben Harper |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (campaign) | Democrat | "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" | Stevie Wonder |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (campaign) | Democrat | "City of Blinding Lights" | U2 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (campaign) | Democrat | "Higher and Higher" | Jackie Wilson |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (campaign) | Democrat | "Think" | Aretha Franklin |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (campaign) | Democrat | "The Rising" | Bruce Springsteen |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (campaign) | Democrat | "Only in America" | Brooks & Dunn |
| 2012 | Barack Obama (campaign) | Democratic | "We Take Care of Our Own" | Bruce Springsteen |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (campaign) | Republican | "Born Free" | Kid Rock |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (campaign) | Republican | "It's America" | Rodney Atkins |
| 2016 | John Kasich (campaign) | Republican | "Beautiful Day" | U2 |
| 2016 | Bernie Sanders (campaign) | Democratic | "America" | Paul Simon |
| 2016 | Bernie Sanders (campaign) | Democratic | "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution" | Tracy Chapman |
| 2016 | Bernie Sanders (campaign) | Democratic | "Starman" | David Bowie |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (campaign) | Republican | "You Can't Always Get What You Want" | The Rolling Stones |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (campaign) | Republican | "God Bless the USA" | Lee Greenwood |
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton (campaign) | Democratic | "Fight Song" | Rachel Platten |
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton (campaign) | Democratic | "Roar" | Katy Perry |
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton (campaign) | Democratic | "Brave" | Sara Bareilles |
| 2016 | Rand Paul (campaign) | Republican | "Revolution" | The Beatles |
| 2016 | Ted Cruz (campaign) | Republican | "Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly" | Aaron Tippin |
| 2020 | Beto O'Rourke (campaign) | Democratic | "Clampdown" | The Clash |
| 2020 | Pete Buttigieg (campaign) | Democratic | "High Hopes" | Panic! at the Disco |
| 2020 | Bernie Sanders (campaign) | Democratic | "Seven Nation Army" | The White Stripes |
| 2020 | Bernie Sanders (campaign) | Democratic | "Power to the People" | John Lennon |
| 2020 | Joe Biden (campaign) | Democratic | "We Take Care of Our Own" | Bruce Springsteen |
| 2020 | Joe Biden (campaign) | Democratic | "Higher and Higher" | Jackie Wilson |
| 2020 | Joe Biden (campaign) | Democratic | "Move On Up" | Curtis Mayfield |
| 2020 | Joe Biden (campaign) | Democratic | "We the People" | Booker T. Jones and Carl Smith |
| 2020 | Joe Biden (campaign) | Democratic | "A Sky Full of Stars" | Coldplay |
| 2020 | Kamala Harris (campaign) | Democratic | "Work That" | Mary J. Blige |
| 2020 | Elizabeth Warren (campaign) | Democratic | "9 to 5" | Dolly Parton |
| 2020 | Elizabeth Warren (campaign) | Democratic | "Respect" | Aretha Franklin |
| 2020 | Andrew Yang (campaign) | Democratic | "Return of the Mack" | Mark Morrison |
| 2020 | Jay Inslee (campaign) | Democratic | "Mr. Blue Sky" | Electric Light Orchestra |
| 2020 | Amy Klobuchar (campaign) | Democratic | "The Bullpen" | Dessa |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (campaign) | Republican | "Y.M.C.A." | Village People |
| 2024 | Donald Trump (campaign) | Republican | "Hold On, I'm Comin'" | Sam & Dave |
| 2024 | Nikki Haley (campaign) | Republican | "Eye of the Tiger" | Survivor |
| 2024 | Nikki Haley (campaign) | Republican | "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" | Joan Jett and the Blackhearts |
| 2024 | Nikki Haley (campaign) | Republican | "We Got the Beat" | The Go-Go's |
| 2024 | Ron DeSantis (campaign) | Republican | "Only Here for a Little While" | Billy Dean |
| 2024 | Mike Pence (campaign) | Republican | "Only in America" | Brooks & Dunn |
| 2024 | Vivek Ramaswamy (campaign) | Republican | "Thunder" | Imagine Dragons |
| 2024 | Robert F. Kennedy Jr (campaign) | Independent | "Real American" | Rick Derringer |
| 2024 | Kamala Harris (campaign) | Democratic | "Freedom" | Beyoncé |