CHICAGO \u2014 When you think about the sights and sounds of a political convention, you might picture roaring crowds, fiery speakers and clamoring reporters. While all those elements are certainly present at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, music has also been shaping the tone.<\/p>\n
Our journalists at the convention have been keeping track of the songs they\u2019ve heard in and around the United Center.<\/p>\n
DJ Cassidy, a Californian who performed at the Democratic National Convention in 2012, led the party through its delegate roll call vote on Tuesday night. Democrats overwhelmingly approved Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to lead the party\u2019s national ticket.<\/p>\n
During the roll call, states had the chance to showcase their identities via song. Alabama and West Virginia chose expected classics such as \u201cSweet Home Alabama\u201d by Lynyrd Skynyrd and \u201cTake Me Home, Country Roads\u201d by John Denver, respectively. The New York delegation, joined by director and Brooklyn resident Spike Lee, played \u201cEmpire State of Mind\u201d by Alicia Keys and Jay-Z ahead of their vote.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, other delegations used their walk-up songs to highlight artists from their states. Nevada used \u201cMr. Brightside\u201d by The Killers because lead singer Brandon Flowers and guitarist Dave Keuning formed the indie-rock band in Las Vegas in 2001.<\/p>\n
Minnesota played \u201c1999\u201d by Prince, who was born in Minneapolis, as the state\u2019s delegates cast their votes for their governor. Ohio\u2019s delegates cast their votes to the tune of \u201cGreen Light (feat. Andr\u00e9 3000)\u201d by John Legend, who was born and raised in Springfield, Ohio.<\/p>\n
Lil Jon made a surprise appearance during Georgia\u2019s section of the roll call, performing his song \u201cTurn Down For What\u201d as delegates cast their votes for Harris.<\/p>\n
Speakers throughout the convention have taken to the stage with walkout songs as well. Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton walked out to \u201cBrave\u201d by Sara Bareilles and left the stage to \u201cFight Song\u201d by Rachel Platten, catapulting audiences back to her campaign in 2016 that heavily used these songs.<\/p>\n
Before her speech endorsing Harris, former first lady Michelle Obama walked out to \u201cSir Duke\u201d by Stevie Wonder. Former president Barack Obama went with \u201cCity of Blinding Lights\u201d by U2, a song he walked out to at both of his own conventions in 2008 and 2012.<\/p>\n
Throughout the convention, in the ads and around the speeches, Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s \u201cFreedom\u201d is everywhere, including being used to launch Harris\u2019s campaign with her first advertisement. The Grammy-winning artist has given permission to the Harris-Walz campaign to use her music in its promotional videos, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n
The Texas delegation\u2019s introductory song during the roll call also featured Beyonc\u00e9, with \u201cTexas Hold \u2019Em\u201d off her album \u201cCowboy Carter.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Harris-Walz campaign has been leaning heavily into lime-green imagery related to Charli XCX\u2019s latest album, \u201cBrat,\u201d but The Post has yet to hear a song from the British artist played in any official capacity.<\/p>\n
Last month\u2019s Republican National Convention saw performances from Kid Rock, Lee Greenwood and Chris Janson, but it relied more heavily on a smaller set of songs throughout the week. \u201cYMCA\u201d played every single night, with a montage of former president Donald Trump dancing on screens in Fiserv Forum.<\/p>\n
Both conventions played \u201cCelebration\u201d by Kool & The Gang, \u201cI Won\u2019t Back Down\u201d by Tom Petty, and \u201cSweet Home Alabama,\u201d but otherwise there has been little overlap in their soundtracks so far.<\/p>\n
This playlist will continue to update throughout the convention.<\/p>\n
Annah Aschbrenner, Brianna Tucker, Lauren Saks, Brandon Carter, Kyley Sitton, Kati Perry and Kevin Uhrmacher contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
CHICAGO \u2014 When you think about the sights and sounds of a political convention, you might picture roaring crowds, fiery speakers and clamoring reporters. While all those elements are certainly present at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, music has also been shaping the tone. Our journalists at the convention have been keeping track of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8282,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}