Day 2 of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago had some fiery speeches, especially from former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama. However, it was the states’ roll call that really set the tone for the night featuring a fire playlist that’s now on Spotify.
The roll call is a standard event at the convention where delegates from each state as well as Puerto Rico, Guam, America Samoa, the Virgin Islands, Democrats abroad, and Washington, DC have a delegate give a speech usually to hype up their own state as well as the candidate. Tuesday night’s roll call featured DJ Cassidy who had a song on hand to go with each state’s introduction and some of these tracks were real bangers.
The songs had different connections to the states whether it’s a name drop like the B-52s’ “Private Idaho” for the Gem State or “Take Me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver for West Virginia. Most of the songs were from artists from those respective states such as The Killers’ “Mr. Brightside” for Nevada,their home state, “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough” by Michael Jackson for Indiana where he was born, and “Texas Hold ‘Em” by Beyoncé who was born in Houston. Atlanta’s Lil Jon was also in attendance to do a live performance of “Turn Down for What” for his state of Georgia.
Here’s a rundown of the songs for each state:
Alabama: “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Alaska: “Feel It Still” by Portugal. The Man
American Samoa: “Edge of Glory” by Lady Gaga
Arizona: “Edge of Seventeen” by Stevie Nicks
Arkansas: “Don’t Stop” by Fleetwood Mac
California: “California Love” by Tupac and “Not Like Us” by Kendrick Lamar
Colorado: “September” by Earth, Wind Fire
Connecticut: “Signed Sealed, Delivered” by Stevie Wonder
Delaware: “Higher Love” by Whitney Houston and Kygo
Democrats Abroad: “Love Train” by The O’Jays
District of Columbia: “Let Me Clear My Throat” by DJ Kool
Florida: “Won’t Back Down” by Tom Petty
Georgia: “Turn Down for What” by Lil John
Guam: “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter
Hawaii: “24K Magic” by Bruno Mars
Idaho: “Private Idaho” by The B-52s
Illinois: “Sirius” by The Alan Parsons Project
Indiana: “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough” by Michael Jackson
Iowa: “Celebrate” by Kool & the Gang
Kansas: “Carry on Wayward Son” by Kansas
Kentucky: “First Class” by Jack Harlow
Louisiana: “All I Do Is Win” by DJ Khaled
Maine: “Shut Up and Dance” by Walk the Moon
Maryland: “Respect” by Aretha Franklin
Massachusetts: “I’m Shipping up to Boston” by Dropkick Murphys
Michigan: “Lose Yourself” by Eminem
Minnesota: “Kiss” and “1999” by Prince
Mississippi: “Twisting the Night Away” by Sam Cooke
Missouri: “Good Luck, Babe” by Chappell Roan
Montana: “American Woman” by Lenny Kravitz
Nebraska: “Firework” by Katy Perry
Nevada: “Mr. Brightside” by The Killers
New Hampshire: “Don’t Stop Believin’” by Journey
New Jersey: “Born in the USA” by Bruce Springsteen
New Mexico: “Confident” by Demi Lovato
New York: “Empire State of Mind” by Jay Z and Alicia Keys
North Carolina: “Raise Up” by Petey Pablo
North Dakota: “Girl on Fire” by Alicia Keys
Ohio: “Green Light” by John Legend
Oklahoma: “Ain’t Goin Down” by Garth Brooks
Oregon: “Float On” by Modest Mouse
Pennsylvania: “Black and Yellow” by Wiz Khalifa and “Motownphilly” by Boyz II Men
Puerto Rico: “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee
Rhode Island: “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift
South Carolina: “Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine” by James Brown
South Dakota: “What I Like About You” by The Romantics
Tennessee: “9 To 5” by Dolly Parton
Texas: “Texas Hold ‘Em” by Beyoncé
Utah: “Animal” by Neon Trees
Vermont: “Stick Season” by Noah Kahan
Virginia: “The Way I Are” by Timbaland
Washington: “Can’t Hold Us” by Macklemore
West Virginia: “Take Me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver
Wisconsin: “Jump Around” by House of Pain
Wyoming: “I Gotta Feeling” by Black Eyed Peas
Virgin Islands: “VI to the Bone” by Mic Love
The song list made quite a stark difference between the DNC and the Republican National Convention last month. It does seem to help that music artists appear to be more friendly to the Democrats in comparison to the opposition. Donald Trump has been sued numerous times for using artists’ songs without permission while campaigning.
Wednesday night is the third night of the DNC and will feature more music as Pink and John Legend will take the stage along with more than a dozen speakers. Closing out the event will be Minnesota governor and Vice President hopeful Tim Walz.
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— New Liberals 🌐🇺🇦 (@CNLiberalism) August 21, 2024
