Artist	Song
Brooks & Dunn	Only In America
from The Greatest Hits Collection, Vol. II (2004)
Bruce Springsteen	The Rising
from The Essential Bruce Springsteen (2003)
Woody Guthrie	This Land Is Your Land
from The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1-4 (1999)
Tom Petty	I Won't Back Down
from Full Moon Fever (1989)
Fleetwood Mac	Don't Stop
from Greatest Hits (2004)
Big & Rich With Gretchen Wilson & Cowboy Troy	Our America
from Comin' to Your City (2006)
Frank Sinatra	High Hopes
from The Capitol Years (1990)
Neil Diamond	America
from 12 Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (2006)
Arcadia	Election Day
from So Red The Rose (1991)
John Mellencamp	Our Country
from Freedom's Road (2007)
Sam & Dave	Soul Man
from Rhino Hi-Five: Sam & Dave - EP (2005)
The Who	Won't Get Fooled Again
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Who (1999)
Stevie Wonder	Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
from Signed, Sealed and Delivered (1992)
ABBA	Take a Chance On Me
from ABBA Gold - Greatest Hits (2008)
Bruce Springsteen	Born In the U.S.A.
from Born In the U.S.A. (1984)
John Legend	If You're Out There
from Evolver (2008)
Lee Greenwood	God Bless The U.S.A.
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: Best of Lee Greenwood (2002)
Johnny Clegg & Savuka	One (Hu)'Man One Vote
from Cruel, Crazy, Beautiful World (1999)
Wyclef Jean	President
from Welcome to Haiti - Creole 101 (2004)
Alice Cooper	Elected
from Billion Dollar Babies (2005)
Fatboy Slim	Praise You
from Praise You - EP (2000)
Al Jolson	California, Here I Come
from The Essential Recordings (2005)
Bob Dylan	The Times They Are A-Changin'
from The Essential Bob Dylan (2000)
Deee-Lite	Vote, Baby Vote
from Infinity Within (2008)
Billy Ray Cyrus	We the People
from Southern Rain (2000)
Neil Young	Lookin' for a Leader
from Living With War (2006)
Bob Marley & The Wailers	Smile Jamaica
from Kaya (2001)
Johnny Cash	The One On the Right Is On the Left
from The Essential Johnny Cash (2002)
The Byrds	I Wanna Grow Up to Be a Politician
from The Essential Byrds (2003)
Neil Young	Campaigner
from Decade (2005)
The Farm	All Together Now
from Spartacus (1991)
Canned Heat	Let's Work Together
from Blues Guitar Heroes (2006)
Sweetwater Abilene	Red State Blue State
from Sweetwater Abilene (2005)
Jesse Winchester	Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt
from The Best of Jesse Winchester (2008)
Korn	Politics
from Politics - EP (2006)
Lyle Lovett	Election Day
from My Baby Don't Tolerate (2003)
Cream	Politician
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Cream (2007)
Bruce Springsteen	No Surrender
from Born In the U.S.A. (1984)
Harry Belafonte	Abraham, Martin and John
from Harry Belafonte: All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (1988)
Creedence Clearwater Revival	Fortunate Son
from Chronicle: 20 Greatest Hits (2006)
Monty Python	Election Special
from The Final Rip Off (1990)
Sly & the Family Stone	Stand!
from Greatest Hits (2007)
Al Stewart	Warren Harding
from Past, Present & Future (2006)
John F. Kennedy	Pre-Election Speech (November 6, 1960)
from The Best of the Speeches (1960 - 1963) (2007)
Leonard Cohen	Democracy
from The Essential Leonard Cohen (2002)
Steve Goodman	Election Year Rag
from Steve Goodman (1999)
John Lee Hooker	Democrat Man
from That's My Story (2006)
Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water
from The Best of Simon & Garfunkel (1999)
Billy Bragg & Wilco	Christ for President
from Mermaid Avenue (2007)
Dan Fogelberg	Democracy
from Portrait - The Music of Dan Fogelberg from 1972-1997 (1997)
The O'Jays	Give the People What They Want
from The Ultimate O'Jays (2001)
Sis Cunningham	Mister Congressman
from Broadside Ballads, Vol. 9: Sundown (1976)
2Pac & Outlawz	Letter to the President
from Still I Rise (1999)
The Treniers	(We Want A) Rock and Roll President
from This Is It! (2008)
Sweet Honey In the Rock	Give the People Their Right to Vote!
from The Women Gather (2007)
Randy Newman	A Few Words In Defense of Our Country
from Harps and Angels (2008)
Leadbelly	The Roosevelt Song
from The Library of Congress Recordings: Leadbelly - Let It Shine on Me, Vol. 3 (1991)
Canned Heat	Election Blues
from The Boogie House Tapes Vol 3 (2008)
Sunnyland Slim	Be Careful How You Vote
from Be Careful How You Vote (2005)
Jimmy Durante	Election Campaign Song
from At the Movies: Jimmy Durante (2007)
Oscar Brand	Tyler and Tippecanoe (1840)
from Election Songs of the United States (1960)
Guy Lombardo	Happy Days Are Here Again
from Auld Lang Syne (1998)
Culture	Election
from Chanting On (2008)
Randy Newman	Political Science
from Sail Away (2005)
Brenda Fassie	Black President
from Greatest Hits: The Queen Of African Pop 1964-2004 (2004)
Chicago	Vote for Me
from Chicago XI (2009)
Jack Teagarden	I Swung the Election
from Father of Jazz Trombone (2005)
George Formby	Thanks, Mr. Roosevelt
from The War And Postwar Years - Disc A (2006)
Ella Fitzgerald	Vote for Mr. Rhythm
from Swingsation - Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb (1998)
The Foremen	What Did You Do On Election Day?
from What's Left? (2005)
The Replacements	Election Day
from Pleased to Meet Me (Expanded Edition) (2008)
John Wesley Harding	Election Night
from Dynablob (2007)
Bad Religion	Politics
from How Could Hell Be Any Worse? (2005)
George Scherer	You Told Me So
from The Election Year Waltz (2004)
the Cray and Dempsey experience	Snoop Dogg for President
from Snoop Dogg for President - Single (2005)

Comment:

Like folk hero Woody Guthrie says, "This Land Is Your Land." That means it's we the people who get to say what goes down in the U.S. of A., and just, exactly, who is going to represent the great, glorious humanity that is our country's finest asset. It's tough [i]not[/i] to be feel patriotic when that super-charged Tuesday rolls around, and if the flag flies over different sonic displays of national pride — the stand-up-and-salute country of Brooks & Dunn's "Only In America," the Replacements' ragged-but-right "Election Day" — well, that's as it should be. And so, our fellow Americans, we make a solemn pledge to bring you a long-playing set of [i]Election Songs[/i] Essentials packed with everything from the principled rock crunch of Neil Young's "Lookin' for a Leader," to the sly international diplomacy of Randy Newman's "Political Science," to the better-days pop of Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop."

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