--- title: Obama Says Kendrick Lamar Made His Favorite Song of 2015 description: The First Lady preferred "Uptown Funk," however canonical: https://time.com/4143040/president-obama-kendrick-lamar-michelle-uptown-funk/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-09T18:05:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:14:20.551Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: This Is Obama's Favorite Song of 2015 og:description: The First Lady disagreed og:url: https://time.com/4143040/president-obama-kendrick-lamar-michelle-uptown-funk/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt50b1ed9e6b997177/698874a6524fc0cf46df5d78/president-obama-barack-michelle-kendrick-lamar-music.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US-POLITICS-OBAMA og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Is Obama's Favorite Song of 2015 twitter:description: The First Lady disagreed twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt50b1ed9e6b997177/698874a6524fc0cf46df5d78/president-obama-barack-michelle-kendrick-lamar-music.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Obama Says Kendrick Lamar Made His Favorite Song of 2015 ## Video: Giorgio Moroder Describes the Perfect Pop Dance Song [Watch (HLS stream): Giorgio Moroder Describes the Perfect Pop Dance Song](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/J4PWndMR.m3u8) (1:15)  _Published 2015-02-06. At the age of 74, electronic music producer Giorgio Moroder is releasing his first album in three decades._  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Dec 9, 2015 6:05 PM CUT  President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama step off Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on September 29, 2015. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama step off Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on September 29, 2015.Mandel Ngan—AFP/Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Dec 9, 2015 6:05 PM CUT If for some reason you haven’t yet listened to Kendrick Lamar’s _To Pimp a Butterfly_—and if the album appearing on TIME’s list of [the year’s best](http://time.com/4131352/top-10-albums/ "undefined") didn’t persuade you—perhaps an endorsement from Barack Obama will do the trick. In [an interview with _People_](http://www.people.com/article/barack-obama-michelle-obama-favorite-songs-movies-moments-2015 "undefined"), POTUS and FLOTUS shared their favorite entertainment from 2015\. President Obama says Lamar’s “How Much a Dollar Cost” is his favorite song of the year, while First Lady Michelle Obama said she preferred “Uptown Funk.” (What, no love for Fifth Harmony, who name-checked her on last year’s “[Boss”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4JfPlry-iQ "undefined")?) Perhaps the nation’s commander-in-chief took some recommendations from noted rap fan and [Lollapalooza attendee](http://time.com/3079774/malia-obama-lollapalooza/ "undefined") Malia Obama, who gave Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ a career boost earlier this year when a photograph of her wearing a T-shirt of his group Pro Era surfaced online. Head [over to _People_](http://www.people.com/article/barack-obama-michelle-obama-favorite-songs-movies-moments-2015 "undefined") to see Barack and Michelle’s other choices for their favorite books, movies and TV shows of 2015. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4143040/president-obama-kendrick-lamar-michelle-uptown-funk/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4143040/president-obama-kendrick-lamar-michelle-uptown-funk/"},"headline":"Obama Says Kendrick Lamar Made His Favorite Song of 2015","datePublished":"2015-12-09T18:05:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:14:20.551Z","description":"The First Lady preferred \"Uptown Funk\"","url":"https://time.com/4143040/president-obama-kendrick-lamar-michelle-uptown-funk/","keywords":["Music","Kendrick Lamar","President Obama"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt50b1ed9e6b997177/698874a6524fc0cf46df5d78/president-obama-barack-michelle-kendrick-lamar-music.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt50b1ed9e6b997177/698874a6524fc0cf46df5d78/president-obama-barack-michelle-kendrick-lamar-music.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-POLITICS-OBAMA","caption":"US-POLITICS-OBAMA","creditText":"Mandel Ngan—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4143040/president-obama-kendrick-lamar-michelle-uptown-funk/","name":"Obama Says Kendrick Lamar Made His Favorite Song of 2015"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Giorgio Moroder Describes the Perfect Pop Dance Song","description":"At the age of 74, electronic music producer Giorgio Moroder is releasing his first album in three decades.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/J4PWndMR/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-02-06T22:07:47.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/J4PWndMR.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4143040/president-obama-kendrick-lamar-michelle-uptown-funk/","duration":"PT1M15S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4143040/president-obama-kendrick-lamar-michelle-uptown-funk/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```