--- title: DNC: Hillary Clinton's 'Fight Song' Spotify Replacement description: Let us offer some new suggestions canonical: https://time.com/4428928/hillary-clinton-fight-song-beyonce/ author: IDEAS Desk article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-28T17:47:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:37:52.176Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Stop Playing 'Fight Song,' DNC og:description: Here are some nominations for the nominee og:url: https://time.com/4428928/hillary-clinton-fight-song-beyonce/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf24316dc7939eb1/698875e7cd1bbaf4bd6fe969/clinton-beyonce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: clinton-beyonce og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stop Playing 'Fight Song,' DNC twitter:description: Here are some nominations for the nominee twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf24316dc7939eb1/698875e7cd1bbaf4bd6fe969/clinton-beyonce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # DNC: Stop Playing 'Fight Song' > Sponsored content. 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Randy Holmes; Monica Schipper—Getty Images by [IDEAS Desk](https://time.com/author/ideas-desk/) ## IDEAS Desk Jul 28, 2016 5:47 PM UTC Anyone watching the DNC might have enjoyed the [Elizabeth Banks/Jane Fonda/Eva Longoria ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/07/27/elizabeth-banks-jane-fonda-and-eva-longoria-made-a-fight-song-music-video-for-hillary-clinton/)video of Rachel Platten’s “Fight Song.” But like any good ditty, if you put it on repeat, it [gets old](https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2016/07/28/dnc-if-you-play-fight-song-one-more-time-you-will-have-to-fight-me/) [real](https://twitter.com/Anthony/status/758672497575354369) [quick](https://twitter.com/nathanwardinski/status/758705765607612416). Herewith, 5 nominations for the nominee: [**“You Can’t Always Get What You Want” by the Rolling Stones**](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/why-donald-trump-should-have-914367) _No, you can’t always get what you want/_ _You can’t always get what you want/_ _You can’t always get what you want/_ _But if you try sometime you find/_ _You get what you need_ Republicans have recently accused Democrats of appropriating their traditional banner of “[American exceptionalism](https://twitter.com/RichLowry/status/758502853304545280),” and with this, Hillary Clinton embodies manifest destiny too, appropriating the [Republican nominee’s favorite walk-off music ](http://time.com/4318206/rolling-stones-donald-trump-campaign-song-history/)(performed by a British band). [**“Bad Reputation” by Joan Jett**](http://time.com/4394178/hillary-clinton-email-fbi-investigation/) _I don’t give a damn ’bout my reputation/You’re living in the past, it’s a new generation/A girl can do what she wants to do and that’s what I’m gonna do_ Somewhere in the world, Julian Assange types an encrypted :( [**“Think” by Aretha Franklin**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsL9UL9qbv8) _You better think/Think about what you’re trying to do to me/Yeah, think/Let your mind go/Let yourself be free_ Franklin’s “Natural Woman” will forever remind voters of when her rendition [made President Obama](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diwF1-xJwZM) shed a tear. No matter. Clinton selects not even the beloved “Respect,” but instead the lesser known, more difficult anthem. It defies expectations. And the chorus—of just the word “freedom”—resounds through the hall. [**“It’s Gonna Be Me” by \*NSYNC**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQMlWwIXg3M) _Every little thing I do/Never seems enough for you/You don’t wanna lose it again/But I’m not like them_ An obvious—but appreciated—play to Bernie’s millennial holdouts. They, too, shed a tear. [**“Run the World (Girls)” by Beyoncé**](http://time.com/4347887/hillary-clinton-likes-beyonce-lemonade/) _Who run the world?/Girls/Who run the world?/Girls_ Hillary closes her speech and on her the final word of her final sentence—which might go something like, “Let’s continue building America into the greatest nation for all men and women, all boys and g_irls_”—the lights drop out. We hear the wind. Then the synth. Then the drums. The first time the snare hits in a pair, the lights flash with the strikes and we see but do not believe that Hillary has disappeared. _She wouldn’t_. The music continues to build and we hear the murmurs: _girls_. And when the beat drops off and the Queen first declares “Girls!” the lights rise and we see the nominee reclaim the stage. We follow her eyes and we now see him: Bill. She remains still. She beckons him with one finger, he concedes and the tango begins. She is the lead. He grapevine-steps to her. She rebukes him, then returns. They sway together. The words “My persuasion can build a nation” washes over them and the crowd. The tango continues—with overtones of a march. Chelsea and Charlotte appear and fall in line. As does Nancy. And Elizabeth. And Ruth. And Bernie, who practiced. Soon, they fall back. It is only Hillary and Bill again, President and Nominee, Husband and Wife, two in lockstep, persuading a nation. 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