--- description: 'The Tonight Show' host Jimmy Fallon mixes President Obama and Taylor Swift title: Watch President Obama Sort of Sing 'Shake It Off' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e353a332d5fe1bf/698763c1cd6848831f0976f0/obama-rhode-island.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch President Obama Sort of Sing 'Shake It Off'  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Nov 5, 2014 4:15 PM CUT  President Barack Obama speaks about the economy at Rhode Island College in Providence, R.I. on Oct. 31, 2014. President Barack Obama speaks about the economy at Rhode Island College in Providence, R.I. on Oct. 31, 2014.Evan Vucci—AP  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Nov 5, 2014 4:15 PM CUT _Tonight Show_ host Jimmy Fallon tried to help President Barack Obama on Tuesday by making one of his political speeches a little more catchy — with some Taylor Swift, of course! Obama had a tough night Tuesday as Republicans [won back control](http://time.com/3556003/election-day-midterm-2014-republicans-senate-democrats-obama-mcconnell/ "undefined") of the Senate. But, at the very least today, he can take Taylor’s advice and try to “Shake It Off.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3558491/obama-taylor-swift-television-shake-it-off/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3558491/obama-taylor-swift-television-shake-it-off/"},"headline":"Watch President Obama Sort of Sing 'Shake It Off'","datePublished":"2014-11-05T16:15:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:14:27.400Z","description":"The Tonight Show mixes Obama and Taylor Swift","url":"https://time.com/3558491/obama-taylor-swift-television-shake-it-off/","keywords":["Television","jimmy fallon","The Tonight Show","President Barack Obama"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e353a332d5fe1bf/698763c1cd6848831f0976f0/obama-rhode-island.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e353a332d5fe1bf/698763c1cd6848831f0976f0/obama-rhode-island.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Barack Obama speaks about the economy at Rhode Island College in Providence, R.I. on Oct. 31, 2014.","caption":"President Barack Obama speaks about the economy at Rhode Island College in Providence, R.I. on Oct. 31, 2014.","creditText":"Evan Vucci—AP","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/3558491/obama-taylor-swift-television-shake-it-off/","name":"Watch President Obama Sort of Sing 'Shake It Off'"}}]}] ```