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Barack Obama Shares 2023 Summer Playlist Ft. The Rolling Stones, Jorja Smith And More
Udiscovermusic ^ | July 21, 2023 | Tim Peacock

Posted on 07/21/2023 3:56:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway

The former US president’s absorbing new playlist also features Ice Spice, Nicki Minaj and Michael Kiwanuka.

Former President Barack Obama has shared his playlist of his current favorite songs for Summer 2023. His latest picks include selections by The Rolling Stones (“Soul Survivor,”) Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj (“Princess Diana”) Aretha Franklin (“Dr.Feelgood (Love Is A Serious Buisness”) and Jorja Smith (“Try Me”) in addition to cuts from SZA, Boygenius, Pearl Jam, John Coltrane, Janelle Monae, Marvin Gaye and many more.

“Like I do every year, here are some songs I’ve been listening to this summer—a mix of old and new,” Obama tweeted along with his selections. “Look forward to hearing what I’ve missed.” You can see his 2023 Summer Playlist in full below.

Obama has made a twice-yearly habit of sharing lists of his favorite books, music, and movies. His top songs of 2022 included tracks by Rosalía, Maggie Rogers, Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny, with Mdou Moctar, Mitski, the War on Drugs and more receiving those honors in 2021.

In June, when interviewer Hasan Minhaj asked if he really made his own selections for the playlists, the former president offered a gentle defense. “People seem to think, ‘Well, he must’ve had some 20-year-old intern who was figuring out this latest cut,’” he said, continuing, “No, man! It’s on my iPad right now!”

Barack Obama’s Summer 2023 Playlist:

J Hus and Drake: “Who Told You”

SZA: “Snooze”

The Pretenders: “I’ll Stand By You”

Rosalía & Rauw Alejandro: “Vampiros”

Luke Combs: “Fast Car”

Tupac, Roger, & Dr. Dre: “California Love”

Leonard Cohen: “Dance Me to the End of Love” (Live)

Martha Reeves & the Vandellas: “Nowhere to Run”

Nobigdyl.: “Parabolic!”

Jorja Smith: “Try Me”

Burna Boy, 21 Savage: “Sittin’ on Top of the World”

Janet Jackson: “Got ’Til It’s Gone”

La Doña: “Penas con Pan”

The Bangles: “Walk Like an Egyptian”

The Beths: “Watching the Credits”

The War and Treaty: “That’s How Love Is Made”

The Rolling Stones: “Soul Survivor”

Aretha Franklin: “Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business)”

John Coltrane: “Blue Train”

Ice Spice, Nicki Minaj: “Princess Diana”

Toots and the Maytals: “Funky Kingston”

The Righteous Brothers: “Unchained Melody”

Golden Lady: “Stevie Wonder”

Jackson Browne: “Doctor My Eyes”

Ayra Starr: “Sability”

Boygenius: “Not Strong Enough”

Otis Redding: “(Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay”

Bob Dylan: “Everything Is Broken”

Ella Fitzgerald: “Cry Me a River”

Yng Lvcas & Peso Pluma: “LA Bebe (Remix)”

Money Man & Babyface Ray: “Drums”

Nas: “The World Is Yours”

Four Tops: “Reach Out I’ll Be There”

Pearl Jam: “Just Breathe”

J’calm: “Tempted”

Kelela: “Contact”

Marvin Gaye: “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)”

Ike & Tina Turner: “River Deep Mountain High”

Janelle Monáe: “Only Have Eyes 42”

Ashley McBride: “The Devil I Know”

Michael Kiwanuka: “Love & Hate”


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Does, anybody, including his biggest fans, really care?

Does anyone really think he picked these, or he even knows most of them? Which AI did they use to maximize their quadrants?

1 posted on 07/21/2023 3:56:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

He is running in 24


2 posted on 07/21/2023 3:57:58 PM PDT by al baby (Sarcasm )
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Utterly bland playlist. Not a single ounce of Metal or German techno or trance. Boring.


3 posted on 07/21/2023 3:58:49 PM PDT by Mermaid Girl
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4 posted on 07/21/2023 4:04:24 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: nickcarraway

What a weirdo


5 posted on 07/21/2023 4:11:25 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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I’d expect him to have a lot of The Smiths, George Michael, and Boy George.


6 posted on 07/21/2023 4:13:22 PM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum )
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7 posted on 07/21/2023 4:13:25 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: nickcarraway

fuqn Barry.


8 posted on 07/21/2023 4:25:09 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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To: al baby
"...He is running in 24..."

Oh, come on. Big Mike will never run!

9 posted on 07/21/2023 4:35:46 PM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: nickcarraway

Admit it.
We were all waiting to see the list for weeks now.
Every one of us.

Same with Elizabeth Warren’s beach book list.

Spoiler: Her favorite was The Permanent Revolution & Results and Prospects by Leon Trotsky.

Borrowed paperback from AOC who kinda has trouble getting past the first 10 pages of those “deep reads” called books. Wikipedia’s 1-2 pages is better.


10 posted on 07/21/2023 4:37:17 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: BenLurkin

GIF:
Barack admiring his number one favorite person in the whole wide world.

Song list should have Dedicated to the One I Love (myself).


11 posted on 07/21/2023 4:38:34 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: nickcarraway

Right now, somewhere, an FM station is setting up Barack’s Playlist with limited commercial interruptions. Radio is not dead.


12 posted on 07/21/2023 4:41:06 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: al baby

Yes. Lurleen Wallace says hi.


13 posted on 07/21/2023 4:43:38 PM PDT by OKSooner ("That's not my concern.")
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To: nickcarraway

“ Does anyone really think he picked these”

They don’t think it but they believe it

He asked some American to choose these for him

Must be jealous that djt acts as SJ at his galas


14 posted on 07/21/2023 4:46:15 PM PDT by stanne
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What a completely self absorbed Muzzie kenyan faggot...PLZ


15 posted on 07/21/2023 4:58:23 PM PDT by mythenjoseph (Always tired but so grateful American !)
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To: nickcarraway

What, no Village People?


16 posted on 07/21/2023 5:05:02 PM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: frank ballenger

“Radio is not dead.”
All we hear is Radio Ga Ga...
Radio is unlistenable.
Personal playlist on your phone,on your cars system...
It’s always playin’ your favorite songs.


17 posted on 07/21/2023 5:13:23 PM PDT by Right Brigade (It was better before they voted for whats his name,this must be the New World)
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To: nickcarraway

Well the Dylan selection is certainly appropriate.


18 posted on 07/21/2023 5:15:29 PM PDT by bigbob (Q)
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To: nickcarraway

Well the Dylan selection is certainly appropriate.


19 posted on 07/21/2023 5:16:18 PM PDT by bigbob (Q)
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To: nickcarraway

Nope....that’d require work.


20 posted on 07/21/2023 5:16:20 PM PDT by ealgeone
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