Former US President, Barack Obama, has released a playlist of memorable songs that played an important role during his time as president.
It’s become Obama’s tradition to drop a playlist ahead of major events and this comes ahead of the former president releases his new book titled “A Promised Land”.
The book which drops Tuesday is the first volume of his presidential memoirs and it opens up on the story of Obama’s ascent to the White House.
Obama released the 2o track playlist on his official Twitter handle on Tuesday morning with artists like Beyonce, Rihanna, Bob Dylan making the cut amongst others.
“Music has always played an important role in my life—and that was especially true during my presidency. In honor of my book hitting shelves tomorrow, I put together this playlist featuring some memorable songs from my administration. Hope you enjoy it,” he tweeted.
The songs on the playlist include two Beyoncé tracks (including her cover of “At Last,” the Obamas’ first Inaugural Ball dance song), Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” (which Obama memorably played to get pumped up before his 2016 Democratic National Convention speech), songs from Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Gloria Estefan (who were all honored by Obama with the Presidential Medal of Freedom) and The Beatles track “Michelle” (which Paul McCartney performed at the White House for the former first lady when he received the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize from Obama). (US TOday)
