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Campaign songs and the singers who wish they weren’t

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18 April 2015

9:00 AM

18 April 2015

9:00 AM

Out of tune

The use of a song, ‘Love Natural’ by the Crystal Fighters, at the launch of the Labour manifesto backfired when the band’s drummer urged people to vote Green instead. Some other campaign songs whose writers disowned the campaign:
— Ronald Reagan used ‘Born in the USA’ by Bruce Springsteen for his re-election campaign against Springsteen’s wishes.

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