Hillary Clinton's staffers have had quite enough of 'Fight Song'
"This is my fight song, take back my life song, prove I'm alright song…"
Anyone who has watched a Hillary Clinton rally or speech in the past year has probably heard the chorus of Rachel Platten's 2015 anthem "Fight Song," which has become something of the official song of the Democratic campaign. But especially for staffers and journalists following Clinton on the campaign trail, listening to the feel-good pop song over and over (and over) again has become akin to the Ludovico technique — absolute torture.
"I would rather be strapped to a chair and forced to listen to 'Tiny Dancer' on a loop for 9 hours than hear 'Fight Song' one more time," The Daily Beast's Olivia Nuzzi wrote in what many at this point would consider a sane and reasonable bargain.
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Yahoo reports that even Clinton staffers are trying not to scream and cover their ears when "Fight Song" comes on:
Others offer no compromises. "I hate 'Fight Song.' It's one of the worst songs ever released," Los Angeles Times music critic Gerrick Kennedy said.
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