Hillary Clinton's staffers have had quite enough of 'Fight Song'

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published 23 August 2016

"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.

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...Anti-"Fight Song" tweets have been favorited by members of Clinton's team — a gesture that could be seen as a silent, social-media scream from a campaign that has cracked down on leaks. Some staffers declined to even anonymously give an assessment of the song for fear of being disciplined. One Clinton aide admitted to initially disliking the song, but the person suggested the star-studded video of it played at the Democratic National Convention improved their opinion of it."The version they played at the convention was actually awesome. It made me stop hating the song, at least temporarily. Like, I'm confident I can handle it for three more months now," the aide said. [Yahoo]

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.

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