A Free POTUS Summer Playlist: Pres. Obama Curates 39 Songs for a Summer Day

Like he did last sum­mer, Pres­i­dent Oba­ma has put togeth­er two eclec­tic music playlists–one for a hot sum­mer day, and anoth­er for a sum­mer evening. And they’re both pret­ty chill, the stuff vaca­tions are made of. If you have Spo­ti­fy (down­load it here), you can start stream­ing all of the songs below. And if you want to know more about Clin­ton and Trump’s favorite songs, check out this piece on Rolling Stone.

The Pres­i­den­t’s Sum­mer Playlist: Day­time

1. Love­Hate Thing — Wale
2. Smooth Sailin’ — Leon Bridges
3. Ele­va­tor Oper­a­tor — Court­ney Bar­nett
4. Home — Edward Sharpe and the Mag­net­ic Zeros
5. Many the Miles — Sara Bareilles
6. Tightrope — Janelle Mon­ae
7. Clas­sic Man — Jiden­na
8. So Ambi­tious — Jay‑Z, feat. Phar­rell
9. Me Gus­tas Tu — Manu Chao
10. For­ev­er Begins — Com­mon
11. The Man — Aloe Blacc
12. As We Enter — Nas & Dami­an “Jr. Gong” Mar­ley
13. Sin­ner­man — Nina Simone
14. U Got the Look — Prince
15. Rock Steady — Aretha Franklin
16. Good Vibra­tions — Beach Boys
17. Don’t Owe You A Thang — Gary Clark Jr.
18. Man Like That — Gin Wig­more
19. II B.S. (edit) — Charles Min­gus

The Pres­i­den­t’s Sum­mer Playlist: Night­time

1. If I Have My Way — Chrisette Michelle
2. Espera — Esper­an­za Spald­ing
3. Tell It Like It Is — Aaron Neville
4. Alright — Ledisi
5. Trapped By A Thing Called Love — Denise Lasalle
6. Lady — D’An­ge­lo
7. So Very Hard to Go — Tow­er of Pow­er
8. Mid­night Sun — Car­men McCrae
9. Cucur­ru­cu­cu Palo­ma — Cae­tano Veloso
10. Green Aphro­disi­ac — Corinne Bai­ley Rae
11. I’ll Be There for You / You’re All I Need — Mary J Blige / Method Man
12. Lover Man — Bil­lie Hol­i­day
13. Crim­i­nal — Fiona Apple
14. Acid Rain — Chance the Rap­per
15. My Fun­ny Valen­tine — Miles Davis
16. Do You Feel Me — Antho­ny Hamil­ton
17. I Get Lone­ly — Janet Jack­son
18. Lean In — Lizz Wright
19. All Day Music — War
20. Say Yes — Floetry

via CNN.

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