If I ran for Governor of Indiana, what would be my campaign song?

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Matt Todd

If I was going to run for Governor of Indiana – and I haven’t decided yet; an announcement is supposed to be coming on Wednesday, remember? – But if I do choose to run for Governor of Indiana, I figure I should have a campaign song ready to use right out the gate. I thought about using “We are the Champions” by Queen, but that’s kind of generated its own controversy this week, so I should probably pass on it.

But, being the recovering Band Geek that I am, I know the power of music. So I know that I need to choose something that communicates what my campaign will be all about. It also needs to inspire. And it won’t hurt if it gets stuck in your head. You know. Like an earworm. So here are the songs that are on my shortlist for a campaign song.

Livin’ on a Prayer, Bon Jovi

The Great Adventure, Steven Curtis Chapman

It’s the End of the World (As We Know It), R.E.M.

Nothin’s Gonna Stop Us Now, Starship

Don’t Worry, Be Happy, Bobby McFerrin

SO, these are my finalists. Unless I think of another one. Then I’ll probably add it to my short list of songs. I think each song is pretty self-explanatory and captures some of the emotions of a dark horse like me trying to become Governor of Indiana. And that’s going to be pretty important for someone like me if I decide to throw my hat in the ring.

That’s, of course, if I decide to seek the GOP nomination now that Mike Pence is out of the race. And that’s a big if. I gigantic if. You might say it’s a HUUUUGE if.

There’s still time to voice your opinion about whether I should run or not. If you think I should not run, tweet this message:

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If you think I should seek the GOP nomination for Governor of Indiana, tweet this message:

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Now, if you’ll excuse me. I’ve got to call my lawyers and get them working on obtaining permission to use these songs for my campaign. Of course, if I don’t get permission, I could wind up getting more media coverage. Right? And that would help with name recognition. And they say that no publicity is bad publicity. But do they really still say that? Because I know of plenty of publicity that’s bad publicity. But the real question is if this would constitute bad publicity.

I don’t know.

But the risk probably isn’t worth the potential reward. After all, I don’t have a huge campaign war chest to pay any potential legal bills for copyright infringement or anything like that. Speaking of money, I really don’t have any money to spend to obtain the usage rights for any of these songs. And I certainly don’t have the money to hire a crack team of lawyers to protect me.

So maybe I’ll have to just find a song that’s available in public domain. Anybody wanna sing “Back Home Again in Indiana” for me?

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Howdy. I'm Matt. My wife, Christy, and I have four kids and two dogs, I'm passionate about orphan care. I'm a die-hard fan of the Evansville Aces, the Indiana Hoosiers, and Star Wars. I'm trying to live life by the Todd family motto: "It behooves us to live!"