Kamala Harris releases summer playlist

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Presidential hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) released her summer playlist Friday of the “songs she’s listening to while traveling around country,” according to a campaign email.

“I’m a firm believer that we all need to find the time to dance, to sing and to bop our heads a little, so I’m sharing the songs I’m listening to in the car out on the campaign trail this summer,” Harris told Bustle. “Whether we’re driving from Sacramento to Reno or Dubuque to Chicago, this playlist always lifts me up.”

The 46-song list, which can be streamed on Spotify, is a combination of hip-hop, pop and rock records. Harris’s picks range from classics, like “Sun is Shining” by Bob Marley and the Wailers and “Cold Sweat” by James Brown, to new hits, like “Booed Up” by Ella Mai and “Like a Girl” by Lizzo.

The list also includes artists like Mary J. Blige, Beyoncé, Aretha Franklin, A Tribe Called Quest, Ariana Grande, Stevie Wonder, Phil Collins and others. 

Harris chose Blige’s “Work That” as her walkout song at an Iowa Democratic Party celebration earlier this month. 

President Obama first curated a summer playlist on Spotify during the summer of 2015, with picks like Bob Dylan, the Temptations, Mos Def and others.  

Read Harris’s full playlist: 

“Work That” – Mary J. Blige

“Like A Girl” – Lizzo

“Make it Better” – Anderson .Paak ft. Smokey Robinson

“Sun Is Shining” – Bob Marley & the Wailers

“Before I Let Go (Live)” – Beyoncé 

“Push It” – Salt-N-Pepa

“Girl” – Destiny’s Child

“What If” – India.Arie

“Day Dreaming” – Aretha Franklin

“How Long Do I Have To Wait For You?” – Sharon Jones & The Dap- Kings

“Kiss” – Prince

“Preach” – John Legend

“Night Drive” – Ari Lennox

“Girls Like You (feat Cardi B)” – Maroon 5, Cardi B.

“Can I Kick It?” – A Tribe Called Quest

“One Nation Under A Groove” – Funkadelic 

“Somebody Loves You” – Betty Who 

“NASA” – Ariana Grande 

“Higher” – DJ Khaled feat. Nipsey Hussle and John Legend 

“Cold Sweat” – James Brown

“Pastime Paradise” – Stevie Wonder

“Let Me Rock'” – Marc Bassy (Oakland) 

“Dark Skin Women” – GoldLink (DC) 

“Freedom (feat. Kendrick Lamar)” – Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar 

“Reachin’ 2 Much ft. Lalah Hathaway” – Anderson.Paak

“In the Air Tonight” – Phil Collins

“My Soul on Fire” – Laverne Baker

“Journey In Satchidananda” – Alice Coltrane

“Groceries” – Chance the Rapper 

“Booed Up” – Ella Mai

“Talk” – Khalid

“Be Careful (clean)” – Cardi B

“Boy with Luv” – BTS ft. Halsey

“Earfquake” – Tyler, the Creator

“Ride Natty Ride” – Bob Marley and the Wailers

“Patience” – Tame Impala

“Baila Baila Baila” – Ozuna

“MIA” – Bad Bunny 

“Chan Chan” – Buena Vista Social Club

“Ain’t No Stoppin Us Now” – McFadden and Whitehead

“Everybody Loves the Sunshine” – Roy Ayers 

“Zulu Screams” – GoldLink

“A Change is Gonna Come” – Sam Cooke

“Toast” – Koffee

“Got to be Real” – Cheryl Lynn

“Closer” – Goapele

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