Like pro-wrestlers, successful politicians need a good theme tune - something to get the people going before an Ard Fheis speech or a national conference.
We've listed some contemporary and historical examples below, ranging from the clever to the ironic to the bizarre.
Enda Kenny - Born to Run
If you like the blue-collar epics of Bruce Springsteen, and the centre-right politics of Fine Gael, you'll love this Vine.
The Boss demands almost Papal levels of devotion from middle-Ireland: this makes Born to Run a sure-fire hit on the campaign trail.
Key lyric: Ireland's post-Tiger leader walks out to the line "In the day we sweat it out on the streets, of a runaway American Dream" - guess we'll run with it.
Joan Burton - Wake Up
The leader of the Labour party goes for something a bit more modern with Arcade Fire's 2004 indie stomper.
Here's what is looks like when the Arcade Fire play it..
Key lyric: "Children, wake up. Hold your mistake up" - With Labour at 8 percent in the most recent opinion poll it faces a challenge to avoid the faith of other junior coalition partners like the PDs and the Green Party when the next election comes.
Ed Miliband - A Punk
The man-who-would-be Prime Minister has taken to walking to stages while Vampire Weekend's A Punk plays in the background.
Like Miliband, most of the song straddles the fine line between sounding quite smart and incredibly stupid.
Key Lyric: "His Honor drove southward seeking exotica, Down to the Pueblo huts of New Mexico, Cut his teeth on turquoise harmonicas" - Eh, you what??
Nigel Farage - Making Plans for Nigel
While a lot of people accuse Nigel Farage of being a lot of things, a culture vulture probably isn't one of them.
When the Guardian asked him what music he likes he replied: "I don’t listen to music, I don’t watch television, I don’t read."
Key Lyric: "We're only making plans for Nigel" - The key here just seems to be having Nigel in the title/chorus...
John Quincy Adams - Little Know Ye Who's Coming
When this incumbent US president faced a serious challenge from Andrew Jackson in 1828, a special theme tune was composed for the campaign. The lyrics were... well, not exactly subtle. Here's a modern take on the delightful little ditty:
Key lyric: "Fears are comin', tears are comin', Plague and pestilence is comin', Hatin's comin', Satan's comin', If John Quincy not be comin'". Adams did not win the election, and you can decide for yourself whether the musical fear-mongering was justified.
Barack Obama - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
Barack Obama used a number of songs during his two presidential election campaigns, but it was the Stevie Wonder song that probably had the most significant impact. It helped that Mr Wonder himself (and some friends) popped along for some live performances, including this one at the inauguration ball:
Key lyric: "Here I am baby, Oh, you've got the future in your hand" - in a campaign that emphasised a brighter future, the message couldn't have been any clearer and simple than it was here. It helps that the song is incredibly funky.
Saddam Hussein - I Will Always Love You
For his re-election campaign, the Iraqi dictator used Whitney Houston's popular ballad - a very strange combination of politician and song.
Key lyric: "I hope life treats you kind, And I hope you have all you've dreamed of, And I wish you joy and happiness, But above all this I wish you love". The results suggest that Iraqi people loved - or maybe feared - Hussein too. As Slavoj Zizek wrote in the NY Times, "Saddam Hussein got a 100 percent endorsement, and thus overdid the best Stalinist results of 99.95 percent" - when it comes to an authoritarian regime it's not really an 'election' in the way we understand it, and even the campaign song can take on a whole lot of different meanings.
