2024-10-31
8 分钟For this week’s Global Countdown, Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco tunes in to history to hear some of the best songs that topped the US charts during presidential elections. From a Ray Charles classic to a song that revolutionised R&B and even one of the best-ever ballads – it’s all in there. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
You're listening to the Global Countdown, first broadcast on the briefing on the 31st of October.
You're listening to the Briefing with me, Andrew Muller.
It is the last item on Thursday's show.
It's that time of the week.
And despite all the chairs I pushed up against the studio door, I am joined by Fernando Augusto Pacheco for the Global Countdown.
Fernando, welcome.
And we have another special Global Countdown for you.
I know, I know that they're all.
Special in their own way, but what are you special about this week's?
I think you're gonna like this one because it's.
Fernando, you say that every time.
Not once has that ever happened.
You love a US presidential election.
I know that that is true.
So basically I decided to look historically at some of the best number one songs that topped the charts during US presidential elections.
Okay.
But that took me a lot of time because.
Since 1960, because that's when the charts were founded in the US more or less.
So then of course, they were my favorites, but I think they represent something about the country as well.
You can ask me actually about the other years, I can tell you as well, but we're going to start with a classic.