The vice presidential candidates are in the spotlight, and so are songs that only made it as far as #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. A few topped out elsewhere. Plus, floating the ticket of John Lee Hooker and Jimmy Reed. Along with a few words in defense of our country.
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine — Gladys Knight & The Pips
- Chain of Fools — Aretha Franklin
- Dancing In The Street — Martha & The Vandellas
- Spinning Wheel — Blood, Sweat & Tears
- You’ve Made Me So Very Happy — Blood, Sweat & Tears
- Vehicle — The Ides of March
- The Horse — Cliff Nobles
- Outa-Space — Billy Preston
- Use Me — Bill Withers
- The Cisco Kid — War
- It’s Your Thing — The Isley Brothers
- What’s Going On — Marvin Gaye
- Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me Girl — The Spinners
- Raspberry Beret — Prince
- Fly Like An Eagle — Steve Miller Band
- Photograph — Nickelback
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams — Green Day
- Complicated — Avril Lavigne
- All I Wanna Do — Sheryl Crow
- Bohemian Rhapsody — Queen
- Easy Lover — Phil Collins & Phillip Bailey
- When Will I Be Loved — Linda Ronstadt
- Barbara Ann — The Beach Boys
- Hello Muddh, Hello Faddah — Allan Sherman
- Vote For Me — Joe Walsh
- We Know — Li-Manuel Miranda
- VEEP Main Theme — Christopher Willis
- Coconut Tree — Kenney Chesney with Willie Nelson
- John Lee Hooker for President — Ry Cooder
- A Few Words in Defense of Our Country — Randy Newman
