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About

"Fight Song" is a 2015 pop song by American singer-songwriter Rachel Platten. In July 2016, a music video featuring an a cappella cover of the song was released in support of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention, which many mocked online for being cringeworthy.

Origin

On February 19th, 2015, Columbia Records released "Fight Song" as a single for Rachel Platten's EP of the same name. On May 19th, the official music video for the track was released (shown below). Over the next two years, the video gained over 205 million views and 55,900 comments.

Spread

On July 17th, 2015, YouTuber Culter35 uploaded a Twitter-themed music video parody of "Fight Song" (shown below, left). On October 29th, ThePianoGuys YouTube channel uploaded a "Scottish cover" of the song, which gathered more than 11.9 million views and 5,400 comments in nine months (shown below, right).

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On January 5th, 2016, the Nano Active Productions YouTube channel uploaded a Minecraft-themed parody of the song (shown below, left). Within seven months, the video garnered upwards of 2.6 million views and 6,600 comments. On June 14th, The Holdness Family posted a parody version of the song titled "Dad Song" (shown below).

Hillary Clinton's Presidential Campaign

On July 26th, 2016, the Democratic National Convention YouTube channel uploaded an a cappella cover of the song starring various celebrities singing in support of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (shown below). Within one week, the video gained over 1.6 million views and 14,300 comments, with upwards of 30,800 dislikes and 28,100 likes.

On July 28th, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert featured a a parody version of the video starring Stephen Colbert and John Oliver (shown below). The same day, BuzzFeed^[1] published a compilation of negative reactions to the video. The following day, the conservative news site Heat Street^[2] published an article about the negative comments submitted to the video on YouTube.