Celebrity Playlists

Updated June 26, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Here's a sampling of songs some celebrities have loaded on their iPods.

President Bush

• “Centerfield,” John Fogerty
• “Brown-Eyed Girl,” Van Morrison
• “(You’re So Square) Baby, I Don’t Care,” Joni Mitchell
• “The House Is Rockin’,” Stevie Ray Vaughan
• “My Sharona,” The Knack

Lemony Snicket

• “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” Green Day
• “Nobody’s Fault But My Own,” Beck
• “Ramon,” Laurie Anderson
• “Sonata No. 9, Op. 16 ‘Black Mass,’” Vladimir Horowitz
• “One Day Late,” Sam Phillips

Hillary Clinton

• “Hey Jude,” The Beatles
• “Respect,” Aretha Franklin
• “Take It to the Limit,” Eagles
• “Beautiful Day,” U2

Carole King

• “Speed of Sound,” Coldplay
• “Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk,” Rufus Wainwright
• “Pinball Wizard,” The Who
• “Almost Blue,” Diana Krall
• “Talk of the Town,” Pretenders

Tom Brady

• “Dream On,” Aerosmith
• “Lose Yourself,” Eminem
• “Possum Kingdom,” The Toadies
• “If I Can't,” 50 Cent
• “Fell on Black Days,” Soundgarden
• “Bittersweet Symphony,” The Verve
• “Award Tour,” A Tribe Called Quest
• “Mysterious Ways,” U2
• “I Can,” Nas
• “Shiver” Coldplay
• “My Name Is,” Eminem
• “I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For,” U2
• “Jesus Walks,” Kanye West
• “Beast of Burden,” The Rolling Stones
• “Wonderwall,” Oasis
• “Black,” Pearl Jam
• “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” U2
• “Encore,” Jay-Z

Andrew Lloyd Webber

• “David,” Nellie McKay
• “Señorita,” Justin Timberlake
• “Lose Yourself,” Eminem
• “Tosca, Act II, Vissi d'arte,” Maria Callas
• “Jailhouse Rock,” Elvis Presley
• “In Dreams,” Roy Orbison
• “No Matter What,” Boyzone
• “Let's Dance,” David Bowie
• “Sk8er Boi,” Avril Lavigne
• “Love Is Strange,” The Everly Brothers

Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

• “A Horse with No Name,” America
• “Seven Spanish Angels,” Ray Charles, Willie Nelson (Ray Charles & Friends)
• “You Got Lucky,” Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
• “Right Now,” Korn
• “Strange Days,” The Matthew Good Band
• “Rebel Sodville,” Marcy Playground
• “Amanda,” Boston
• “Away from the Sun,” 3 Doors Down
• “The Back of Your Hand,” Dwight Yoakam
• “Caught Up in You,” .38 Special
• “Blown Wide Open,” Big Wreck
• “Seeing Things,” The Black Crowes
• “Chain,” The Fire Theft
• “Sara,” Fleetwood Mac
• “I Can Still Make Cheyenne,” George Strait
• “Sundown,” Gordon Lightfoot
• “Mr. Moon,” O.A.R.
• “King of Pain,” The Police
• “Killing in the Name,” Rage Against the Machine
• “Leather and Lace,” Stevie Nicks & Don Henley
• “Africa,” Toto
• “Tell Me I Was Dreaming,” Travis Tritt

Michael Moore

• “Chimes of Freedom,” Bruce Springsteen
• “We Want It All,” Rage Against the Machine
• “Know Your Rights,” The Clash
• “Where Is the Love?” Black Eyed Peas & Justin Timberlake
• “Hallelujah,” Jeff Buckley

Nick Hornby

• “East,” Marah
• “Stranger in My Own Home Town,” Elvis Presley
• “Go or Go Ahead,” Rufus Wainwright
• “The Seed (2.0),” The Roots & Cody Chestnutt
• “Saint Simon,” The Shins
• “Help Me,” Sonny Boy Williamson
• “In Between Days,” Ben Folds
• “Set You Free,” The Black Keys
• “Hackensack,” Fountains of Wayne
• “Wedding Bell Blues,” Laura Nyro
• “Brooklyn (acoustic version),” Jesse Malin
• “Think It Over,” Allison Moorer
• “One More Song the Radio Won't Like,” Kathleen Edwards
• “Joe's Head,” Kings of Leon

Patti Smith

• “Visite du Vigile,” Miles Davis
• “Two Soldiers,” Bob Dylan
• “Little Girl Blue,” Janis Joplin
• “Somebody to Love,” Jefferson Airplane
• “Orange Crush,” R.E.M.

Source: iTunes, 2006, and The New York Times.