Obama's Al Green Tribute Available as Free Ringtone

President Barack Obama speaks at the Obama Victory Fund Concert at The Apollo Theater in New York.

Shahar Azran/WireImage

President Obama's recent impromptu a cappella performance of Al Green's hit "Let's Stay Together" at a fundraiser at the Apollo Theater in New York last week is now available as a ringtone on his official website. The ringtone captures eight seconds of the President singing the song's hook – "I-I'm, so-oo in love with you" – and can be downloaded for free in files compatible with iPhones and other smartphones.

A video clip of the moment went viral almost immediately upon hitting the internet last week, and garnered the president some positive attention after months of harsh criticism from his Republican rivals. Obama sang a snippet of the song as a tribute to Green, who appeared on stage just before him at the event.

• 
  MUSIC 100 Greatest Debut Albums
• 
  MOVIES 'Star Trek' Is Crazy Good
• 
  TV 10 Shows to Watch This Summer
• 
  POLITICS No Price Big Banks Can't Fix

Song Stories

“Time to Pretend”

MGMT | 2008

Listening to MGMT’s breakthrough song, one might interpret it as being about the excesses of rock stardom, but it’s actually about the duo’s pet praying mantis. Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden told Rolling Stone they got the idea from the insect's jerky movements. The mantis died, but the two bandmates kept the egg sack and allowed the hundreds of eggs to hatch. “We tried to name them all, but they died after a day,” said Goldwasser, with VanWyngarden chiming in, “But the praying mantis dance inspired us.”

More Song Stories entries »

Twitter