1,000 Days, 1,000 Songs (originally called 30 Days, 30 Songs, then 30 Days, 50 Songs) is a musical project launched on October 10, 2016, by Dave Eggers which was originally supposed to release one song per day from then until November 8, 2016, which is Election Day in the United States. Each of the songs is performed by one of 40 musicians or projects, and the songs all advocate against voting for Donald Trump in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. [1] [2] Eggers worked on the project with Jordan Kurland, the owner of Zeitgeist Artist Management. [3] [4] The two of them previously worked on two similar election-related projects, including the "90 Days, 90 Reasons" campaign in 2012. [5] Eggers originally got the idea for the project when attending a Trump rally in Sacramento, California in June 2016. [6] The first song in the project was "Million Dollar Loan" by Death Cab for Cutie.
No. | Artist | Song | Release date |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Death Cab For Cutie | "Million Dollar Loan" | October 10, 2016 [8] |
2 | Aimee Mann | "Can't You Tell?" | October 11, 2016 [9] |
3 | Bhi Bhiman | "With Love From Russia" | October 14, 2016 [10] |
4 | Jim James | "Same Old Lie" | October 13, 2016 [11] |
5 | Franz Ferdinand | "Demagogue" | October 14, 2016 [12] |
6 | Josh Ritter | "The Temptation of Adam" [live] | October 16, 2016 [13] |
7 | Thao | "Before You Vote" | October 16, 2016 [14] |
8 | EL VY | "Are These My Jets?" | October 17, 2016 [15] |
9 | R.E.M. | "World Leader Pretend" [live] | October 14, 2016 [16] |
10 | Ledinsky | "DonaldTrumpMakesMeWannaSmokeCrack [remix]" | October 18, 2016 [17] |
11 | Adia Victoria | "Backwards Blues" | October 19, 2016 [18] |
12 | Moby & The Heartland Choir | "Trump Is on Your Side" | October 20, 2016 [19] |
13 | Moby & The Void Pacific Choir | "Little Failure" | October 20, 2016 [20] |
14 | Lila Downs | "The Demagogue" | October 21, 2016 [21] |
15 | U.S. Elevator feat. Mac McCaughan & Tim Bluhm | "Old Man Trump" | October 22, 2016 [22] |
16 | Vinnie Paz | "Writings on Disobedience and Democracy" | October 23, 2016 [23] |
17 | Jesu/Sun Kil Moon | "The Greatest Conversation Ever in the History of the Universe" | October 24, 2016 [24] |
18 | Filthy Friends | "Despierta" | October 21, 2016 [25] |
19 | Radioinactive feat. Sheila Brody | "Natural Born Loser" | October 25, 2016 [26] |
20 | Andrew St. James | "Makin' It Great Again!" | October 27, 2016 [27] |
21 | Ani DiFranco | "Play God" [live] | October 26, 2016 [28] |
22 | Helado Negro | "Young, Latin and Proud" | August 3, 2015 [29] |
23 | Andrew Bird feat. Jim James | "Sic of Elephants" [live] | October 27, 2016 [30] |
24 | Mirah | "No Guns No Guns" | October 27, 2016 [31] |
25 | clipping. | "Fat Fingers" | October 28, 2016 [32] |
26 | Sam Cohen | "Clockwork" | October 28, 2016 [33] |
27 | Blake Hazard | "Little Situation" | October 29, 2016 [34] |
28 | Wesley Stace | "Mr. Tangerine Man" [live] | October 29, 2016 [35] |
29 | Loudon Wainwright III | "I Had a Dream" [live] | October 30, 2016 [36] |
30 | Cold War Kids | "Locker Room Talk" | October 30, 2016 [37] |
31 | The Cooties feat. Reggie Watts | "Trumpy Trump" | October 31, 2016 [38] |
32 | Mission of Burma | "Panic Is No Option" [live] | November 1, 2016 [39] |
33 | Bob Mould | "In a Free Land" [live] | November 1, 2016 [40] |
34 | Ryan Miller | "The Clown" | November 2, 2016 [41] |
35 | JPEGMafia feat. Freaky | "I Might Vote 4 Donald Trump" | May 20, 2016 [42] |
36 | The Long Winters | "Make America Great Again" | November 3, 2016 [43] |
37 | Open Mike Eagle | "How to Be Super Petty to Your Ex" | November 3, 2016 [44] |
38 | Jimmy Eat World | "My Enemy" | August 30, 2016 [45] |
39 | Kyle Craft | "Before the Wall" | August 11, 2016 [46] |
40 | Local Natives | "Fountain of Youth" [live] | November 5, 2016 [47] |
41 | Anthony D'Amato | "If You're Gonna Build a Wall" | October 21, 2016 [48] |
42 | Greg Holden | "Exactly Like You" | November 5, 2016 [49] |
43 | Laura Gibson and Dave Depper | "And Where Were You?" | November 6, 2016 [50] |
44 | I Said Yes | "Alexander" | August 19, 2016 [51] |
45 | Tim Heidecker | "Trump's Pilot" | November 6, 2016 [52] |
46 | Modern Baseball | "Bart to the Future Part 2: The Musical" | November 7, 2016 [53] |
47 | Joe Purdy | "Maybe We'll All Get Along Someday" | June 10, 2016 [54] |
48 | Drunken Logic | "What a Beautiful Morning!" | November 7, 2016 [55] |
49 | Agents of the Fantastic | "DT Blues" | November 8, 2016 [56] |
50 | Rogue Wave | "Vote for Me Dummy" | November 8, 2016 [57] |
51 | R.E.M. | "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" [live] | January 17, 2017 [58] |
54 | Bhi Bhiman | "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" | January 25, 2017 [59] |
55 | Jim James | "Here in Spirit" | November 18, 2016 [60] |
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