Barack Obama back with his summer playlist, check out his top songs

Former US President Barack Obama took to Twitter on Saturday to share his summer playlist. His this year’s list consists of 38 songs, including tracks by George Harrison, Silk Sonic, and more. 

“With so many folks getting together with family and friends, there’s a lot to celebrate this summer. Here’s a playlist of songs I’ve been listening to lately—it’s a mix of old and new, household names and emerging artists, and a whole lot in between,” Obama tweeted on Saturday.

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The songs include Migos’ ‘Straightenin,’ Jazmine Sullivan’s ‘Pick Up Your Feelings,’ Rihanna’s ‘Desperado,’ The Rolling Stones’ ‘Tumbling Dice’ and George Harrison’s ‘My Sweet Lord,’ Silk Sonic’s ‘Leave the Door Open,’ Drake‘s ‘Wants and Needs’ and Bob Dylan’s ‘I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight’.

Songs by Bruno Mars, H.E.R, Brandi Carlile also made it to Obama‘s playlist. 

Soon, people took to Twitter to call his choices “excellent.” Some netizens also called him the “coolest president ever.”

However, there were some who were surprised by the including of Masked Wolf’s  ‘Astronaut in the Ocean’ in his playlist and filled Twitter with memes on it. 

On Friday, the 44th President released his summer reading list.

“While we were still in the White House, I began sharing my summer favorites—and now, it’s become a little tradition that I look forward to sharing with you all. So here’s this year’s offering. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did,”  he wrote. 

His reading list included Under a white sky: The nature of the future by Elizabeth Kolbert, When we cease to understand the world by Benjamin Labatut, Things we lost to the water by Eric Nguyen, Empire of pain by Patrick Radden Keefe and Project hail mary by Andy Weir.

During his presidency, Obama started the tradition of sharing his  reading lists and playlists.