We Asked The Republican Candidates: What's Your Favorite Pizza Song?

Pizza and politics have always been intertwined.  Whether it's Donald Trump and Sarah Palin being chastized for eating pizza with a fork and knife or Herman Cain's Godfather's Pizza skeletons coming back to haunt him, American voters want to know about each candidate's affiliation with pizza.

After Bernie Sanders used a classic pizza song by Simon and Garfunkel in his campaign commercial, we wanted to know what are the candidates favorite pizza songs?  After months of reflection the candidates sat down with The Pizza Collection to explain their picks.

DONALD TRUMP

New York Pizza by Frank Sinatra

""Every Saturday, Frank and I grab a slice in Times Square. He's a close friend."

MARCO RUBIO

Tie: My Pizza from West Side Story 

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The Pizza Connection by Kermit the Frog

"My first pick is very close to my heart because both Tony and Maria's lives could have been spared if only they had been denied entry into this country." 

  

"My second pick is Kermit because I'm nine years old."

 

TED CRUZ

There's No Pizza Like Show Pizza by Ethel Merman

"Call me old fashioned, but Annie Get Your Pizza is the quintessential American pizza musical."

JEB BUSH

You're So Plain by Carly Simon

"I have a close relationship with this song."  

 

BEN CARSON

Don't Worry, Eat Pizza by Bobby McFerrin

"I used to sing this to patients before doing surgery on their brain."

 

CARLY FIORINA

Part Of Your Pizza - The Little Mermaid

"I was hired to direct The Little Mermaid, but Disney ultimately decided to move in a different direction."

 

RICK SANTORUM

Pizza by Kanye West

"I don't really care for pizza, but I love everything Kanye does."

LINDSEY GRAHAM

I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Pizza by Britney Spears

"When I first heard this song I thought Britney wrote it about my life."

MIKE HUCKABEE

I Try by Macy Gray

"Thank you for asking me about this, it's so nice to be included."

CHRIS CHRISTIE

I'm Gonna Eat (500 Slices) by The Proclaimers

"Rubio gets to pick two but I only get one?  What gives?"

 

The Beatles

"I look at all the lonely pizzas"

There have been many great pizza musicians throughout history, but the greatest were undoubtedly The Beatles. Not only are they the best selling pizza artists of all time, but they are the most acclaimed by music and food critics alike.

The Beatles have topped countless Pizza all-time greatest lists, including those by Rolling Stone Magazine, VH1-2, and Zagats. Beyond their massive critical and commercial appeal, the Beatles were also unfathomably influential as recording artists.  In 1967, they became the first band to bring pizza into the studio when George Harrison brought a slice back with him from India and put it in his back pocket while The Beatles were recording Sgt. Pepper.  





Some argue that it was Bob Dylan who first introduced the Beatles to pizza, but this is merely an urban legend. In actuality, Dylan didn’t go pizza until 1968, a full year after The Beatles. The Time Life Pizza Collection is proud to feature many Beatles pizza songs and solo recordings, with more to come in the near future.






While John and Paul went their separate ways, they both continued to sing about pizza.