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Obama reveals his 44-song shower playlist

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BARACK Obama has Bruce Springstee­n, Beyoncé and The Beatles on his shower playlist.

The former US president has unveiled his top musical picks when he’s having a wash, and he admitted he loves to belt out a song as he’s getting clean.

Speaking on the latest episode of the Renegades: Born in the USA Spotify Original Podcast, Obama told his co-host Bruce Springstee­n: “I sing in the shower, I sing out of the shower.

“I am unembarras­sed about singing ... My daughters and my wife sometimes roll their eyes.”

To let everyone else share in the joy, the 59-year-old politician has shared his 44-song shower playlist on Spotify.

Nine songs by The Boss make the cut, including Born in the USA – both the studio version and a live take recorded at the Walter Kerr Theatre in New York – My Father’s House, Born To Run and My Hometown.

The Fab Four also feature with

Come Together alongside Elvis Presley (All Shook Up), Joni Mitchell (Help Me), Sam Cooke (A Change Is Gonna Come) and Public Enemy (Harder Than You Think).

Obama is also a fan of Beyoncé, with Freedom making the cut and her collaborat­or Kendrick Lamar appears elsewhere with King Kunta.

Springstee­n and Obama have been candid on their podcast, with Obama recently opening up on his childhood experience­s with racism.

He said: “Listen, when I was in school, I had a friend. We played basketball together. And one time we got into a fight, and he called me a c***.

“Now, first of all, ain’t no c***s in Hawaii, right? It’s one of those things where he might not even have known what a c*** was. What he knew was, ‘I can hurt you by saying this’.” | AP

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