“Fighter” — the new song from Breitbart’s Jon Kahn that pays tribute to former President Donald Trump’s indomitable spirit — soared to the No. 1 spot on iTunes less than 24 hours after its release, making it the most downloaded song on the entire platform. Buoyed by an endorsement from Trump on his Truth Social platform, who called the single an “unexpected honor,” “Fighter” is beating out songs from such notable pop stars as Shaboozey, The Weeknd, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, and Billie Eilish.
The song, co-written by veteran hitmaker Chris Wallin, was still ranked No. 1 on iTunes across all genres of music as of Saturday afternoon, and now the mainstream media is starting to notice. “A New Song Written About Donald Trump Hits No. 1 On ITunes—Here’s How,” read a Forbes headline.
The Forbes piece notes:
“Fighter” by Jon Kahn is No. 1 on iTunes top downloads chart, which ranks songs based on their sales from the iTunes store, but does not appear on Apple Music’s Top 100chart or Spotify’s Top 50 chart for Friday, which rank popular songs based on their number of streams.
BIG NUMBER
269,000. That’s how many YouTube views the official music video for “Fighter” had on YouTube as of noon Friday.
Indeed, on Friday President Trump promoted “Fighter” on his Truth Social and on his Instagram account. “This is now the Number One Song across all charts, about me. Such an unexpected honor!” Trump said on both Truth Social and Instagram.
Truth Social
Kahn thanked President Trump for being the “Fighter America Needs.” During an interview Friday on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily, Kahn was asked about what the takeaway of the song is thus far, and he told host Mike Slater, “to recognize who President Trump really is and what he goes up against and we owe it to him to keep fighting alongside him regardless of what we’re going through in our lives.”
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WATCH:
On Thursday, Fox News’s The Five host Greg Gutfeld played a clip of the “Fighter” music video and asked his audile to “make it stay number 1” on the charts.
“It’s called ‘Fighter.’ It’s all over the place. It’s number 1. Listen to it. Make it stay number 1,” said Gutfeld, host of the top-rated primetime show on Fox, Gutfeld!
I’ve been down
Counted out
Smiling through the taste of blood
In my own mouth
I got bruises
Broken bones
But they don’t know
I ain’t in this ring alone
I’m a fighter
No one can say that I’m a run and hider
I was born to be a do or die-er
A make it righter
Don’t throw that towel just yet
Don’t cash in that last bet
Cause I hit harder when I’m tired
I’m a fighter
I get back up
That’s what I do
I didn’t soldier on this far just to lose
So take your shot
Is that all you got?
I’m a fighter
No one can say that I’m a run and hider
I was born to be a do or die-er
A make it righter
Don’t throw that towel just yet
Don’t cash in that last bet
Cause I hit harder when I’m tired
I’m a fighter
No one can keep me down
They didn’t know but they know now
That I’m a fighter
No one can say that I’m a run and hider
Don’t cash in that last bet
Don’t throw that towel just yet
I’m a fighter
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