The Presidents (song)

Infobox Animaniacs song
episode_name = The Presidents


caption = Animanicas screenshot of the Presidents song
season_no = 3
episode_no = 75
airdate = November 11, 1995
episode_theme = The Presidents of the United States of America
singer = Rob Paulsen, Tress MacNeille, Jess Harnell
writer = Randy Rogel &
Tom Ruegger
director =
animator =

"The Presidents" is a song from the children's television series "Animaniacs", sung by Yakko, Wakko, and Dot Warner. The melody of the song is set to the "William Tell Overture", with slight variations. The Warners sing about every United States President that had been in office up to the time that this episode aired in 1995 (every president up to and including Bill Clinton). To make the song entertaining and educational, the Warners include interesting facts about each president as the song progresses. "The Presidents" was later featured on the "Animaniacs" album "Variety Pack" (albeit with slightly altered lyrics), released on Rhino Records.

The song begins with Yakko asking if the listener knows the names of United States Presidents who resided in the White House, and thus had a good view of Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House bathroom.

Although the song attempts to make both historical, political and personal references for each president, many presidents receive only a cursory mention, as though the only notable thing about them was that they were president. The decision of what to include or leave out was probably driven primarily by what would fit nicely in tune with the music.

The song then continues on to say that it doesn't know who will be president next, but no matter who it will be, the press will "distort anything he or she might say" anyway. It then recommends that the president take advantage of Air Force One to escape the press.