Following Springsteen's April 2008 endorsement of Barack Obama, the Obama campaign began replacing U2's "City of Blinding Lights" with "The Rising" as their commencement-of-rally song.
Nakon što je Springsteen u travnju 2008. podupro Baracka Obamu, Obamina kampanja je počela mijenjati "City of Blinding Lights" sastava U2 s "The Rising" kao pjesmu za početak skupova.