A film about Republican President Ronald Reagan, titled “Reagan” and starring Dennis Quaid as the 40th president, is getting an “inspired by” album with a host of artists creating new songs for the effort.

One contributor, a member of the soul-funk band The Commodores, said Just the news he’s not even a fan of President Reagan, although he was captivated by his love affair with former first lady Nancy Reagan.

The CD will also feature tracks from country artists Alabama, Travis Tritt, Tanya Tucker and Marty Stuart, as well as pop artists Wayne Newton and Josh Turner & Kathie Lee Gifford, as well as Christian artist Sweet Comfort Band.

The songs will be available online by the end of the month and the CD “Reagan: Songs Inspired by the Film” will follow shortly thereafter.

The song by Tucker, who won two Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2023, is dubbed “Do We Want to Win” and appears to include political overtones.

“We cry while we buy what they sell for progress; Queue with our sign during the demonstration; Dad’s home, working on a letter to Congress,” she sings.

In another section, she sings: “Trying to wake up, waking up in sleep; Hoping, praying, that Jesus doesn’t count my score.

Tucker said his song was written by Regie Hamm and Chuck Cannon and was about “winning by finding the common ground that we all find ourselves on.” When I heard it, I wanted to share this message with the world.

She also said that “it helps that Quaid is one of my best friends”, and that they both have a song and video coming out soon, called “On My Way to Heaven”.

Reagan’s album also includes a song by rocker Gary Cherone, formerly the lead singer of Van Halen and currently of Extreme, and the filmmakers could also include a previously unreleased track from a prominent artist who has written a song for the project before his death. .

Cherone said Just the news that his song is called “America’s Dream” and that he describes it as “a profession of faith in the great American experiment, this perpetual work in progress to form a more perfect union.” In short, a love letter.

William King, who founded The Commodores with Lionel Richie and others, has written a song that will be performed by Cody Orange, the son of Walter Orange, another founding member of the group famous for 1970s hits like “Brick House », “Three Times a Dame” and “Sail On”.

The king said Just the news that although he was not a fan of Ronald Reagan, he loved the film, especially the romance between him and his wife Nancy, played by Penelope Ann Miller in the film.

“I saw a screening and a song clicked in my head. All I had to do was get to my keyboards,” King said of his contribution, a track called “Always.”

He described it as a love song with the theme: “No matter how far I am from you, you are always close.” This is how I feel about my wife, so I can relate.

King didn’t say what he didn’t like about Reagan’s presidency, or what his current policies were. He said the song he wrote for the soundtrack borrowed a tune from another he wrote ten years earlier for a friend’s wedding.

“You don’t have to be a fan of President Reagan. I’m not even a fan of some people in my own family,” he joked. “Nancy had what he didn’t have, and he had what she didn’t have. Together, they were a force to be reckoned with.

He added: “I didn’t expect the film to be as complete as it was. visually. My wife and I agreed that it was one of the best films we have seen. Politics isn’t my game, but it was a story I wanted to write about.