‘Game On’ Tribute to Rick Santorum Hits Million Views [VIDEO]

President Obama may be trying to strike a name for himself as the “singing president,” but Republican White House hopeful Rick Santorum has at least two vocalists in his corner: Camille and Haley Harris of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Together, the girls are “First Love Band,” a country-folk Christian band. They recorded the above song and video for Santorum after meeting him at a campaign event just before Super Tuesday (March 6, 2012).

As of Sunday afternoon, it’s gained more than one million YouTube views.

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“We wrote it Sunday night, March 4 until three in the morning and woke up on March 5 to finish it,” wrote the girls on their YouTube page. “We believe in Santorum’s character and his ability to boldly lead this country in the right direction. It was 100% our idea to write this for them — he deserves it.”

The same day the two sisters uploaded the video, it appeared on the Santorum campaign’s Facebook page. There, it generated more than 1,400 “likes” and 400 “shares.” Santorum’s campaign also tweeted a link and a #GameOn hashtag to more than 170,000 followers:

It was soon picked up by Yahoo, where it got more than 250,000 views, and Fox News, which gave it another 69,000. Almost 16,500 views came from SpreadingSantorum.com, an anti-Santorum website critical of his views on gay marriage.

Since the video was released in early March, the Harris sisters have become celebrities among Santorum supporters. They have appeared, sung and spoken at several of the former Senator’s campaign events.

Mashable has attempted to contact to the Harrises and Santorum’s campaign for any comment on their sudden viral success and their inclusion in Santorum events. We’ll update this post when we get a response.

Is the girls’ video a catchy tune, or does it fall flat? Sound off in the comments below.

This story originally published on Mashable here.

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