# "The Jackal" (on West Wing)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jackal-on-west-wing/273503>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 7, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jackal-on-west-wing/273503 "2004-11-07T16:23:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jackal-on-west-wing/273503/1 "2004-11-07T16:23:51Z")

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When I was home last week, one of the channels seemed to be showing all the episodes of The West Wing back to back. Great fun.

In one episode, CC, the press secretary lip-synchs to something called ‘The Jackal.’

OK, so what is the real name of the song, and is it on iTunes?

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**Author:** ![yastobaal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/258eb7/32.png) [@yastobaal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yastobaal)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jackal-on-west-wing/273503/2 "2004-11-07T18:56:47Z")

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> [@Paul in Saudi](#):
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> When I was home last week, one of the channels seemed to be showing all the episodes of The West Wing back to back. Great fun.
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> In one episode, CC, the press secretary lip-synchs to something called ‘The Jackal.’
> 
> OK, so what is the real name of the song, and is it on iTunes?

I don’t know about iTunes but the song is by Ronny Jordan.

Aparently the actress who plays CJ did it at a party or something once and the writers saw this a put it in an episode.

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jackal-on-west-wing/273503/3 "2004-11-08T05:21:46Z")

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Lots of songs by Ronny Jordan on iTunes, none of them called ‘The Jackal.’ I guess I will have to poke around.

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**Author:** ![tryout1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6de8d8/32.png) [@tryout1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tryout1)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jackal-on-west-wing/273503/4 "2004-11-08T08:06:37Z")

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[http://westwing.bewarne.com/jackal.html](http://westwing.bewarne.com/jackal.html)  
[http://b4a.healthyinterest.net/extras/songs2.html](http://b4a.healthyinterest.net/extras/songs2.html)  
[http://groups.msn.com/TheWestWing/thejackal.msnw](http://groups.msn.com/TheWestWing/thejackal.msnw)

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jackal-on-west-wing/273503/5 "2004-11-08T11:50:50Z")

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Thank you for the information. That CD is not on iTunes. Yet.