Darryl Worley Powerfully Opens Trump Rally With Patriotic Hit “Have You Forgotten?”
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The 2026 midterm election is less than a week away, and President Donald Trump is trying to make the case to voters that things are better under Republican leadership in Congress than under a potential Democrat majority.
Making campaign stops in battleground states nearly every day leading up to the Nov. 3 election, Trump put on a rally in Corinth, Mississippi, on Monday, Oct 26.
Sharing why he believes Mississippi voters should vote to re-elect Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-MS, Trump also took a moment to renew his promise of issuing $5,000 checks for every American adult if Republicans keep the majority in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Just before Trump took the stage, country artist Darryl Worley warmed the crowd up for Trump’s remarks, telling the audience, “This is probably the most important opening act gig I’ve ever had, and the opening act is supposed to get y’all fired up for the president. He’s in the house, let him hear you!”
The crowd then went wild, and he went on to powerfully perform his 2003 hit “Have You Forgotten?,” an ode to the memory of those lost in the 9/11 terror attacks.
Worley’s appearance at the Republican rally comes just a few days after Jason Aldean introduced Trump at an Oct. 24 rally in Perry, Georgia.
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Watch Darryl Worley Sing “Have You Forgotten?” At Trump’s Mississippi Rally
“They asked me to play something that would get the crowd fired up,” Worley said. “About 25 years ago … it was No. 1 for seven weeks in a row.”
Released amid the early years of the War on Terror in the spring of 2003 — just before the start of the war in Iraq — Worley’s “Have You Forgotten?” was No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for seven weeks, and it peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Explaining the song’s success on the charts, Worley said, “It wasn’t anything my record label did. It was chosen by the people.”
From there, he said, “If you look around, pay attention to what’s happenin’ in our nation right now, I think a whole bunch of people have forgotten.”
Of course, 2026 marks the 25th anniversary of the attacks on the towers of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the United Airlines Flight 93.
The song’s chorus powerfully asks the listener to remember the pain of 9/11, with Worley singing:
“Have you forgotten how it felt that day? / To see your homeland under fire / And her people blown away / Have you forgotten when those towers fell? / We had neighbors still inside goin’ through a livin’ hell / And you say we shouldn’t worry ’bout bin Laden / Have you forgotten?”
In the closing chorus, Worley used his newly released revised lyric, powerfully singing, “Now we don’t have to worry ’bout bin Laden.”
That amended lyric — which reflects the 2011 killing by SEAL Team Six of Osama bin Laden — now has the song tell a full story of America through the ongoing conflict against terrorism, and hearing it compelled the audience at the Mississippi rally to cheer.
In a press release, Worley reflected on this performance, stating, “Last night at the rally may have very well been my favorite big moment of my career. Last night I was with my people. I was proud of them and they were proud of me.”
He went on to say:
“I love my country and its people and last night I lit ’em up. Thank you God for such a special moment in time. Thank you President Trump for trusting me with your platform and for the opportunity to fire those good Americans up for your presentation.”
Closing his remarks, Worley said, “This has revived me in a big way and I needed it. I am humbled and I am very grateful. I feel almost like this is the beginning of something special that has been brewing for a long time.”
Watch his performance of “Have You Forgotten?” before Trump took the stage at the rally in Mississippi, here:
Watch Trump’s full speech in Mississippi on Oct. 26, here.
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