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Single by will.i.am feat. Various artists Released February 2, 2008 (YouTube, Dipdive) Recorded Ether and Record Plant, Los Angeles, January 31, 2008 Genre R&B, Ballad Length 4:30 Writer will.i.am, Barack Obama Producer will.i.am will.i.am singles chronology "Here I Come" (2008) "Yes We Can" (2008)
"Yes We Can" is a song inspired by a speech delivered by Barack Obama following the 2008 New Hampshire primary, derived from the union catchcry "Yes we can". The song was released on February 2, 2008 by the Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am on Dipdive.com and also on YouTube under the username 'WeCan08'. [1] Interspliced with footage from the speech, the song features appearances by numerous celebrities (mostly musicians, singers and actors) in support of Senator Obama's 2008 U.S. presidential campaign. The song was produced by will.i.am; the music video was directed by Jesse Dylan, the son of singer Bob Dylan.[2]
Although the lyrics are entirely quotations from a speech delivered by Senator Obama in New Hampshire during the 2008 campaign, his campaign had no involvement in its production.[3] The music viral video, shot in a sparse black-and-white, features Barack Obama's image in collage fashion; the performers comprise a veritable Greek chorus echoing his words in a hip-hop call-and-response manner as his voice plays in the background. The video premiered on the national media on ABC News Now's What's the Buzz entertainment program on February 1, 2008.[2] On February 2 it was featured on the Obama campaign's community blog,[4] and later promoted as a viral video by the campaign on its website.[5]
The song is in English, except the phrase "Yes, we can" in Hebrew at the 1:09 and 1:44 minute marks, Spanish at 1:17 and 1:57, and American Sign Language at 2:04.
Since the original posting on YouTube, the video has been re-posted a number of times by other users and as of 4:00 PM EST, February 9th, 2008, the video had been watched a combined total of over 6.49 million times between all of the postings. It has also been viewed over 3.39 million times on Dipdive, for a combined web total of over 9.88 million viewings.
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1 Guest appearances 2 See also 3 References 4 External links
[edit] Guest appearances The following celebrities were featured in the song and music video (time indicates first appearance on the official dipdive.com version):[6]
will.i.am - 0:01 Scarlett Johansson - 0:05 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - 0:21 Common - 0:23 John Legend - 0:32 Bryan Greenberg (guitar) - 0:37 Kate Walsh - 0:44 Tatyana Ali - 0:44 Harold Perrineau, Jr. - 0:49 Aisha Tyler - 1:01 Samuel Page - 1:03 Enrique Murciano - 1:07 Maya Rubin - 1:08 "Kein Annu Yicholim" (in Hebrew: Yes We Can) Esthero - 1:10 Eric Balfour - 1:23 Nicole Scherzinger - 1:30 Taryn Manning - 1:41 Amber Valletta - 1:52 Auden McCaw (in Valetta's arms) - 1:52 Kelly Hu - 1:52
Adam Rodríguez - 1:56 "Sí se puede"
Eric Christian Olsen - 2:02 Sarah Wright - 2:02 Shoshannah Stern - 2:05 Ed Kowalczyk (guitar) - 2:19 Fonzworth Bentley (violin) - 2:38 Amaury Nolasco - 3:24 Hill Harper - 3:27 Nick Cannon - 3:36 Herbie Hancock (piano) - 3:41 Johnathon Schaech - 3:45 Austin Nichols - 3:50 Tracee Ellis Ross - 4:00 Fred Goldring (guitar) - 4:03
Anson Mount Alfonso Ribeiro Cliff Collins Vera Farmiga
[edit] See also sí se puede
[edit] References ^ YouTube (2008). Yes We Can - Barack Obama Music Video. Retrieved February 3, 2008. ^ a b ABC News (2008). New Celeb-Filled Music Video for Obama. Retrieved February 3, 2008. ^ Huffington Post (2008). Obama's Star-Studded YouTube Music Video. Retrieved February 11, 2008. ^ Obama for America (2008). The 'Yes We Can' Song. Retrieved February 3, 2008. ^ Obama for America (2008). Share this video and invite your friends to join our movement. Retrieved February 5, 2008. ^ Dipdive.com (2008). Credits. Retrieved February 6, 2008.
[edit] External links Wikisource has original text related to this article: Remarks of Senator Barack Obama on New Hampshire Primary Night Dipdive.com Desktop Wallpaper of Lyrics at Flickr.com Yes We Can on Think MTV
[hide]v • d • ewill.i.am Studio albums Lost Change · Must B 21 · Songs About Girls Singles "I Got It from My Mama" · "One More Chance" · "Heartbreaker" · "Yes We Can" Other singles "Beep" · "I Love My Bitch" · "Fergalicious" · "Hip Hop Is Dead" · "A Dream" · "Baby Love" · "I Want You" · "The Girl Is Mine 2008" · "Here I Come" Related articles Black Eyed Peas · Fergie · will.i.am discography
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