"Yes We Can" is a song inspired by a speech delivered by Barack Obama following the 2008 New Hampshire primary. Released on February 2, 2008 by Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am on Dipdive.com and also on YouTube under the username WeCan08,[1] the song features appearances by numerous celebrities (mostly musicians, singers and actors) in support of Sen. 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 Sen. Obama in New Hampshire during the 2008 campaign, his campaign had no involvement in its production.[3] The music video, shot in a sparse black-and-white, features Barack Obama's image in collage fashion; many of the performers, an affirmative hoi polloi who serve as an anti-Greek chorus, echo 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] and on February 2 it was featured on the official Obama campaign blog.[4]
The following celebrities were featured in the song and music video:
Although the lyrics are entirely quotations from a speech delivered by Sen. Obama in New Hampshire during the 2008 campaign, his campaign had no involvement in its production.[3] The music video, shot in a sparse black-and-white, features Barack Obama's image in collage fashion; many of the performers, an affirmative hoi polloi who serve as an anti-Greek chorus, echo 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] and on February 2 it was featured on the official Obama campaign blog.[4]
The following celebrities were featured in the song and music video:
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Tatyana Ali
- Eric Balfour
- Natasha Bedingfield
- Fonzworth Bentley
- Nick Cannon
- Common
- Esthero
- Bryan Greenberg (featured on guitar)
- Herbie Hancock (featured on piano)
- Hill Harper
- Kelly Hu
- Scarlett Johansson
- Ed Kowalczyk (featured on guitar)
- John Legend
- Taryn Manning
- Enrique Murciano
- Yael Naim
- Amaury Nolasco
- Harold Perrineau, Jr.
- Adam Rodríguez
- Nicole Scherzinger
- Shoshannah Stern
- Aisha Tyler
- Amber Valletta
- Kate Walsh
- will.i.am
in time indeed!!lol
