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Live Performances will.i.am Accompanied by John Legend (piano), Agape Choir, and band at the 2008 Democrat National Convention
-In the long history of political campaign theme songs, there has never been one quite like "Yes We Can," starring Barack Obama and a host of A-list celebrities. There's also the fact that the Obama campaign did not commission the song - the rapper, songwriter and producer will.i.am, front man for the Black Eyed Peas, says he was inspired to create it while watching Obama's speech after his second-place finish to Sen. Hillary Clinton in the New Hampshire primary. The song features Obama's voice set to will.i.am's music and melody, plus vocalizations of the speech from Scarlet Johansson, John Legend, Kate Walsh, Common, Nicole Scherzinger, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Herbie Hancock and other celebrity supporters. The chorus is one of Obama's campaign slogans: "Yes We Can." While will.i.am is hoping for an Obama presidency, he says the point of the song was not just to stir up votes but to "remind people how powerful they are. The idea ... doesn't stop because he doesn't win." Black Eyed Peas singer's political video
for Obama is a hit on the Web Associated Press Friday, February 8, 2008
But rarely have celebrities and musicians banded together to create new music in the heat of a presidential campaign. The Black Eyed Peas' frontman, songwriter and producer known as will.i.am, along with director and filmmaker Jesse Dylan, son of another socially active musician, Bob Dylan, released a new song Friday that attempts to do just that. The music video includes excerpts from the Obama speech and appearances from a range of celebrities including: Scarlett Johansson, John Legend, Herbie Hancock, Kate Walsh, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Adam Rodriquez, Kelly Hu, Adam Rodriquez, Amber Valetta and Nick Cannon. New Celeb-Filled Music Video for Obama
Song from Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am Inspired by Obama Speech Feb. 2,
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