Yes We Can (will.i.am song)
"Yes We Can" is a song produced by The Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am, released as promotional single on February 2, 2008.
This article is about the will.i.am song. For other uses, see Yes We Can (disambiguation)."Yes We Can"
February 2, 2008
Ethernet and Record Plant, Los Angeles, January 31, 2008
4:05
- will.i.am
- Barack Obama
- Jon Favreau
- George Pajon Jr.
- will.i.am
- Mike Jurkovac
- Dylan "3-D" Dresdow (mixed by)
Production[edit]
Although the lyrics are entirely quotations from Obama's concession speech in the New Hampshire presidential primary,[1] the Obama campaign had no involvement in its production.[2] The speech was written by then-Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau.[3] The viral music video, shot in a sparse black-and-white, features Obama's image in collage fashion; the performers, among them celebrities including musicians, singers and actors, echo his words in a hip-hop, call-and-response manner as his voice plays in the background. The song was produced by will.i.am, mixed by Dylan "3-D" Dresdow, and the music video was directed by Jesse Dylan, the son of singer Bob Dylan.[4]