“Yes We Can”: An Emotional Song for Change
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The music video "Yes We Can" is a multi-cultural, viral moment that began riding the wave of Obama excitement right on time for Super Tuesday. The music video features a diverse group of celebrities, which includes will.i.am from The Black Eyed Peas, John Legend, Herbie Hancock, Scarlett Johansson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, echoing key Obama phrases in English, Spanish and Hebrew.
It concludes with celebrity faces and voices chanting "Yes We Can" in an emotional crescendo. Designed to uplift, it indirectly calls up comparisons to Martin Luther King Jr.
Photographs, the music video and a slideshow are included.
It concludes with celebrity faces and voices chanting "Yes We Can" in an emotional crescendo. Designed to uplift, it indirectly calls up comparisons to Martin Luther King Jr.
Photographs, the music video and a slideshow are included.
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