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Revision as of 08:52, 7 March 2008
Dipdive.com is a grassroots website supporting the candidacy of Barack Obama for President of the United States.
Yes We Can
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"Yes We Can" is a collage style music video inspired by a speech delivered by Barack Obama following the 2008 New Hampshire primary, derived from similar union catch cries. 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]
Although the lyrics are entirely quotations from Sen. Obama's concession speech in the New Hampshire primary,[2] the Obama campaign had no involvement in its production.[3] The viral music video, shot in a sparse black-and-white, features Barack Obama's image in collage fashion; the performers (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; the music video was directed by Jesse Dylan, the son of singer Bob Dylan.[4] The music video (which Joe Klein of Time later characterized as "brilliant")[5] premiered on the national media on ABC News Now's What's the Buzz entertainment program on February 1, 2008.[4] On February 2 it was featured on the Obama campaign's community blog,[6] and later promoted as a viral video by the campaign on its website.[7]
Since the original posting on YouTube, the video has been re-posted a number of times by other users and as of February 23, 2008, the video had been watched a combined total of more than 11 million times among all of the postings. It has also been viewed more than 4 million times on Dipdive, for a combined web total of more than 15 million viewings.
Guest appearances
The following celebrities were featured in the song and music video (time indicates first appearance on the official dipdive.com version):[8]
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Parodies
It also inspired the spoof songs "john.he.is" and "No You Can't" satirizing the Republican candidate John McCain.[9]. Furthermore, it inspired a similar video [10] by Brown University students that satirized a convocation speech given by their dean, Katherine Bergeron.
We Are The Ones
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On February 29, 2008, will.i.am released another song on DipDive supporting Obama entitled "We Are the Ones". The music video also features celebrities, but is based on their opinions of Obama, with one line spoken by Obama near the end.
Guest Appearances
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See also
- Sí se puede ("Yes, It can be done")
- PODEMOS ("We Can")
References
- ^ YouTube (2008). Yes We Can - Barack Obama Music Video. Retrieved February 3, 2008.
- ^ http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1710721,00.html
- ^ Huffington Post (2008). Obama's Star-Studded YouTube Music Video. Retrieved February 11, 2008.
- ^ a b ABC News (2008). New Celeb-Filled Music Video for Obama. Retrieved February 3, 2008.
- ^ http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1710721,00.html
- ^ 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.
- ^ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1581403/20080212/id_0.jhtml
- ^ YouTube (2008). Loving School. Retrieved March 3, 2008.
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