Yes We Can (will.i.am song)

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music video song

"Yes We Can" is a 2008 song and viral music video by will.i.am that remixes and sets to music Barack Obama’s campaign speech, becoming an influential cultural anthem of his presidential run.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Yes We Can (Obama music video project)	2
"Yes We Can" Obama song	1
Yes We Can (will.i.am song) canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	music video ⓘ song ⓘ
associatedWith	Barack Obama presidential campaign ⓘ
basedOn	song "Yes We Can" (Barack Obama campaign video) ⓘ surface form: Barack Obama speech "Yes We Can"
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	will.i.am ⓘ
describedAs	campaign anthem ⓘ viral video ⓘ
distributedBy	YouTube ⓘ
features	black-and-white video style ⓘ celebrity cameos ⓘ
genre	hip hop ⓘ political song ⓘ pop ⓘ
hasAward	Emmy Award for New Approaches in Daytime Entertainment ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	political communication in social media ⓘ use of viral videos in election campaigns ⓘ
hasMotto	Yes We Can ⓘ surface form: "Yes We Can"
hasMusicVideo	Yes We Can (will.i.am song) music video ⓘ
hasOnlinePlatform	YouTube ⓘ dipdive.com ⓘ
hasSubject	Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign ⓘ 2008 United States presidential election ⓘ surface form: United States presidential election 2008 change ⓘ hope ⓘ political activism ⓘ
hasTagline	Yes We Can (will.i.am song) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: "Yes We Can" Obama song
hasTheme	grassroots political engagement ⓘ optimism about change ⓘ unity ⓘ
inspiredBy	Barack Obama ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricsFrom	Barack Obama New Hampshire primary concession speech ⓘ
narrativeLocation	United States politics ⓘ
notableFor	becoming a viral internet phenomenon in 2008 ⓘ remixing a political speech into a song ⓘ supporting Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential run ⓘ
partOf	Barack Obama 2008 campaign media strategy ⓘ
performer	will.i.am ⓘ
producer	will.i.am ⓘ
productionCompany	will.i.am Music Group ⓘ surface form: will.i.am music group
publisher	dipdive.com ⓘ
recordedIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
releaseDate	2008-02-02 ⓘ
usesChorus	"Yes We Can" slogan ⓘ
videoDirector	Jesse Dylan ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yes We Can → inspired → Yes We Can (will.i.am song) ⓘ

Jesse Dylan → notableWork → Yes We Can (will.i.am song) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yes We Can (Obama music video project)

Jesse Dylan → directed → Yes We Can (will.i.am song) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yes We Can (Obama music video project)

Yes We Can (will.i.am song) → hasTagline → Yes We Can (will.i.am song) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: "Yes We Can" Obama song