Celebrities sing for Barack Obama

Barack Obama's campaign has been given a fresh dose of street-cred thanks to a music video made by Black Eyed Peas rapper will.i.am and film maker Jesse Dylan (son of Bob). The film, Yes We Can, features a host of celebrities including Scarlett Johansson, John Legend and Herbie Hancock, 'dueting' with Obama on emotional passages from the Illinois Senator's speeches. The four-and-a-half minute video was premiered on ABC News on February 1 and has already attracted four million views on YouTube.

Meanwhile a parody clip featuring John McCain's less-than-finest moments has already emerged. Entitled john.he.is the video has notched up a respectable half a million viewers in one day.

FIRST POSTED FEBRUARY 12, 2008