Will.i.am's ÔYes We CanÕ video getting plenty of clicks on YouTube

Alexandre Meneghini / AP file

Black Eyed Peas vocalist Will.i.am was inspired to create ÒYes We CanÓ while watching Barack Obama's speech after his second-place finish to Sen. Hillary Clinton in the New Hampshire primary.


LOS ANGELES - In the long history of political campaign theme songs, there has never been one quite like "Yes We Can," starring Barack Obama and a host of A-list celebrities.

For one thing, it's more than a song Ñ it's a viral video hit with almost 1.9 million views on YouTube since being posted last Friday.

There's also the fact that the Obama campaign did not commission the song Ñ the rapper, songwriter and producer will.i.am, frontman for the Black Eyed Peas, says he was inspired to create it while watching Obama's speech after his second-place finish to Sen. Hillary Clinton in the New Hampshire primary....