“The Yes We Can Song”

Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, along with many collaborators have put together a motivational song that was inspired by Barack Obama’s “Yes We Can” speech following the New Hampshire primary. It features, among others, Common, John Legend, Scarlett Johannson, Kareem Abdul Jabbar and even Ed Kowalczyk of +Live+ (Obama epitomizes “The Beauty of Grey”, huh Ed? ). Oddly enough, there is some young lady uttering the ancient language of the Jews (that would be Hebrew) at the 1:40 mark. Who is that?

This video has been over five hundred thousand one million times thus far on YouTube since its launch this past weekend.

Comments

10 Responses to ““The Yes We Can Song””

  1. feygele on February 4th, 2008 3:03 pm

    “Some young lady” is the amazing Yael Naim. She sings in Hebrew, French, and English and is amazing.

  2. Harry on February 4th, 2008 4:34 pm

    Are you sure that is Yael Naim? Why would she be in a song for Obama? And why wouldn’t she be listed in the credits for the song at dipdive.com?

  3. feygele on February 4th, 2008 5:03 pm

    I was basing that on her appearance and voice; when I last checked dipdive, yesterday morning, the page only contained the embedded video and nothing more. Based on looks it could be Maya Rubin who’s speaking Hebrew.

    There is another non-American in the video, so I hadn’t dismissed Yael’s inclusion based on that. (Eshtero is the other.) But based on your comment, I updated the Wiki for this video.

  4. Harry on February 4th, 2008 5:35 pm

    Hi Feygele, thanks.

    By deductive reasoning I concluded that Maya Rubin was the Hebrew speaker. However, this leads to one more question. Who is Maya Rubin? According to IMDB she is an actress whose latest gig was a spot on CSI: NY in 2004.

  5. feygele on February 4th, 2008 5:41 pm

    Very good question. My googling turned up the same info, so… Maybe Will.i.am knows something that we don’t?

  6. D on February 5th, 2008 1:38 am

    it’s def Maya Rubin

    Hollywood actress, originally from Israel

    http://www.mayarubin.net

  7. Isaac on February 5th, 2008 1:43 am

    “Beauty of Grey” huh? Mental Jewelry is such a phenomenal album.

  8. Harry on February 5th, 2008 1:58 am

    Yeah, a phenomenal album indeed. I knew someone would appreciate the reference! The first time I saw Live they were touring with PIL and BADII. I think it was at either the Roxy or the Academy in NYC. Live was so fresh back then. I need to dig that album up….

  9. reader on February 17th, 2008 10:47 am

    It’s Maya Rubin. She gave a kinda long interview to Rafi Reshef on Galei Tzahal last Monday.

  10. Tina Anderson on March 6th, 2008 4:55 pm

    That is a very interesting and inspiring song. Obama’s speech was a fantastic speech to make a song about as well.

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