Barack's Dubs

Baracksdubs is a popular YouTube channel and series that uses Barack Obama speeches to create cover songs of popular songs. The channel was created by Fadi Saleh as a freshman student of the University of Tennessee.^[1] The channel was a Maker Studios partner from 2012 to 2016.^[2][3]

Episodes

Song	Artist	Released	Ref
"Drink To That"	Rihanna	January 4, 2012	[1]
"Born This Way"	Lady Gaga	January 10, 2012	[4][5][6]
"Sexy and I Know It"	LMFAO	March 26, 2012	[7]
"Call Me Maybe"	Carly Rae Jepsen	June 4, 2012	[8][9]
"Boyfriend"	Justin Bieber	June 24, 2012	[10]
"What Makes You Beautiful"	One Direction	July 20, 2012	[11]
"Hot n Cold" (sung by both Obama and Mitt Romney)	Katy Perry	October 15, 2012	[12]
"U Can't Touch This"	MC Hammer	November 6, 2012	[13]
"Deck The Halls"	Traditional	December 19, 2012	[14]
'SexyBack"	Justin Timberlake	January 21, 2013	[15]
"Gotta Catch 'Em All"	Jason Paige	February 4, 2013	[16]
"Get Lucky"	Daft Punk	June 24, 2013	[17]
"All Gold Everything"	Trinidad James	July 15, 2013
"Blurred Lines" (sung only by Bill Clinton)	Robin Thicke	July 23, 2013	[18][19]
"Made in the USA"	Demi Lovato	August 13, 2013	[20][21]
"Best Song Ever" (sung only by co-anchors on the Today Show)	One Direction	August 23, 2013
"It's All Good" (sung by both Obama and his wife Michelle)	Ne-Yo	October 9, 2013
"Jingle Bells"	Traditional	December 9, 2013	[22]
"Do What U Want"	Lady Gaga	January 9, 2014	[23]
"Timber" (sung by both Obama and Hillary Clinton)	Pitbull	April 15, 2014	[24]
"Birthday" (sung only by Ellen DeGeneres)	Katy Perry	June 10, 2014	[25]
"Fancy"	Iggy Azalea	August 5, 2014	[26][27]
"Problem"	Ariana Grande	August 19, 2014	[28][29]
"Uptown Funk"	Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars	January 27, 2015	[30]
"Shake it Off"	Taylor Swift	February 9, 2015	[31]
"Anaconda" (sung only by the characters of SpongeBob SquarePants)	Nicki Minaj	May 18, 2015
"Can't Feel My Face"	The Weeknd	September 7, 2015	[32][33]
"Thriller"	Michael Jackson	October 28, 2015	[34]
"Hotline Bling"	Drake	December 14, 2015	[35]
"Jumpman"	Drake	January 5, 2016	[36]
"Sorry"	Justin Bieber	January 25, 2016	[37][38]

Media coverage

The videos have been featured on Huffington Post,^[11][13][39] Gawker,^[8] Rolling Stone,^[9] NBC,^[1] Yahoo!,^[10] Mashable,^[40] and several other online news publications.^[7][12][41]

References

1. "UT students' Baracksdubs becomes viral hit". NBC Tennessee. June 7, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
2. "5 Questions With... 5Qs with… Will Keenan, Formerly of Maker Studios". videoink.com. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
3. Arnold, Gage (February 27, 2014). "Creator of 'Baracksdubs' hopes to turn viral videos into vehicle for change". Daily Beacon (University of Tennessee). Retrieved June 18, 2014.
4. "President Obama Sings 'Born This Way' By Lady Gaga In Mashup (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. January 11, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
5. Pfeiffer, Eric (January 12, 2012). "Video: President Obama sings "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga". Yahoo News. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
6. "Obama 'sings' Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way'". USA Today. January 13, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
7. Rheana Murray (March 30, 2012). "Obama sings 'Sexy and I Know It'". New York Daily News. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
8. Louis Peitzman (June 4, 2012). "Finally, Barack Obama Covers 'Call Me Maybe". Gawker. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
9. "President Obama 'Sings' 'Call Me Maybe'". Rolling Stone. June 5, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
10. Melissa Knowles (June 26, 2012). "Viral Video Mashup of President Obama 'Singing' Justin Bieber's 'Boyfriend'". Yahoo!. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
11. "Barack Obama Sings One Direction's 'What Makes You Beautiful' (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. July 23, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
12. Mark Silva (October 16, 2012). "Obama, Romney: 'Hot and Cold' — Web-Fun ala Katy Perry". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
13. "Barack Obama Sings 'U Can't Touch This' (VIDEO)". Huffington Post UK. November 7, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
14. "Obama Sings 'Deck The Halls' (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. December 12, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
15. "Obama Sings 'SexyBack' By Justin Timberlake: BaracksDubs' Inaugural Cover (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. January 22, 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
16. Bishop, Rollin (February 5, 2013). "Here's Barack Obama Singing the Pokémon Theme Song, Because Why Not [Video]". Retrieved December 13, 2013.
17. Locker, Melissa (June 25, 2013). "WATCH: Barack Obama Sings Daft Punk's 'Get Lucky'". Time. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
18. Oldenburg, Ann (July 25, 2013). "Bill Clinton sings 'Blurred Lines'". USA Today. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
19. Locker, Melissa (June 24, 2013). "WATCH: WATCH: Bill Clinton Sings Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines'". Time. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
20. Savage, Lesley (August 16, 2013). "President Obama "sings" Demi Lovato's "Made in the USA"". CBS News. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
21. "Obama Sings 'Made In The USA' By Demi Lovato Thanks To BaracksDubs (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. August 14, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
22. "Barack Obama Sings 'Jingle Bells' Because We've All Been Very Good This Year". Huffington Post. December 10, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
23. Goodman, William (January 9, 2014). "Watch Barack Obama 'Sing' Lady Gaga's 'Do What U Want'". Huffington Post. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
24. "Barack Obama And Hillary Clinton 'Sing' Timber By Pitbull (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. April 16, 2014. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
25. Goodman, William (June 12, 2014). "Ellen DeGeneres Covers Katy Perry's 'Birthday' Without Singing A Single Note". Huffington Post. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
26. Stone, Avery (August 8, 2014). "Barack Obama Gets 'Fancy' In Latest BaracksDubs". Huffington Post. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
27. Somosot, Janice (August 7, 2014). "Iggy Azalea and U.S. President Barack Obama's Fancy YouTube Mash-Up Video: Check It Out Here [WATCH VIDEO]". International Business Times. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
28. Strecker, Erin (August 20, 2014). "Watch President Obama 'Sing' Ariana Grande's 'Problem'". Billboard. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
29. Grossman, Samantha (August 20, 2014). "Watch President Obama Sing Ariana Grande's "Problem" (Sort Of)". Time. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
30. Grossman, Samantha (January 28, 2015). "Watch Barack Obama Sing ‘Uptown Funk’ (Sort Of)". Time. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
31. Boardman, Madeline (February 10, 2015). "President Obama, Charli XCX Cover Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" In Lip Dub, Remix Videos". Us Weekly. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
32. "WATCH: Barack Obama sings 'Can't feel my face' through Presidential speeches". Irish Independent. September 15, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
33. Goodman, Jessica (September 8, 2015). "Barack Obama sings 'Can't Feel My Face' in new 'Barack Dub'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
34. Locker, Melissa (October 29, 2015). "Watch President Obama ‘Sing’ Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’". Time. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
35. Berg, Katie Wilson (December 15, 2015). "Even President Obama Is Remixing Drake's 'Hotline Bling' (Sort Of): Watch". Archived from the original on December 15, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
36. Bieler, Des (January 6, 2016). "Pistons’ amazing promo for Andre Drummond has Obama rapping to Drake’s ‘Jumpman’". Washington Post. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
37. McCluskey, Megan (January 26, 2016). "Watch Barack Obama Sing Justin Bieber’s ‘Sorry’ in This Lip-Dub". Time. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
38. York, Chris (January 27, 2016). "Barack Obama Singing Justin Bieber's 'Sorry' By Baracksdubs Is Spectacular". Huffington Post UK. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
39. "Barack Obama Sings 'Call Me Maybe' By Carly Rae Jepsen (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. June 4, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
40. Brian Anthony Hernandez (May 22, 2012). "'Call Me Maybe' Parody Features Digital Obama, Romney [VIDEO]". Mashable. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
41. Natasha Chandel (June 26, 2012). "President Obama Strikes Again With Justin Bieber 'Boyfriend' Mashup". MTV Newsroom. Retrieved November 8, 2012.