Baracksdubs | |
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YouTube information | |
Created by | Fadi Saleh |
Years active | 2012–2019 |
Genre | Comedy |
Subscribers | 1.49 million (11 November 2023) |
Total views | 309.3 million |
Network | Spare Time Entertainment |
Last updated: 13 November 2023 |
Baracksdubs is a popular YouTube channel and series that uses Barack Obama speeches to create cover songs, generally of popular songs. The channel was created by Fadi Saleh as a then-freshman student of the University of Tennessee. [1] [2] The channel was a Maker Studios partner from 2012 to 2015, [3] [4] when Saleh formed his own company, Spare Time Entertainment. [5]
Song | Artist | Released | Ref |
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"Drink To That" | Rihanna | January 4, 2012 | [1] [2] |
"Born This Way" | Lady Gaga | January 10, 2012 | [6] [7] [8] |
"Sexy and I Know It" | LMFAO | March 26, 2012 | [1] |
"Call Me Maybe" | Carly Rae Jepsen | June 4, 2012 | [9] [10] |
"Boyfriend" | Justin Bieber | June 24, 2012 | [11] |
"What Makes You Beautiful" | One Direction | July 20, 2012 | [12] |
"Hot n Cold" (sung by both Obama and Mitt Romney) | Katy Perry | October 15, 2012 | [13] |
"U Can't Touch This" | MC Hammer | November 6, 2012 | [14] |
"Deck The Halls" | Traditional | December 19, 2012 | [15] |
'SexyBack" | Justin Timberlake | January 21, 2013 | [16] |
"Pokémon Theme" | Jason Paige | February 4, 2013 | [17] |
"Get Lucky" | Daft Punk | June 24, 2013 | [18] |
"All Gold Everything" | Trinidad James | July 15, 2013 | |
"Blurred Lines" (sung only by Bill Clinton) | Robin Thicke | July 23, 2013 | [19] [20] |
"Made in the USA" | Demi Lovato | August 13, 2013 | [21] [22] |
"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 | [23] |
"Do What U Want" | Lady Gaga | January 9, 2014 | [24] |
"Timber" (sung by both Obama and Hillary Clinton) | Pitbull | April 15, 2014 | [25] |
"Birthday" (sung only by Ellen DeGeneres) | Katy Perry | June 10, 2014 | [26] |
"Fancy" | Iggy Azalea | August 5, 2014 | [27] [28] |
"Problem" | Ariana Grande | August 19, 2014 | [29] [30] |
"Uptown Funk" | Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars | January 27, 2015 | [31] |
"Shake it Off" | Taylor Swift | February 9, 2015 | [32] |
"Anaconda" (sung only by the characters of SpongeBob SquarePants) | Nicki Minaj | May 18, 2015 | |
"Can't Feel My Face" | The Weeknd | September 7, 2015 | [33] [34] |
"Thriller" | Michael Jackson | October 28, 2015 | [35] |
"Hotline Bling" | Drake | December 14, 2015 | [36] |
"Jumpman" | Drake | January 5, 2016 | [37] |
"Sorry" | Justin Bieber | January 25, 2016 | [38] [39] |
"Panda" | Desiigner | April 26, 2016 | [40] |
"No" | Meghan Trainor | May 3, 2016 | [41] |
"All I Do Is Win" (sung only by Donald Trump) | DJ Khaled | May 23, 2016 | [42] |
"Work" | Rihanna | May 30, 2016 | [43] |
"Power" (sung only by Bernie Sanders) | Kanye West | June 6, 2016 | [44] |
"One Dance" | Drake | June 27, 2016 | [45] |
"FDT" | YG | July 26, 2016 | [46] |
"Cut It" | O.T. Genasis | August 9, 2016 | |
"Can't Stop the Feeling!" | Justin Timberlake | September 3, 2016 | [47] |
"Stressed Out" | Twenty One Pilots | November 30, 2016 | [48] |
"All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Mariah Carey | December 22, 2016 | [49] [50] |
"Let Me Love You" | DJ Snake | December 26, 2016 | [51] |
"Starboy" | The Weeknd | January 11, 2017 | [52] |
"Alright" | Kendrick Lamar | January 17, 2017 | [53] |
"Happy Birthday to You" | Traditional | January 23, 2017 | |
"Missing you" | Erik Hassle | January 30, 2017 | |
"Respect" | Aretha Franklin | August 18, 2018 | |
"Money" (sung only by Bernie Sanders) | Cardi B | August 21, 2019 | |
"Woah" | Krypto9095 | November 27, 2019 |
The videos have been featured on Huffington Post, [12] [14] [54] Gawker, [9] Rolling Stone, [10] Yahoo!, [11] Mashable , [55] and several other online news publications. [1] [13] [56]
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