Baracksdubs

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Baracksdubs
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Created byFadi Saleh
Years active2012–2019
Genre Comedy
Subscribers1.49 million (11 November 2023)
Total views309.3 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]

Contents

Episodes

SongArtistReleasedRef
"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"TraditionalDecember 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"TraditionalDecember 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"TraditionalJanuary 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"Krypto9095November 27, 2019

Media coverage

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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