# Baracksdubs

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. The channel was a Maker Studios partner from 2012 to 2015. Afterwards, Saleh formed his own company, Spare Time Entertainment.

## Episodes

| Song | Artist | Released |
| "Drink To That" | Rihanna | January 4, 2012 |
| "Born This Way" | Lady Gaga | January 10, 2012 |
| "Sexy and I Know It" | LMFAO | March 26, 2012 |
| "Call Me Maybe" | Carly Rae Jepsen | June 4, 2012 |
| "Boyfriend" | Justin Bieber | June 24, 2012 |
| "What Makes You Beautiful" | One Direction | July 20, 2012 |
| "Hot n Cold" (sung by both Obama and Mitt Romney) | Katy Perry | October 15, 2012 |
| "U Can't Touch This" | MC Hammer | November 6, 2012 |
| "Deck The Halls" | Traditional | December 19, 2012 |
| 'SexyBack" | Justin Timberlake | January 21, 2013 |
| "Pokémon Theme" | Jason Paige | February 4, 2013 |
| "Get Lucky" | Daft Punk | June 24, 2013 |
| "All Gold Everything" | Trinidad James | July 15, 2013 |
| "Blurred Lines" (sung only by Bill Clinton) | Robin Thicke | July 23, 2013 |
| "Made in the USA" | Demi Lovato | August 13, 2013 |
| "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 |
| "Do What U Want" | Lady Gaga | January 9, 2014 |
| "Timber" (sung by both Obama and Hillary Clinton) | Pitbull | April 15, 2014 |
| "Birthday" (sung only by Ellen DeGeneres) | Katy Perry | June 10, 2014 |
| "Fancy" | Iggy Azalea | August 5, 2014 |
| "Problem" | Ariana Grande | August 19, 2014 |
| "Uptown Funk" | Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars | January 27, 2015 |
| "Shake it Off" | Taylor Swift | February 9, 2015 |
| "Anaconda" (sung only by the characters of SpongeBob SquarePants) | Nicki Minaj | May 18, 2015 |
| "Can't Feel My Face" | The Weeknd | September 7, 2015 |
| "Thriller" | Michael Jackson | October 28, 2015 |
| "Hotline Bling" | Drake | December 14, 2015 |
| "Jumpman" | Drake | January 5, 2016 |
| "Sorry" | Justin Bieber | January 25, 2016 |
| "Panda" | Desiigner | April 26, 2016 |
| "No" | Meghan Trainor | May 3, 2016 |
| "All I Do Is Win" (sung only by Donald Trump) | DJ Khaled | May 23, 2016 |
| "Work" | Rihanna | May 30, 2016 |
| "Power" (sung only by Bernie Sanders) | Kanye West | June 6, 2016 |
| "One Dance" | Drake | June 27, 2016 |
| "FDT" | YG | July 26, 2016 |
| "Cut It" | O.T. Genasis | August 9, 2016 |
| "Can't Stop the Feeling!" | Justin Timberlake | September 3, 2016 |
| "Stressed Out" | Twenty One Pilots | November 30, 2016 |
| "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Mariah Carey | December 22, 2016 |
| "Let Me Love You" | DJ Snake | December 26, 2016 |
| "Starboy" | The Weeknd | January 11, 2017 |
| "Alright" | Kendrick Lamar | January 17, 2017 |
| "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 |

## Media coverage

The videos have been featured on Huffington Post, Gawker, Rolling Stone, Yahoo!, Mashable, and several other online news publications.