Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney (music video)

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"Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney"
Single by Epic Rap Battles of History
Released 15 October 2012
Format Streaming
Genre Rap battle
Length 3:08
Label Maker Studios
Writer(s) Peter Shukoff, Lloyd Ahlquist
Producer(s) Michlle Maloney, Drew Walkup
Certification Gold
Epic Rap Battles of History singles chronology
Frank Sinatra vs Freddie Mercury
(2012)		 Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney
(2012)		 Doc Brown vs. Doctor Who
(2012)
Music video
Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney. Epic Rap Battles of History Season 2. on YouTube

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This article is about the music video in the YouTube series Epic Rap Battles of History. For the 2012 US presidential race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, see United States presidential election, 2012.

Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney is a song and music video, performed by Iman Crosson, Peter "Nice Peter" Shukoff, and Lloyd "EpicLLOYD" Ahlquist. It is the 8th episode of the 2nd season of the YouTube video series Epic Rap Battles of History. The video was released on 15 October 2012 on the show's YouTube channel in anticipation of the 2012 US presidential election.

Music video

The video features President Barack Obama (portrayed by Iman Crosson) and former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney (portrayed by Lloyd Ahlquist) facing off in a rap battle. Following four back-and-forth verses, President Abraham Lincoln (portrayed by Peter Shukoff) interrupts the two and begins rapping against both Obama and Romney.

As of March 2016, the video has received over 120 million views on YouTube.[1]

Lyrics

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Reception

The video was one of the most popular viral videos of 2012[2] and was discussed in a New York Times article.[3]

Awards and nominations

The video was nominated for "Video of the Year" at the 2013 YouTube Music Awards.[4]

Certifications

In July 2013, the song was certified Gold by the RIAA, making ERB the first YouTube channel to do so.[3][5]

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[6] 1× Gold 78,000,000 viewsdagger

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

dagger Since May 2013 RIAA certifications for digital singles include on-demand audio and/or video song streams in addition to downloads.[7]

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