Will.i.am claims his song 'Yes We Can' won Barack Obama the American presidency in 2008.
The 43-year-old American musician-and-producer created the music video which entirely used quotations from the soon-to-be President of the United States, and despite Obama's campaign having no involvement in the video, the Black Eyed Peas starclaimed it helped Obama get the White House.
Speaking to The i newspaper, he said: "That song went on to tip the election to where Obama became the Democratic nominee because it galvanised the youth. I don't like using the term 'virus', because anyone can catch a virus. I say 'baton' because a baton means effort: you have to run to the nearest person as fast as you can to pass it to them. So that song was baton-able and people shared it, and it was the first time a political figure running for office had a piece of content that gets seen 20 million times in a weekend, and he became the Democratic nominee after that."
The song - which was co-created by Bob Dylan's son Jesse - features a number of singers and actors including Scarlett Johansson, John Legend, Nicole Scherzinger, Tatyana Ali, Harold Perrineau and Aisha Tylor.
Will.i.am - whose real name is William James Adams Jr. - also revealed that his motivation to produce music comes from his mother, Debra Adams.
When asked where his drives comes from, he said: "My mom encouraging me early on. 'Willie, show nanny your grades, make nanny proud'. At the end of the day, it's as innocent as that; that kind of encouragement at the centre of the family builds a person's character.
"And that's what we try to do at my school; offer encouragement."
