--- title: DNC: Watch Celebrities Sing 'Fight Song' at the Convention description: A group of celebrities performed an a cappella version of Hillary Clinton's campaign song for a video showed at the Democratic convention. canonical: https://time.com/4425688/dnc-fight-song-elizabeth-banks-rachel-platten-ester-dean-mandy-moore-sia/ author: Will Drabold article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-27T04:56:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:50.824Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Celebrities Sing 'Fight Song' at the Convention og:description: Here's who's in the video. og:url: https://time.com/4425688/dnc-fight-song-elizabeth-banks-rachel-platten-ester-dean-mandy-moore-sia/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d4bcf96fc5a0bd9/69889f9e0b72e3458b6ea65d/elizabeth-banks.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Actress Elizabeth Banks delivers remarks on day two of the 2016 Democratic National Convention at Wells Fargo Center on July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Celebrities Sing 'Fight Song' at the Convention twitter:description: Here's who's in the video. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d4bcf96fc5a0bd9/69889f9e0b72e3458b6ea65d/elizabeth-banks.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Celebrities Sing 'Fight Song' at the Democratic Convention > Sponsored content. 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Actress Elizabeth Banks delivers remarks on day two of the 2016 Democratic National Convention at Wells Fargo Center on July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Paul Morigi—WireImage by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 27, 2016 4:56 AM UTC A group of celebrities performed an a cappella version of Hillary Clinton’s campaign song for a video showed at the Democratic national convention Tuesday night, though it was not exactly pitch perfect. Introduced by actress Elizabeth Banks, [who also hosted the second night of the convention](http://time.com/4425388/dnc-elizabeth-banks-donald-trump/), the three-minute video featured actors and musicians—not all of whom could hit the notes exactly—performing [Rachel Platten’s “Fight Song,”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo1VInw-SKc) a popular pop song adopted by the Clinton campaign at its rallies. The video drew on Banks’ role in the a cappella “Pitch Perfect” movies while referencing the popular [will.i.am-produced “Yes We Can” video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY) from 2008 featuring celebrities singing along to a Barack Obama speech. A number of the “Pitch Perfect” cast pitched in, including singer-songwriter [Ester Dean](http://time.com/3900440/ester-dean-interview/), [Ben Platt](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4805317/), [Kelley Jakle](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4275908/), [Hana Mae Lee](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2443438/), [Shelley Regner ](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4708985/)and [John Michael Higgins](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0383422/). Actresses America Ferrera and Eva Longoria, two Clinton surrogates who [spoke at the Democratic convention](http://time.com/4425328/dnc-democratic-convention-america-ferrara-lena-dunham-transcript/), also make appearances. Here are some other celebrities in the video: **Musicians:** Platten, Dean, pop singer [Mandy Moore](https://www.instagram.com/mandymooremm/?hl=en), a cappella singer [Mike Tompkins](http://www.tompkins.fm), musical theater singer Ellen Greene, [singer-songwriter Sia](http://time.com/4209769/sia-best-songs-written-for-other-artists-ranked/), Broadway star [Kristin Chenoweth](http://www.officialkristinchenoweth.com) and _Frozen_‘s Idina Menzel. **Actors and actresses:** _Modern Family_‘s Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jane Fonda, _Friday Night Lights_‘ Connie Britton, talk show host Aisha Tyler, Kathy Najimy, _The West Wing_‘s Mary McCormack and director Rob Reiner. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4425688/dnc-fight-song-elizabeth-banks-rachel-platten-ester-dean-mandy-moore-sia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4425688/dnc-fight-song-elizabeth-banks-rachel-platten-ester-dean-mandy-moore-sia/"},"headline":"Watch Celebrities Sing 'Fight Song' at the Democratic Convention","datePublished":"2016-07-27T04:56:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:50.824Z","description":"A group of celebrities performed an a cappella version of Hillary Clinton's campaign song for a video showed at the Democratic convention.","url":"https://time.com/4425688/dnc-fight-song-elizabeth-banks-rachel-platten-ester-dean-mandy-moore-sia/","keywords":["Democratic National Convention","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d4bcf96fc5a0bd9/69889f9e0b72e3458b6ea65d/elizabeth-banks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Drabold","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/will-drabold/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d4bcf96fc5a0bd9/69889f9e0b72e3458b6ea65d/elizabeth-banks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Actress Elizabeth Banks delivers remarks on day two of the 2016 Democratic National Convention at Wells Fargo Center on July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.","caption":"Actress Elizabeth Banks delivers remarks on day two of the 2016 Democratic National Convention at Wells Fargo Center on July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.","creditText":"Paul Morigi—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/democratic-national-convention/","name":"Democratic National Convention"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4425688/dnc-fight-song-elizabeth-banks-rachel-platten-ester-dean-mandy-moore-sia/","name":"Watch Celebrities Sing 'Fight Song' at the Democratic Convention"}}]}] ```