Slam Dunk (Da Funk)

"Slam Dunk (Da Funk)"
The band members are in a bright white room standing on a silver scaffolding with the band logo on the top-right corner.
Single by Five
from the album 5ive
B-side Straight Up Funk
Released 1 December 1997
Format CD single, Cassette single
Recorded 1997
Cheiron Studios
(Stockholm, Sweden)
Genre Dance-pop, pop-rap, funk
Length 3:34
Label BMG Records, RCA
Writer(s) Denniz Pop, Max Martin, Norman Tebbit, Jake Schulze, Herbie Crichlow
Producer(s) Denniz Pop, Max Martin, Jake Schulze
Five singles chronology
"Slam Dunk (Da Funk)"
(1997)		 "When the Lights Go Out"
(1998)

"Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" is a song by British boy band Five, released as their first UK single in late 1997. It appeared on their first album, 5ive, in early 1998. The song reached number 10 on the UK charts and sold around 500,000 copies worldwide. Featuring a blend of pop and rap, the single was produced by Jake Schulze (as "Jake"), Max Martin, and Denniz Pop. The track contains a sample of "Clap Your Hands" by Herbie Crichlow.

It was not released in many countries other than the UK and none outside Europe apart from the United States and New Zealand, where it reached number 86 and number 22, respectively. Also in the U.S., the song was chosen as the NBA's new theme song. In other countries, Five's first single was "When the Lights Go Out". The song was featured on the soundtrack to the TV series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and the Disney Channel Original Movie Smart House.

During the band's greatest hits tour in 2013 Scott Robinson and Abz Love have changed the lyrics of the song. Instead of the line "when the 5 of us make 1" Scott would sing "when the 4 of us make 1" acknowledging the fact that J didn't reunite with the band earlier in the year. The line "We got J, A, B Rich, Sean and Scott" was changed to "We got Abz on the mic Rich, Sean and Scott" by Abz

Upon Abz's departure from the band rapping duties were handed to Scott and the line would then once again be changed to " We got Rich and Sean and Scott La rock".

Track listings

USA CD Single
  1. "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" [Radio Edit] - 3:38
  2. "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" [NBA Edit] - 2:30
USA CD Maxi Single
  1. "Slam Dunk Da Funk" [Extended Mix] - 7:06
  2. "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" [Candy Girls Radio Mix] - 3:52
  3. "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" [Future Funk Radio Mix] - 4:30
  4. "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" [Sol Brothers Radio Mix] - 3:57
  5. "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" [Bug Remix] - 6:36
  6. "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" [NBA Edit] - 2:30
  7. "When the Lights Go Out" [Loop Da Loop Full Vocal Mix] - 4:50
UK CD1
  1. "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" [Radio Edit] - 3:38
  2. "Straight Up Funk" - 4:00
  3. "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" [Candy Girls Vocal Club Mix] - 6:31
  4. "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" [Video] - 3:41
UK CD2 (Includes Limited Edition Poster)
  1. "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" [Radio Edit] - 3:38
  2. "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" [Candy Girls Club Mix] - 5:16
  3. "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" [Future Funk Mix] - 6:35
  4. "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" [Sol Brothers Mix] - 8:57
  5. "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" [Bug Remix] - 6:36

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
scope="row" Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[1] 6
scope="row" Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[2] 14
scope="row" Denmark (Tracklisten)[3] 15
scope="row" Germany (Media Control Charts)[4] 77
Ireland (IRMA) 24
scope="row" Italy (FIMI)[5] 19
scope="row" Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 22
scope="row" New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[7] 22
scope="row" Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 28
scope="row" UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[9] 10
scope="row" US Billboard Hot 100[10] 86

End-of-year charts

End of year chart (1998) Position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) 48

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Five – Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Five – Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Danishcharts.com – Five – Slam Dunk (Da Funk)". Tracklisten. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Chartverfulgong > Five > Slam Dunk (Da Funk) – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Five – Slam Dunk (Da Funk)". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Five – Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Five – Slam Dunk (Da Funk)". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  8. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Five – Slam Dunk (Da Funk)". Singles Top 60. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  9. ↑ "December 1997/ Archive Chart: 13 December 1997" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  10. ↑ "5ive Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for 5ive. Retrieved 10 May 2013.

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