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Wikipedia article




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| B-side = Straight Up Funk

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

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 US, 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 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". Upon Abz's departure from the group, 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".

Critical reception



Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic complimented the song as a "expertly constructed" single, that is "delivered professionally" by the group. He added that it is "infectious, catchy, perfect for the radio." Larry Flick from 'Billboard' described it as a "funky-esque pure-pop ditty that tries to conjure a hipper, "streetier" vibe". A reviewer from 'Daily Record' stated that the song is a "must tune for the office Christmas party"."Chart Slot". 'Daily Record'. 12 December 1997. Dave Fawbert from 'ShortList' commented, "Every single second of this - audio and video - is amazing, including some phenomenal boyband walking down a corridor footage. Of course it was written by Max Martin like 97% of all amazing pop music ever."

Music video



There were made two different music videos for the song; one for the UK and another for the US market.

Track listings



* 'USA CD single'

# "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" (Radio Edit) - 3:38

# "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" (NBA Edit) - 2:30

* 'USA CD maxi single'

# "Slam Dunk Da Funk" (Extended Mix) - 7:06

# "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" (Candy Girls Radio Mix) - 3:52

# "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" (Future Funk Radio Mix) - 4:30

# "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" (Sol Brothers Radio Mix) - 3:57

# "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" (Bug Remix) - 6:36

# "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" (NBA Edit) - 2:30

# "When the Lights Go Out" (Loop Da Loop Full Vocal Mix) - 4:50

* 'UK CD1'

# "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" (Radio Edit) - 3:38

# "Straight Up Funk" - 4:00

# "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" (Candy Girls Vocal Club Mix) - 6:31

# "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" (Video) - 3:41

* 'UK CD2' (Includes Limited Edition Poster)

# "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" (Radio Edit) - 3:38

# "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" (Candy Girls Club Mix) - 5:16

# "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" (Future Funk Mix) - 6:35

# "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" (Sol Brothers Mix) - 8:57

# "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" (Bug Remix) - 6:36

Charts



Weekly charts

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! scope="row"|Iceland (slenski Listinn Topp 40)

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! scope="row"|Italy ('Musica e dischi') Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Five".

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! scope="row"|US Dance Singles Sales ('Billboard')

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Year-end charts



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See also



*Five discography

References




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