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| Single by Five | ||||
| from the album Five | ||||
| B-side | "Straight Up Funk" | |||
| Released | 1 December 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
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| Length | 3:38 | |||
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"Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" is a song by British boy band Five, released in late 1997 by BMG and RCA 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 was certified Silver.
It was also released in the United States and New Zealand, where it reached number 86 and number 22, respectively. In the US, the song was chosen as the NBA's 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 first verse's line "when the 5 of us make 1", Robinson would sing "when the 4 of us make 1"; and the third verse's line "We got J, A.B., Rich, Sean and Scott" was changed to "We got Abz on the mic Rich, Sean and Scott", acknowledging the fact that Jason "J" Brown did not reunite with the band earlier in the year. Upon Love's departure from the group, Ritchie Neville changed the first verse's line to "when the 3 of us make 1"; while rapping duties were handed to Robinson, who changed the third verse's line once again to "We got Rich and Sean and Scott La rock".