Basketball (song)

"Basketball" is a song that was written by William Waring, Robert Ford, Kurtis Blow, J. B. Moore, Jimmy Bralower, and Full Force and recorded by Kurtis Blow released in 1984 from his album Ego Trip.

In 2016, the song was played during an episode of The Goldbergs entitled "Dungeons and Dragons, Anyone?". Kurtis Blow also recorded a new version of the song with lyrics about the game Dungeons & Dragons for the episode.[1]

The video game NBA 2K12 used the song during the introduction.

Chart

Chart (1984-1985) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[2] 71
US Billboard Hot Black Singles[3] 29

Cover

"Basketball"
Basketball Bow Wow.jpg
Single by Lil' Bow Wow featuring Jermaine Dupri, Fabolous and Fundisha
from the album Like Mike: Music From the Motion Picture
ReleasedJune 24, 2002
FormatCD single, 12" single
Recorded2001
Genre
Length4:58
Songwriter(s)Jimmy Bralower, Robert Ford, Paul Anthony, Brian George, Lucien George Jr., Junior Clark, Curt Bedeau, Gerry Charles, James B. Moor, Kurt Blow, Shirley Walker, William Waring
Producer(s)Jermaine Dupri, La Marquis Jefferson
Lil' Bow Wow singles chronology
"Take Ya Home"
(2002)
"Basketball"
(2002)
"Let's Get Down"
(2003)
Fabolous singles chronology
"Young'n"
(2001)
"Basketball"
(2002)
"4Ever"
(2003)

Lil' Bow Wow covered the song in 2002, featuring Jermaine Dupri, Fabolous and Fundisha for the Like Mike soundtrack. Music video for the original Kurtis Blow version was produced and directed by Michael Oblowitz in New York City in 1984. The song was used in the opening video, and as part of the soundtrack, in the video game NBA 2K12.


Charts

Chart (2002-2003) Peak
position
Germany (Official German Charts)[4] 81
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[5] 53
US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 44
US Billboard Hot Rap Singles 25

References

  1. ^ Goldberg, Adam. Twitter https://twitter.com/adamfgoldberg/status/717876292440301568. Retrieved 12 April 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "Kurtis Blow Basketball Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  3. ^ "Kurtis Blow Basketball Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  4. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Lil Bow Wow feat. Jermaine Dupri, Fabolous and Fundisha – Basketball". GfK Entertainment Charts.
  5. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Lil Bow Wow feat. Jermaine Dupri, Fabolous and Fundisha – Basketball". Swiss Singles Chart.

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