Basketball (song)
| "Basketball" | |
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| 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. It was later covered by Lil' Bow Wow 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.
In 1985, the song was in the Vintage Sports coverage of the PBA during the Open Conference by used by the commentators for the pre-game, post-game and before and after of time-outs give way used of this song.
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]
Charts
| Chart (2002-2003) | Peak position |
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| songid field is MANDATORY FOR GERMAN CHARTS | 81 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[2] | 53 |
| UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) | 125 |
| US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 44 |
| US Billboard Hot Rap Singles | 25 |
References
- ^ Goldberg, Adam. Twitter https://twitter.com/adamfgoldberg/status/717876292440301568. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Lil Bow Wow feat. Jermaine Dupri, Fabolous and Fundisha – Basketball". Swiss Singles Chart.
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