Unlocking the Secrets of “Space Jam”
One of the most bizarre chapters of “Looney Tunes,” basketball and cinema history was the release of the 1996 film “Space Jam,” starring Michael Jordan, Bugs Bunny and you know the rest (otherwise you wouldn’t have clicked on the link). One of the most underrated aspects of the film is its corresponding soundtrack, which features such hits as R. Kelly’s “I Believe I Can Fly” and Steve Miller’s “Fly Like an Eagle.” But by far, the crown jewel of the “Space Jam” soundtrack is the eponymous “Space Jam” by the Quad City DJ’s. It’s a perfect representation of the film, in that you feel warm feelings of nostalgia listening to it, but when you remove that nostalgia, you realize just how truly odd it is.
Everybody get up it's time to slam now
We got a real jam goin' down
Welcome to the Space Jam
Here's your chance do your dance at the Space Jam
Alright
Come on and slam [dunk] and welcome to the jam
Come on and slam [dunk] if you want to jam
Party people in the house let’s go
It's your boy "Jayski" a'ight so
Pass that thing and watch me flex
Behind my back, you know what's next
To the jam, all in your face
Wassup, just feel the bass
Drop it, rock it, down the room
Shake it, quake it, space KABOOM
Jayski then provides a series of confusing metaphors about basketball and dancing before making an impressive basketball-related innuendo in this theme song for a children’s movie:
Jam on it, One on One
You run the “O” and I run the "D"
So c'mon baby just jam for me
entire subreddit devoted to Space Jam mash-ups.
Examples of mash-ups include (but are not limited to):
• “Space Jam” and “Carry On My Wayward Son”
• “Space Jam” and “Gangnam Style”
• “Space Jam” and the hit musical “Hamilton” (This one is terrible and some of my friends are going to considering my postingthis a declaration of war.)
• “Space Jam” and “Can’t Touch This”
• “Space Jam” and Macklemore’s “Can’t Hold Us”
But my favorite part of the “Space Jam” soundtrack is not even the song by the Quad City DJ’s. It’s a song entitled “Buggin”:
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Why is this song my favorite, you ask? Well, first off, it’s performed by none other than Bugs Bunny and his rhymes are fire. Take this Ill Fayze level of poetry, for example:
Like Trump's wife,
Up to my ears in carrots,
Not even the barber can fade da rabbit.
This is not a joke, it is absolutely true.
So the next time you’re feeling nostalgic (and want people to leave your basement), play “Space Jam” by the Quad City DJ’s or literally any of the hundreds of its mash-ups.