Space Jam

Space Jam
Space Jam promotional poster
Source	Space Jam
Era	GiIvaSunner channel
First appearance	"File Select (Beta Mix) - Shantae and the Pirate's Curse" (March 3, 2016)
Track information
YouTube Music	YouTube
Key	B minor
BPM	132

"Space Jam" is the title track for the 1996 film of the same name. It is also a major meme on the SiIvaGunner channel.

Overview

Space Jam is a 1996 film starring professional basketball player Michael Jordan and the main cast of the Looney Tunes franchise that combines live-action and animation as they face off against the extraterrestrial Monstars in a game of basketball in order to remain on the Tune's world or the Monstars will send them to Moron Mountain. Despite not being regarded as a good film, it became a cult hit thanks to its ridiculous premise and is still fondly remembered today. The film soundtrack's title track, "Space Jam", was performed by the Quad City DJ's and was released as a single in December 1996.

Starting in 2004 (one year after the release of Back in Action), the "Space Jam" theme would start to be used in memes, starting with a mashup of it and the chiptune "Funky Stars" by Quazar, in a tribute to the wrestler Randy Savage. In the beginning, "Funky Stars" was heavily associated with "Space Jam", and most derivatives involved the two being used together, rather than just "Space Jam". This would gradually become less of the case, culminating in the 2008 fan-game Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden. This game used the "Funky Stars" mashup as its main theme, and is significant for associating Charles Barkley with the Space Jam theme, which would fully morph the meme into its current shape.

"Space Jam" has since grown to become a significant part of mashup culture, for example /r/Mashups becoming "Space Jam"-themed as an April Fools' joke.^{[citation needed]} The film received a 2021 standalone sequel, titled Space Jam: A New Legacy, which focuses on more recent basketball star LeBron James teaming up with the Tunes to get his son back from a evil A.I. Quad City DJ's were seemingly going to return to make a new theme song for it, though this never came to fruition.

Rips

See also: Category:Rips featuring Space Jam

On the SiIvaGunner channel, "Space Jam" is one of the most frequently-used songs in rips. However, even since the early days of the channel, "Space Jam" mashups have been treated as a cliché by the SiIvaGunner team due to how easy they are to make. As such, it would appear almost exclusively in two kinds of rips: medley rips, and rips of songs not in the common 4/4 time signature (the latter being noted in the rip "Main Theme - Superman 64").

It would make some solo appearances, however. The most notable of these solo appearances are intentionally unsynced mashups, as an ironic way to mock the tiredness of the "Space Jam" meme. On many Space Jam solo rips, the image displayed in the video will have Charles Barkley's head crudely superimposed on any visible characters and words replaced with Space Jam-relevant terms (for example, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure would become "BARKLEY'S BizarreSLAMventure", and Deltarune would become "Deltaslam!").

In 2021, the Space Jam Charity SLAM! charity livestream, which included 285 brand new "Space Jam" mashups, was held on the SiIvaGunner channel. From July 24th to August 28th of that year, weekly SLAM!turday events occurred to give these mashups individual rip uploads. In a stark departure from previous usage of the meme, these are almost entirely solo appearances of "Space Jam" and are, with rare exceptions, not bad for the sake of irony, though whether this will affect its usage outside of SLAM!turday events remains to be seen.

The song is also represented in lore through Barkley's appearance as part of the Rapper's Union within The SilvaGunner Christmas Comeback Crisis.

Lyrics

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[Hook] 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, and welcome to the jam Come on and slam, if you wanna jam [Verse 1] Hey you, whatcha gonna do Hey you, whatcha gonna do Hey you, whatcha gonna do Hey you, whatcha gonna do Party people in the house let's go It's your boy "Jay Ski" 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... Just Work that body, work that body Make sure you don't hurt no body Get wild and lose your mind Take this thing into over-time Hey DJ, TURN IT UP QCD gon' burn it up C'mon y'all get on the floor So hey, let's go a'ight [Hook] [Bridge] Wave your hands in the air if you feel fine We're gonna take it into overtime Welcome to the Space Jam Here's your chance, do your dance at the Space Jam Alright... [Verse 2] C'mon it's time to get hype say Whoop (there it is!) C'mon all the fellas say Whoop (there it is!) C'mon one time for the ladies say Whoop (there it is!) Now all the fellas say Whoop (there it is!) C'mon and run, baby run C'mon, c'mon, do it, run baby run Yeah, you wanna hoop...so shoot, baby shoot C'mon and slam, and welcome to the jam C'mon and slam, if you wanna jam C'mon and slam, and welcome to the jam C'mon and slam, if you wanna jam Slam, Bam, thank you ma'am Get on the floor and jam If you see me on the microphone Girl you got me in a zone (Move) C'mon, c'mon and start the game (Move) Break it down, tell me your name We the team, I'm the coach Let's dance all night from coast to coast Just slide, from left to right Just slide, yourself the night You see me, drop the bass 3-1-1 all in your face Jam on it, let's have some fun Jam on it, One on One You run the "O" and I run the "D" So c'mon baby just jam for me [Hook] [Bridge] [Verse 3] Hey ladies! (Yeah!) Y'all ready to stop? (No!) Y'all wanna know why? (Why?) 'Cause it's a Slam Jam! Fellas! (Yeah) Y'all ready to stop? (No!) Y'all wanna know why? (Why?) It's time to Slam Jam! [Hook] [Bridge] [Verse 4] C'mon, everybody say "Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah" C'mon, c'mon let me hear you say "Hey ey ey O" C'mon, c'mon everybody "Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah" Just take the time to say "Hey ey ey O" Check it out, Check it out Y'all ready for this? (You know it!) Nah...y'all ain't ready! Y'all ready for this? (You know it!) C'mon check it out, Y'all ready to jam? (You know it!) Nah... I, I don't think so Y'all ready to jam? (You know it!) C'mon

External links

• Rips featuring Space Jam - YouTube playlist by Aidan Zamboni.

References

General	Characters: Charles Barkley • Cool Meme Team Memes: Big Chungus • Space Jam
Events	Space Jam Charity SLAM!
Albums	KORIBALL • The Space Jam Charity SLAM! (First Quarter • B​-​Ball Side)
Playlists
Main series	Looney Tunes • Marvin Strikes Back! Bugs Bunny: Crazy Castle • Rabbit Rampage • Lost in Time • Carrot Crazy Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions (GB) • Fowl Play Porky Pig: Haunted Holiday Tweety Bird: The Magic Gems
Spin-offs	Tiny Toon Adventures • Babs' Big Break
Fake games	Big Chungus: PS4 • Chungusronpa