Five (stylised as 5ive) are an English boy band consisting of members Sean Conlon, Ritchie Neville, and Scott Robinson. They were formed in 1997 by the same team that managed the Spice Girls before they launched their career. The group were mostly known as a five-piece, consisting of Robinson, Neville, Conlon, Abz Love and Jason "J" Brown. Five enjoyed remarkable success worldwide, particularly in the United Kingdom, most of Europe, and Asia. The group have currently based on BPI certifications sold a minimum of 1.6 million albums and 2 million singles in the UK alone. They split up on 27 September 2001 after selling 20 million records worldwide.
Robinson, Love, Neville, and Brown briefly reformed the group without Conlon (who departed before their 2001 split) in September 2006, with a new management team headed by music manager Richard Beck. Eight months later, having secured a lucrative tour but failing to gain enough record company interest, Five made an announcement via their official website that they would again disband.
5ive, also known as Five, is the self-titled debut studio album by English boy band Five. It was released in the United Kingdom on 22 June 1998 and charted at number one the UK Albums Chart, becoming the band's only album to do so. The album was later released in the United States on 14 July 1998, where it charted at number 27 on the Billboard 200, making it the most successful album by the band in the region.
Largely produced by Jake Schulze and Denniz Pop – the latter who also served as the executive producer with Simon Cowell – the album spawned six singles, of which all but one reached the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart, the exception – "It's the Things You Do" – having only been released in the United States. On 4 December 1998, the British Phonographic Industry awarded the album a Platinum certification, an accolade later matched by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album has since gone on to earn double platinum status in the UK and sold in excess of 3.3 million copies worldwide.
5ive are an English boy band.
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[Chorus:]
Straight up funk in your ear
If you really want it
It's over here [x2]
And yo it's mad funkiness and we be blowing up blough
tell me what you want boo and I'm a do it now its my turn da
Boss, baby, time to set it off be all up in your action with passion of course
Level with your mental, funk I get into
all of the things that you need to get into
Rock the set, straight up the concept cause we be going down, diggy diggy down
diggy down check
[Bridge:]
I know that you want something from me (yeah)
Well I've got something I know you need
From the east to the west everybody get up now
(Get on up, Get on up)
Cos this here's a party and we gotta get on down
(Break it down, Break it down)
[Chorus]
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It's all I can stand and I can't stand no more
I'm bugging, renegade hooligan damn
5 bad boys got my back hear the plan
never have you ever seen or never will you chec
a fly human being I'm as funky as it gets
so step back relax the wax is boom diggy
watch the boys breaking it down city to city
[Bridge]
Everybody's got to feel the heat slide on over here
cos it's a party (Slide on over) from the east to the west
everybody get up now (Get on up, Get on up)
Cos this here's a party and you gotta get on down
(Break it down, Break it down)
[Chorus]
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so you gotta get with that no doubt in my mind
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[Chorus]