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The opening credits and theme song explain the context of the show. Will Smith is revealed as a street-smart teenager, born and raised on the mean streets of West Philadelphia. The plot of the story is shown and rapped in the... See more » The opening credits and theme song explain the context of the show. Will Smith is revealed as a street-smart teenager, born and raised on the mean streets of West Philadelphia. The plot of the story is shown and rapped in the theme song. The theme song was written and performed by The Fresh Prince (Will Smith). Contrary to popular belief, DJ Jazzy Jeff did not compose the music for the opening credits. The music was composed by Quincy Jones III, who is credited at the end of each episode. An additional credit at the end of episodes also reads "Theme song written by Will Smith", in regard to the lyrics, with no reference to DJ Jazzy Jeff. The music often used to bridge scenes together during the show is also based on a similar chord structure as the theme song. This too is the work of Quincy Jones III. The full version of the theme song, telling how he went on a plane to Bel-Air, was only used on the first three episodes of the show (The Fresh Prince Project, Bang The Drum Ashley, and Clubba Hubba), although Will Smith did record it as an unreleased B-side.[1] The full-length version, which is 2:52", was included on Will Smith's Greatest Hits album and attributed to himself only. A 3:23" version was released in the Netherlands in 1992, and reached #3 on the charts. For the first few episodes of the show stanzas one to three and stanzas six and seven were used. Beginning with Episode #9 (titled "Someday Your Prince Will Be in Effect (2)"), only the first two and the last two stanzas of the song were used. The change to the theme song allowed for longer episodes to be created. Seasons 1, 2, 5, and 6 featured an instrumental version of the theme and still photographs from the episode for the closing credits. In Season 2, the music and stills were dropped and closing credits would almost always appear over bloopers and outtakes from the episode. This continued until the end of Season 4. The closing theme over episode clips returned for Season 5 reruns, due to NBC's change from traditional credits to the split screen credits that are currently employed by the network. [edit] Ratings The show entered the Nielsen Ratings for its second and third seasons: * 1991-1992: #18 * 1992-1993: #14 See less »

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