| Five in a Row | |
| Cover: | Fiveinarow.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The D-Generation |
| Album: | The Satanic Sketches |
| B-Side: | Pissweak Quiz Show Sketch |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Label: | Mushroom |
| Prev Title: | Degeneration |
| Prev Year: | 1987 |
| Next Title: | Five More in a Row |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
"Five in a Row" was a 1989 single by Australian comedy team, The D-Generation. It was released in November 1989 and reached a peak position of number 12 on the ARIA Singles Chart.[1] Its lyrics were co-written by The D-Generation members, Santo Cilauro, Tony Martin, Rob Sitch, and Tom Gleisner,[2] with its music written and produced by Colin Setches and John Grant.
The song and its accompanying music video parodied five Australian musicians: John Farnham (played in the video by Sitch - Farnham himself appeared briefly in the video too), Jimmy Barnes (played by Cilauro), Kylie Minogue (played by Jane Kennedy), Little River Band and James Reyne (played by John Harrison). On the recording, the voice of Farnham was provided by a pre-fame Jack Jones, the voice of Barnes was imitated by John Brown, all of LRB's voices were done by Setches, with Kennedy impersonating Minogue, and Harrison singing Reyne’s parts. Drums were played by Angus Burchall (from Farnham’s band), with bass by Roger McLachlan (LRB, Pyramid, Farnham), guitars by Thomas, and all keyboards, programming and arrangements done by Grant. The song was recorded at AAV Studio 1, South Melbourne, with engineering, mixing and co-production provided by Ross Cockle.