The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song

"Yo Home to Bel-Air"
Artwork for Dutch and German releases
Single by DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
from the album Greatest Hits
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1992 (1992-09-21)
Recorded1990
GenreHip hop
Length2:58
LabelJive
Songwriter(s)Willard Smith, Jeffrey Townes
Producer(s)DJ Jazzy Jeff
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince singles chronology
"The Things That U Do"
(1992)
"Yo Home to Bel-Air"
(1992)
"I Wanna Rock"
(1992)

"Yo Home to Bel-Air", alternately titled as "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Theme)" or merely "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", is a song by DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince first heard in 1990 as the theme song to the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The lyrics were composed by rapper and sitcom star Will Smith, performing under his stage name the Fresh Prince, and the song was produced by Jeffrey Townes under his stage name DJ Jazzy Jeff.

After series composer and producer Quincy Jones pitched an early version of the music, Townes suggested that he and Smith could produce the series' theme song. Smith wrote the lyrics after reading scripts from the pilot episode.

The song was released as a single in the Netherlands and Spain by Jive Records in 1992, with "Parents Just Don't Understand" as its B-side, and it was re-released in 2016 by the record label Enjoy the Ride. It peaked at number three in the Netherlands and number two in Spain, and it received a Silver sales certification in the United Kingdom in February 2018. The song appeared on DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's Greatest Hits album, along with a number of compilation albums. Unlike the version in the sitcom, it samples George Benson's "Give Me the Night".