Pump Up the Jam

"Pump Up the Jam"
Single by Technotronic
from the album Pump Up the Jam: The Album
Released	27 September 1989
Genre	Hip house[1] Eurodance[2]
Length	5:20
Label	Swanyard SBK EMI (US)
Writer(s)	Manuela Kamosi Thomas de Quincey
Producer(s)	Thomas De Quincey
Technotronic singles chronology
"Pump Up the Jam" (1989) "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (1990)

"Pump Up the Jam" is the opening track on Belgian act Technotronic's album Pump Up the Jam: The Album. Released as a single, it was a worldwide hit, reaching number two in the United Kingdom in 1989 and in the American Billboard Hot 100 in early 1990. The song was later certified triple platinum (in 2005, it would be remixed by internationally renowned DJ-producer D.O.N.S., who took it to number one on the British Dance Chart). Ya Kid K provided the vocals for the track.^[3] She was initially overshadowed by model Felly Kilingi, who appears in the music video and features on the album cover.^[4]

Cultural references

On an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Will Smith sang the chorus out of tune and danced to a drum cover of the song as comedy. The song was the background music of a Saturday Night Live skit that featured Nancy Kerrigan figure skating with Chris Farley and in a scene in the 1996 movie Space Jam, in which the Looney Tunes and Michael Jordan were getting ready to play basketball. It featured in the karaoke video game SingStar 90s, in a scene in the 2008 film You Don't Mess with the Zohan. The song was the basis for Soni De Nakhre, a Bollywood song featured in the movie Partner, which was itself loosely based on the movie Hitch. It was used in a 2008 cellphone commercial in Argentina, which explained "why translated songs aren't as good". The song was translated as "Infla la mermelada" (word by word, though not correctly, "Pump the jam").

The song was also featured in the games Just Dance for Nintendo Wii, and Dance Central for the Xbox 360 Kinect. It was also used during the sketches between Victoria Silvstedt and Enrico Papi in the Italian TV show La Ruota Della Fortuna.^[5] It also appears in the Mystery Skateboards video: "10 Tricks With Jimmy Carlin". "Pump Up the Jam" also appears in the season 14 premiere of Family Guy, "Pilling Them Softly" which aired 27 September 2015.

Track listings

Multiple versions and re-releases were produced for the "Pump Up the Jam" singles.

4-track 7" Version – 3:38 Vocal Attack – 5:26 Jam Edit Mix – 4:58 Original Mix – 5:03 5-track Tin Tin Out Of the Radio Mix – 3:52 Dancing Divaz Radio Mix – 3:51 London Jam – 4:58 Tin Tin Out Of the Club Mix – 7:16 Dancing Divaz Master Mix – 5:33 8-track Dancing Divas Radio Mix – 3:52 Dancing Divas Master Mix – 5:35 Sequential One Club Mix – 5:16 Tin Tin Out Club Mix – 7:17 Sequential One Radio Mix – 3:36 Tin Tin Out Radio Mix – 3:52 Sol Brothers Pumpin Mix – 8:19 Pulsar Village Mix – 5:52 Remixes U.S. Mix – 6:53 Sunshine Mix – 4:39 Hithouse Mix – 7:52 The Punami Mix – 6:18 Todd Terry Dome Mix – 5:24 Top FM Mix – 4:41 Vocal Attack Mix – 5:22 B-Room Mix – 4:52

The Remixes U.S. Mix by David Morales – 6:56 Sunshine Mix by David Morales – 4:41 Hithouse Mix by Peter "Hithouse" Slaghuis – 7:56 Top FM Mix by Kevin J. and R. Cue – 4:44 The Punami Mix by The Wing Command – 6:20 B-Room Mix by David Morales – 4:53 Manouche Jazz Remix by The Lost Fingers – 3:49 '96 Tin Tin Out Radio Mix – 3:51 Sol Brothers Pumpin' Mix – 8:18 Dancing Divas Mix – 8:12 Seventies Jam Part 2 – 5:28 Sol Brothers Deep Vocal Mix – 7:58 Pulsar Village Mix – 5:50 The Sequel Tin Tin Out Radio Mix – 3:51 Sequential One Radio Mix – 3:34 Pulsar Radio Mix – 3:15 Village Mix – 5:51 Dancing Divaz Master Mix – 5:34 Sequential One Club Mix – 5:15

Accolades

In 2004, Stylus Magazine writer Nick Southall named the song "Belgium's finest club banger".^[6]

Year	Publisher	Country	Accolade	Rank
1989	The Face	United Kingdom	"Recordings of the Year" (Singles)[7]	30 (40)
1995	Life	United States	"The Best Recordings of the 90's"[8]	*

(*) indicates the list is unordered.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1989–1990) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[9] 4 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[10] 2 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[11] 1 Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[12] 1 Canada (RPM 100 Singles)[13] 4 Canada (RPM 20 Dance Singles)[14] 1 Canada (RPM 30 Retail Singles)[15] 1 France (SNEP)[16] 7 Germany (Official German Charts)[17] 2 Italy (FIMI)[18] 5 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[19] 2 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[20] 2 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[21] 4 Norway (VG-lista)[22] 5 Spain (AFYVE)[23] 1 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[24] 4 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[25] 2 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[26] 2 US Billboard Hot 100[27] 2 US Billboard Hot Black Singles[28] 10 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[27] 1 US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[27] 1 US Cash Box[29] 1

Chart (1996)^1 Peak position UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[30] 36 Chart (1998)^2 Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[31] 34 Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[32] 7 Germany (Official German Charts)[33] 25 Chart (2005)^3 Peak position Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[34] 46 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[35] 11 Germany (Media Control Charts)[36] 72 Ireland (IRMA)[37] 25 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[38] 43 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[39] 22 US Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales[27] 24 ^1 "Pump Up the Jam '96" by Technotronic ^2 "Pump Up the Jam" by D.O.N.S. featuring Technotronic ^3 "Pump Up the Jam 2005" by D.O.N.S. featuring Technotronic

Year-end charts Chart (1989) Position Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[40] 2 Italy (FIMI)[18] 21 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[41] 21 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[42] 12 Chart (1990) Position Australia (ARIA)[43] 27 Canada (RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks)[44] 55 Canada (RPM Top 50 Dance Tracks)[45] 38 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[46] 17 US Billboard Hot 100[47] 13

Certifications and sales Region Certification Sales/shipments Australia (ARIA)[48] Platinum 70,000^^ France (SNEP)[49] Silver 224,000[50] Netherlands (NVPI)[51] Gold 40,000^^ United Kingdom (BPI)[52] Gold 400,000^^ United States (RIAA)[53] Platinum 1,000,000^^ ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

M.C. Sar & the Real McCoy versions

"Pump Up the Jam"
Single by M.C. Sar & the Real McCoy
from the album On the Move!
Released	1989
Genre	Eurodance
Length	5:58
Label	Galaxis
Producer(s)	Quickmix
M.C. Sar & the Real McCoy singles chronology
"Pump Up the Jam" (1989) "It's on You" (1990)
"(If You're Not in it for Love) I'm Outta Here" (1997) "Pump Up The Jam - Rap '98" (1998) "It's on You '99" (1999)

German Eurodance group M.C. Sar & the Real McCoy have released "Pump Up The Jam" twice. In 1989, they released a cover version of the Technotronic song and it become a hit, reaching number 16 in Germany^[54] and number 100 on the Dutch Single Top 100.^[55]

It was their debut single from their debut album "On the Move!" released in 1990 through the Galaxis label.

In 1998, M.C Sar re-released "Pump Up The Jam" with DJ Dee, under the title of "Pump Up The Jam - Rap '98", although this version did not chart.

Track listings

1989 CD Maxi Single[56] "Pump Up The Jam " (Original Rap Version) – 5:58 "Pump Up The Jam " (Jam-Jam Quick House Version) – 5:43 "Pump Up The Jam " (Acapella) — 1:46 "Pump Up The Jam" (Freshbeats and Pieces) – 1:06 "Get Funky" – 4:02 1989 7" Single "Pump Up The Jam" (Original Rap Version – Edit) – 3:51 "Get Funky" – 4:02

Pump Up The Jam - Rap '98[57] "Pump Up The Jam - Rap '98" (radio mix) – 3:20 "Pump Up The Jam - Rap '98" (extended mix) – 4:29 "Pump Up The Jam - Rap '98" (derezon remix) – 3:48 "Pump Up The Jam - Rap '98" (beats and pieces) – 1:31 "Pump Up The Jam - Rap '98" (original US remix '98) – 6:13 "Da Dome" (3:54)

Charts

Chart (1989–1990)	Peak position
Germany (Official German Charts)[54]	16
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[55]	100

Other cover versions

In 1990, it was parodied with virtually identical music as the German-language Pump ab das Bier ("Pump away the beer!" urging a fellow patron to drink up) by Werner Wichtig, stage name for Raimund Thielcke, who actually had brewer training. Kids Incorporated sang this song on the show's 7th season. In 1992, "Weird Al" Yankovic made a short polka version, which appeared in his medley "Polka Your Eyes Out."^[58] The vocal was sampled in the song "Da Pump" by da Tekno Warriors in 1998.^[59] It was remixed by Crazy Frog on the 2005 album Crazy Frog Presents Crazy Hits.^[60] Dutch techno-trance DJ Sander van Doorn remixed this track in 2006. Quebec acoustic cover band The Lost Fingers recorded a cover of the song on its 2008 album Lost In The 80s.^[61] Icelandic band FM Belfast made a slow electronica cover of "Pump Up the Jam."^[62] In 2009 the song was interpolated by rapper Pitbull in the song "B-Day Suit". Colombian group Bomba Estéreo released a bilingual cover of the song in 2011, re-titled "Ponte Bomb."^[63] The song was covered in 2013 by DJ team Bodybangers.

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External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics