Pump Up the Jam

Infobox Single
Name = Pump Up the Jam
Type = Single
Artist = Technotronic
from Album =


Released = 1989
Genre = House
Length = 3:39 (Single Mix)
Label = ARS Entertainment Belgium
Writer = Manuela Kamosi, Thomas De Quincey
Producer = Thomas de Quincey
This single = "Pump Up the Jam" (1989)
Next single = "Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)" (1990)"Pump Up the Jam" is the opening track on Technotronic's album "". The song was a world-wide smash hit, reaching number two in the United Kingdom in 1989. The song was also a landmark release for house music. It was able to tackle the tough American market and became the first house song to break into mainstream. It reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was later certified triple platinum.

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. & 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

Remixes

* In 2005, it was remixed by production team D.O.N.S. who took it to number one on the British Dance Chart.
* It was remixed by Crazy Frog on the 2005 album "Crazy Frog Presents Crazy Hits".

Cover versions

* Icelandic band FM Belfast made a slow electronica cover of "Pump up the Jam" [http://www.myspace.com/fmbelfast FM Belfast cover of "Pump Up the Jam"]
* Montreal acoustic cover band The Lost Fingers recorded a cover of the song for their 2008 album "Lost In The 80s".

Parodies, appearances in other media

* The song was the background music to a "Saturday Night Live" skit featuring Nancy Kerrigan figure skating with Chris Farley.
* The song was the background music to a scene in the 1996 movie "Space Jam", where the Looney Tunes and Michael Jordan are getting ready to play basketball.
* In 1990, it was parodied in rock-style as the German-language "Pump ab das Bier" ("Tap beer!") by Werner Wichtig, stage name for Raimund Thielcke, who actually had brewer training.
* The song is featured in the karaoke video game Singstar 90s
* The song was also featured 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"