Pump It
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| Single by The Black Eyed Peas | |||||||||
| from the album Monkey Business | |||||||||
| Released | February 14, 2006 | ||||||||
| Format | Digital download | ||||||||
| Recorded | 2004 | ||||||||
| Genre | Alternative hip hop | ||||||||
| Length | 3:34 | ||||||||
| Label | A&M, will.i.am, Interscope | ||||||||
| Writer(s) | will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Fergie, Nicholas Roubanis | ||||||||
| Producer | will.i.am | ||||||||
| The Black Eyed Peas singles chronology | |||||||||
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"Pump It" is a song by The Black Eyed Peas that heavily incorporates music from the Dick Dale version of the song "Misirlou" (known by many for being featured in the Quentin Tarantino movie Pulp Fiction). "Misirlou" is a popular folk song of Greek origin, originally performed by the Michalis Patrinos rebetiko band in Athens, Greece 1927; but Nicholas Roubanis, who accredited himself as writer in a jazz version he recorded, was given writing credit on "Pump It." This was released as the fourth single from The Black Eyed Peas's 2005 album Monkey Business. The song was also featured in commercial spots for Best Buy in 2005 and Big Momma's House 2, Cars and Pepsi in 2006, as well as the main music during the pre-game of Edmonton Oilers home games during their 2006 playoff run. Dick Dale has been known to attempt to sing the chorus when playing "Misirlou" live. There is a remix by Travis Barker. This song was remixed for the deluxe edition of the group's fifth studio album The E.N.D. as "Pump It Harder." The song was used as the soundtrack for the opening credits of the 2007 French film Taxi 4 and was also included in the film's soundtrack album. The instrumentals for the song were used as the theme song for Gordon Ramsay's American reality show Kitchen Nightmares. The song was also featured in Kung Fu Panda trailers for both movies. The Song was also featured in the dance video game Just Dance 3.
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[edit] Origins
"I was in Brazil doing some CD" The Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am recalls. "I came across this compilation [disk] and I thought it was one thing but it turned out to be something else. The Dick Dale song Miserlou was on it. At first, I was angry this isn't what I wanted to buy," he laughs. "But then, really, that song is hot. I said, 'We should do a song like this.' I jump-started the computer and made some beats on the train. Then we had to fly to Tokyo and I tightened up the beat on the plane. Then I recorded vocals in this park in Tokyo, and that's how we recorded the song 'Pump It'."[1]
[edit] Music video
The music video for Pump It features The Black Eyed Peas in an indoor arena with a group of other people. Here they go crazy with scenes of street dancing, road rage as well as getting drunk. The video has a "drunk at a party" theme with a Fight Club Demeanour. In addition, two Honda Civic Si models (one sedan and one coupe) are featured. At the end of the video, The Black Eyed Peas sang closer to the camera and Taboo punches the camera. Quest Crew member Steve Terada made an appearance in the music video.
[edit] Chart performance
Before the single was officially released, the song peaked at #82 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 2005. This was mainly based on digital download strength due to exposure in the Best Buy ads. After its official airplay release, it peaked at #18 in March 2006. The single was released to stores in the US on February 14, 2006 and in the UK on March 13, 2006. This single, compared to other singles from Monkey Business, has been relatively weak on the US Charts, being the lowest ranking single from the album. One probable factor of this is that it was released after The Pussycat Dolls single "Beep" was released, which has vocals from Will.I.Am, or that My Humps was still in rotation and on the charts when it was released. As of April 2009, the song has so far sold 1,390,000 digital downloads in the United States.[2]
The song performed better in other countries. In Australia, the song peaked at #6. The song was also popular in the UK, becoming their 8th hit single there. "Pump It" peaked at #3 on the UK singles chart, matching the chart success of previous single "My Humps".
[edit] Official versions
- "Pump It" - 3:35
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[3] | 6 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[4] | 14 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] | 1 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[6] | 11 |
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[7] | 47 |
| Czech Republic (IFPI)[8] | 2 |
| Denmark Airplay (Tracklisten)[9] | 20 |
| Greece (IFPI) | 1 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[10] | 12 |
| France (SNEP)[11] | 13 |
| Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[12] | 7 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[13] | 3 |
| Italy (FIMI)[14] | 5 |
| Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[15] | 17 |
| New Zealand (RIANZ)[16] | 2 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[17] | 34 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] | 8 |
| UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[19] | 3 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[20] | 18 |
| US Pop Songs (Billboard)[21] | 11 |
[edit] Sales
| Country | Sales |
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| United Kingdom | 148,500 |
[edit] Popular culture
The song is used in the Kung Fu Panda 2 soundtrack.
The Song is featured in the dance video game Just Dance 3.
The song is used in the Taxi 4 soundtrack.
[edit] References
- ^ http://umusic.ca/blackeyedpeas/ umusic.ca[dead link]
- ^ "Week Ending April 5, 2009: A Prince Beats A King (Of Pop) - Chart Watch". New.music.yahoo.com. http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/32895/week-ending-april-5-2009-a-prince-beats-a-king-of-pop/. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
- ^ "Australian-charts.com – The Black Eyed Peas – Pump It". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien.
- ^ "The Black Eyed Peas – Pump It – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – The Black Eyed Peas – Pump It" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – The Black Eyed Peas – Pump It" (in French). Ultratop 40. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
- ^ "Black Eyed Peas Album & Song Chart History" Canadian Hot 100 for Black Eyed Peas. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200626 into search.
- ^ "The Black Eyed Peas – Pump It Hitlisten.nu" (in Danish). Tracklisten. IFPI Danmark & Nielsen Music Control.
- ^ "Finnishcharts.com – The Black Eyed Peas – Pump It". Hung Medien.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – The Black Eyed Peas – Pump It" (in French). Les classement single. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ – Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
- ^ "Chart Track". Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association.
- ^ "Italiancharts.com – The Black Eyed Peas – Pump It". Top Digital Download. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Black Eyed Peas – Pump It" (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
- ^ "Charts.org.nz – The Black Eyed Peas – Pump It". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – The Black Eyed Peas – Pump It". Singles Top 60. Hung Medien.
- ^ "The Black Eyed Peas – Pump It – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Chart Stats – Black Eyed Peas – Pump It" UK Singles Chart. Chart Stats.
- ^ "Black Eyed Peas Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Black Eyed Peas. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "Black Eyed Peas Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Pop Songs for Black Eyed Peas. Prometheus Global Media.
| Preceded by "Beep" by The Pussycat Dolls featuring will.i.am |
Belgian Ultratop Singles Chart number-one single April 29, 2006 |
Succeeded by "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean |
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