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"Pump-Pump"Fredi & Friends
Country Artist(s) Fredi & Ystävät
As Fredi & Friends
Language English
Composer(s) Matti Kalevi Siitonen
Lyricist(s) Pertti Reponen
Conductor Final result 11th
Final points 44
◄ "Old Man Fiddle" (1975) "Lapponia" (1977) ►
For Snoop Doggy Dogg's song named *Pump Pump", see here
"Pump-Pump" was the Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 , performed in English by Fredi & Ystävät (Fredi & Friends). This was Fredi's second Eurovision entry, he had made his debut in Vienna, Austria in 1967 with "Varjoon - suojaan ", placing 12th in a field of 17.
The song was performed eleventh on the night (following Greece 's Mariza Koch with "Panayia Mou, Panayia Mou " and preceding Spain 's Braulio with "Sobran las palabras "). At the close of voting, it had received 44 points, placing 11th in a field of 18.
The original Finnish language version of the song was called "Pump Pump" and the title was simply kept for the English translation. Fredi however also recorded the song in German, and it was then retitled "Bump bump (Schon wieder macht mein Herz...)".
It was succeeded as Finnish representative at the 1977 Contest by Monica Aspelund with "Lapponia ".
References
Participation Artists Songs
"Aava "
"Addicted to You "
"Aina mun pitää "
"Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus "
"Aurinko laskee länteen "
"Blackbird"
"Bye Bye Baby"
"Cha Cha Cha "
"Da Da Dam"
"Dark Side "
"La dolce vita "
"Eläköön elämä "
"Fantasiaa "
"Fri? "
"Hard Rock Hallelujah "
"Hengaillaan "
"Huilumies "
"Hullu yö "
"Jezebel "
"Katson sineen taivaan "
"Keep Me Warm"
"Kuin silloin ennen "
"Kun kello käy "
"Laiskotellen "
"Lapponia "
"Leave Me Alone"
"A Little Bit"
"Look Away "
"Looking Back "
"Lose Control"
"Marry Me "
"Missä miehet ratsastaa "
"Monsters "
"Muistathan "
"Muistojeni laulu "
"När jag blundar "
"Nauravat silmät muistetaan "
"Never the End"
"Niin kaunis on taivas "
"No Rules! "
"Nuku pommiin "
"Old Man Fiddle"
"Playboy"
"Pump-Pump"
"Reggae OK"
"Sata salamaa "
"Sing It Away"
"Something Better"
"Takes 2 to Tango"
"Tie uuteen päivään "
"Tipi-tii"
"Tom Tom Tom"
"Tule luo "
"Työlki ellää "
"Valoa ikkunassa "
"Varjoon – suojaan "
"Why?"
"Yamma, yamma"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Finland did not compete
Countries Artists Songs
"Chansons pour ceux qui s'aiment "
"Djambo, Djambo"
"Emor Shalom "
"Uma flor de verde pinho "
"Judy et Cie "
"Mata Hari "
"My Little World"
"Ne mogu skriti svoju bol "
"Panagia mou, Panagia mou "
"The Party's Over"
"Pump-Pump"
"Save Your Kisses for Me "
"Sing Sang Song"
"Sobran las palabras "
"Toi, la musique et moi "
"Un, deux, trois "
"We'll Live It All Again "
"When"