Pump It

"Pump It" is a 2006 song by The Black Eyed Peas. It was released as the fourth and final single from The Black Eyed Peas' 2005 album Monkey Business. This song was also remixed for the deluxe edition of the group's fifth studio album The E.N.D as "Pump It Harder". "Pump It" heavily incorporates music from Dick Dale's 1962 surf version of "Misirlou" (known for being featured in the 1994 Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction). Later on, they would add the Seven Nation Army beat after their live performance for the song.

"Pump It"
Single by The Black Eyed Peas
from the album Monkey Business
ReleasedJanuary 17, 2006
Recorded2004
Genre
Length3:35 (Single Version/Radio Edit)
3:33 (Album Version)
LabelA&M, will.i.am
Songwriter(s)will.i.am, Allan Pineda, Stacy Ferguson, Nicholas Roubanis, Thomas Van Musser
Producer(s)will.i.am
The Black Eyed Peas singles chronology
"My Humps"
(2005)		 "Pump It"
(2006)		 "Boom Boom Pow"
(2009)

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 [sic] 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]

Music video

The music video for "Pump It" features The Black Eyed Peas competing and fighting with a gang of unidentified people in a basement. It is the second highest viewed video by The Black Eyed Peas only surpassed by "The Time (Dirty Bit)".

Chart performance

Before the single was officially released, the song peaked at number 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 number 18 in March 2006. The single was released to stores in the United States on February 14, 2006 and in the United Kingdom on March 13, 2006.

This single, compared to other Monkey Business singles' performance on US charts, is the lowest ranking single from the album.

The song reached higher spots on charts in other countries. In New Zealand, "Pump It" debuted at number 19 on March 13, 2006. It jumped to number 2 the following week, where it peaked. It became their 4th consecutive top 5 hit from "Monkey Business" in this country, after "Don't Phunk With My Heart" and "My Humps" reached number 1, and "Don't Lie" peaking at number 5. Also, it is their 9th consecutive top 10 hit, after all of their singles from "Elephunk" reached the top 10, (including #1's "Where Is The Love?" and "Shut Up!". and earlier single "Request + Line", which peaked at number 10. Amazingly, this expanded to 11 top 10 hits for the band with the release of the 3 consecutive top 3 singles "Boom Boom Pow" (#2), " I Gotta Feeling" (#1) and "Meet Me Halfway" (#3) from the future album "The E.N.D". The streak broke when next single "Rock That Body" only managed to peak at number 16. They then had another 3 consecutive top 10 hits with "The Time (Dirty Bit)" (another #1 hit in the country), "Just Can't Get Enough" (#4), and "Don't Stop The Party" (#9) from the 2010 album The Beginning. In Australia, the song peaked at number 6. The song was also popular in the United Kingdom, becoming their 8th hit single there. "Pump It" peaked at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart - only 5 sales behind the #2 song that week "It's Chico Time"[2], matching the chart success of previous single "My Humps". It was the first song ever to make the UK Top 40 on sales of downloads alone.

Live performance

The song was performed at the closing ceremony of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in Philippines on December 11, 2019 at the New Clark City Athletics Stadium ending with the Seven Nation Army song by The White Stripes.

In other media

The song is included in the video game Just Dance 3, as well as part of a soundtrack in Little Man. It can be heard in Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, during the lasagna making scene.

Official versions
  • "Pump It" – 3:35
  • "Pump It" (Album Version) – 3:33
  • "Pump It" (Radio Edit) – 3:35
  • "Pump It Harder" – 3:52

Charts and certifications

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