["","Pump it louder","It's sizzling, right","","Blast your stereo right now","Just confess","Turn it up","It's sizzling, right","(Dude)","Yo yo, turn up the radio","Yo yo, turn up the radio","Monkey business","That's what we do, that's who we be","Pump it louder","(What)","","And B-girls waiting to do they thing","(Ha)","","Damn","Pump it louder","I'ma be real on us","La-da-di-da-da-di-dy","Turn it up","","","On the stere-ere-ere-ereo","F-R-E-S-H we fresh","(Shake it, shake it)","(Why?)","Niggas wanna hate on us","We definite","","Dude need to ease on up","Pump it louder","Turn it up","From London back down to the US","","Ha, ha, haa","Yo yo, turn up the radio","","Say, oh oh oh oh","(Damn)","But chick backstage when we in town","She like man on drum","Come on baby just","(Who?)","Turn it up","Shake it girl","Pump it louder","Say, oh oh oh oh","Pump it louder","(Damn)","","","(Damn)","","Dude wanna hate on us","Damn","(Damn)","","Blast your stereo right now","Let those speakers blow your mind","","(Turn it up)","Pump it louder","Do it, let's get it on","Pump it louder","(C'mon)","Live and direct, rocking this scene","Make sure you don't break it, girl","Damn","'Coz we gonna","Turn up the radio","The system's got me feel so fi-i-i-i-ine","And say, oh oh oh oh","Breaking on down for the B-boys","Say, oh oh oh oh","When we play you shake your ass","La-da-di-da-da-di-dy","Yeah, that's the scheme","Pump it louder","(S, S)","Apl.De.Ap from the Philippines","This joint is fizzling","(Ohh)","(Turn it up)","","(Damn)","On the radi-adi-adi-adio","","","Pump it louder","B-L-A-C-K E-Y-E-D P to the E","It's sizzling, right","Pump it louder","And pump it louder","Nobody got nothin' on us","Pump it, louder come on","This joint is fizzling","And say, oh oh oh oh","Your girl admits that we the shit","Pump it louder","Check this out right here","(Contagious)","Pump it louder","Pump it louder","(Dude)","","(Shut down)","(Who?)","We rockin' this","Ha, ha, haa","D-E-F, that's right we def, rock","","Turn it up","","Damn","","Pump it louder","And I know why they hating on us","And say, oh oh oh oh","","(Outrageous)","Pump it!","(Turn it up)","Then the a to the S","Turn it up","Pump it louder","(Blow my mind baby)","","Cause our style's so fabulous","Blast your stereo right now","She wanna hit n' run","Niggas be envious","Pump it louder","Dude wanna act on up","Pump it louder","B-E-P we reppin' it, so","(Turn it up)","","Damn","Move it, come on baby, do it","Girls be all on us","Pump it louder","Chick say she ain't down","Come on baby just","Pump it louder","Blast your stereo, right","Pump it louder","Just let it go, let it go, here we go","","","This joint is fizzling","(No)","But dude get shut like flavor","Don't stop, and keep it going"]
Performed by: Black Eyed Peas
Written by: William Adams; Stacy Ann Ferguson; Allen Pineda; Nicholas Roubanis; Thomas Vanmusser
Credits: Adams, William (Songwriter); Ferguson, Stacy Ann (Songwriter); Pineda, Allen (Songwriter); Roubanis, Nicholas (Songwriter); Vanmusser, Thomas (Songwriter); AVENUEXIII (Publisher); CHERRY RIVER MUSIC COMPANY (Publisher); EMI APRIL MUSIC INC. (Publisher); EMI GROVE PARK MUSIC INC (Publisher); HEADPHONE JUNKIE PUBLISHING LLC (Publisher); JEEPNEY MUSIC PUBLISHING (Publisher); WILL.I.AM. MUSIC INC. (Publisher)
"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 on the Quentin Tarantino movie Pulp Fiction). "Miserlou" is a popular folk song of Turkish origin, and its original writer is unknown, but Nicholas Roubanis, who accredited himself as writer in a jazz version he recorded, was given writing credit on "Pump It." It 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 Black Eyed Peas' fifth studio album The E.N.D. as "Pump It Harder."
"I was in Brazil doing some CD shopping," 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]
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".
