• @[email protected]OP
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    10 months ago
    Additional facts about this song:
    • Technotronic’s other hits include “Get Up! (Before The Night is Over)” and “This Beat is Technotronic”.
    • “Pump Up The Jam” has a BPM of 125, the same as the heartbeat of a cat at rest.
    • This video is based on a 72-page treatment by William Goldman, Oscar-winning screenwriter of All the President’s Men.
    • The original 12-inch release of “Pump Up The Jam” came with a free horse.
    • When this video was first broadcast, audiences feared it was real, and that jam would be pumped into their homes through the screen.
    • “Pump Up The Jam” is an anagram for “Jam Up The Pump”
    • This song was played five times in a row at the funeral of director Stanley Kubrick.
  • @Gradually_Adjusting
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    510 months ago

    I played this for my family after threatening to play “bad music until you brush your teeth” and they all just sat there enjoying it.

    At one point they danced. I’m just in smithereens here.

  • @Fridgeratr
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    210 months ago

    This song just reminds me of elementary school gym class 😫

  • Jiberish
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    110 months ago

    This is one of my favorite Belgian techno anthems from 1989.