Pump It
| Pump It | |
|---|---|
| publication | 2005 |
| length | 3:35 |
| Genre (s) | Hip-hop , rap-rock |
| Author (s) | William Adams, Allan Pineda, Stacy Ferguson, Nicholas Roubanis, Thomas Van Musser |
| Producer (s) | will.i.am |
| Label | A&M , will.i.am |
| album | Monkey business |
Pump It is a song from 2005 by the Black Eyed Peas . It was released on their album Monkey Business . The song was also released as a remix called Pump It Harder for the Deluxe Edition of the fifth studio album The END . Pump It quotes the Dick Dale song Misirlou (known from Quentin Tarantino's film Pulp Fiction ).
background
When will.i.am was in Brazil to produce a CD, he came across a record with the Dick Dale song Miserlou . At first he was angry because she wasn't what he wanted to buy, but then he decided to make a song based on the song. He produced the beats and flew with the band to Tokyo to record the song.
Music video
The music video shows the Black Eyed Peas competing and fighting with a gang in a parking garage. It is the second most successful video from the Black Eyed Peas, only surpassed by The Time (Dirty Bit) . It has been viewed over 380 million times on YouTube .
Commercial win
Before the single was officially released, the song reached number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 2005 . This was mainly due to the number of downloads due to Best Buy ads. After the official Airplay release, it reached 18th place in March 2006 and also landed in the charts in other countries. The single was released on February 14, 2006 in the US and on March 13, 2006 in the UK. It has been sold over 20,000 times in Brazil , over 200,000 times in the UK and over 1.39 million times in the US.
Charts
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Chart placements | ||
 Germany (GfK)
|
19th (14 weeks) | 14th |
 Austria (Ö3)
|
14th (21 weeks) | 21st |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
|
8th (25 weeks) | 25th |
 United Kingdom (OCC)
|
3 (15 weeks) | 15th |
 United States (Billboard)
|
18th (22 weeks) | 22nd |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://umusic.ca/blackeyedpeas/. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 10, 2006 ; accessed on October 1, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ The Black Eyed Peas YouTube Statistics and History. Retrieved October 1, 2018 .
- ↑ CERTIFICADOS - Pro-Música Brasil . In: Pro-Música Brasil . ( org.br [accessed October 1, 2018]).
- ↑ http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx. Retrieved October 1, 2018 .
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↑ a b c d e chart sources:
- The Black Eyed Peas in the German charts on OfficialCharts.de
- The Black Eyed Peas in the Austrian charts on AustrianCharts.at
- The Black Eyed Peas in the Swiss charts on Hitparade.ch
- The Black Eyed Peas in the Official UK Charts (English)
- The Black Eyed Peas made the US charts on Billboard
