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"Pump Up the Volume" (1987) was the only single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 released by British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 recording act M/A/R/R/S
MARRS

MARRS was a Grammy Award nominated, one-off recording act from 1987, a collaboration between the groups A R Kane and Colourbox, with additional input from DJs Chris "C.J." Mackintosh and Dave Dorrell....
. It was a number-one hit in the United Kingdom and is generally regarded as a significant milestone in the development of British house music
House music

House music is a style of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, USA in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discoth?ques catering to the African-American, Latino, and gay communities, first in Chicago, then in New York City and Detroit....
 and music sampling
Sampling (music)

In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an musical instrument or a different sound recording of a song....
.

The single was the product of an uneasy collaboration between Colourbox
Colourbox

Colourbox were an England electronic music outfit on the 4AD record label in the 1980s. They attempted an electronically-tinged reggae and soul music influenced pop music, constrained by the technology they had access to at the time....
 and A R Kane
A R Kane

A.R. Kane were a United Kingdom dream pop duo consisting of Alex Ayuli and Rudi Tambala. Their name derived from the "A" in Alex and the "R" in Rudi , the band's core multi-instrumentalist duo....
, two groups on the independent art-pop label 4AD. The link-up was suggested by label founder Ivo Watts-Russell
Ivo Watts-Russell

Ivo Watts-Russell is the founder and ex-president of the English indie record label 4AD. He has also produced several records, himself preferring to use the term "musical director" to explain his role in the creation....
 after the two groups had independently sounded him out about the possibility of releasing a commercially oriented dance record, inspired by the American house music that was starting to make an impact on the British charts.






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"Pump Up the Volume" (1987) was the only single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 released by British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 recording act M/A/R/R/S
MARRS

MARRS was a Grammy Award nominated, one-off recording act from 1987, a collaboration between the groups A R Kane and Colourbox, with additional input from DJs Chris "C.J." Mackintosh and Dave Dorrell....
. It was a number-one hit in the United Kingdom and is generally regarded as a significant milestone in the development of British house music
House music

House music is a style of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, USA in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discoth?ques catering to the African-American, Latino, and gay communities, first in Chicago, then in New York City and Detroit....
 and music sampling
Sampling (music)

In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an musical instrument or a different sound recording of a song....
.

The single was the product of an uneasy collaboration between Colourbox
Colourbox

Colourbox were an England electronic music outfit on the 4AD record label in the 1980s. They attempted an electronically-tinged reggae and soul music influenced pop music, constrained by the technology they had access to at the time....
 and A R Kane
A R Kane

A.R. Kane were a United Kingdom dream pop duo consisting of Alex Ayuli and Rudi Tambala. Their name derived from the "A" in Alex and the "R" in Rudi , the band's core multi-instrumentalist duo....
, two groups on the independent art-pop label 4AD. The link-up was suggested by label founder Ivo Watts-Russell
Ivo Watts-Russell

Ivo Watts-Russell is the founder and ex-president of the English indie record label 4AD. He has also produced several records, himself preferring to use the term "musical director" to explain his role in the creation....
 after the two groups had independently sounded him out about the possibility of releasing a commercially oriented dance record, inspired by the American house music that was starting to make an impact on the British charts. When the M/A/R/R/S project was first released early in 1987, the style had already spawned two major hits—Farley "Jackmaster" Funk
Keith Farley

Keith Farley is a disc jockey and record producer of Chicago house music. He is notable for producing a number of classic tracks in the mid and late 1980s....
's "Love Can't Turn Around" in the autumn of 1986, and Steve "Silk" Hurley
Steven Hurley

Steve "Silk" Hurley is a pioneering house music Record producer and club disc jockey....
's "Jack Your Body," which reached number one in January 1987. But just as important to M/A/R/R/S in the long run was the underground dance scene which was beginning to emerge in the UK, particularly records such as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu
The KLF

The KLF, also known as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu , The Timelords and other names, were one of the seminal bands from the Music of the United Kingdom acid house movement during the late 1980s and early 1990s....
's "All You Need Is Love
All You Need Is Love (The JAMs song)

"All You Need Is Love" is a song by The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, KLF Communications as their debut single on 9 March 1987. A politically topical song concerning the UK media's AIDS furore, the track was initially given a white label release because of its plagiaristic sample of other records....
" and Coldcut
Coldcut

Coldcut are an England dance music duo comprising Matt Black and Jonathan More. They are well known for their pioneering technique of using of hip hop style samples in dance music....
's "Say, Kids, What Time Is It?" These sample-heavy dance records were critically acclaimed, but were not mainstream hits. The single borrowed heavily from the older Stock Aitken Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman

Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a United Kingdom songwriter and record producer trio who had great success during the mid-late 1980s and early 1990s with many of their productions....
 remix of "My Love is Guaranteed" by R&B/dance singer Sybil
Sybil Lynch

Sybil Lynch is an United States Rhythm and blues/pop music singer, more popularly known as Sybil....
.

The record

The collaboration did not go entirely to plan. Once in the studio, the groups' different working methods and personalities failed to gel. Producer John Fryer
John Fryer (music)

John Fryer is an English record producer. Best known for his production work, he also branched out as a musician as one of only two constant members of This Mortal Coil , providing keyboards, strings and synthesizer sequencing for the band, and its offshoot, The Hope Blister....
 found himself in the middle and unable to resolve the conflict between the two camps. The result was that instead of working together, the two groups ended up recording a track each, then turning it over to the other for additional input. Colourbox came up with "Pump Up the Volume", a percussion-led near-instrumental (featuring an Eric B. & Rakim
Eric B. & Rakim

Eric Barrier and Rakim were a hip hop music duo from Long Island, New York, in the borough of Queens, New York, New York City, who recorded as Eric B....
 sample which gave it its title), while A R Kane created the more deliberately arty "Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance)" in another studio. Colourbox then added a heavy drum-machine
Drum machine

A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums and/or other percussion instruments. Drum machines are very useful instruments for a wide variety of musical genres, not just purely electronic music....
 rhythm and effects to "Anitina" and A R Kane overdubbed some additional guitar to "Pump Up the Volume." The coup de grace, however, was the addition of scratch
Scratching

Scratching is a DJ or Turntablism technique used to produce distinctive sounds by moving a vinyl record back and forth on a phonograph while manipulating the crossfader on a DJ mixer....
 mix effects and samples by DJs Chris "C.J." Macintosh and Dave Dorrell.

The two tracks were released to UK dance clubs in July 1987, on an anonymous white label
White label

White label records are vinyl records with adhesive plain white labels afixed. Test pressings, usually with Test Pressing written on the label, with catalogue number, artist and recording time or date, are produced in small quantities to evaluate the quality of the disc production....
 with no artist credit. "Pump Up the Volume" proved to be the more popular side and was the track more heavily promoted (in particular, it was the track for which an accompanying video was produced) when 4AD released the 12" single
12-inch single

The 12-inch single gramophone record came into existence with the advent of disco music in the 1970s. The first 12" single was actually a 10" acetate used by a mix engineer in need of a Friday night test copy for famed disco mixer Tom Moulton....
 (as, officially, a double A-side) on 24 August. It entered the UK singles chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
 the following week at number 35, a strong initial showing for an unknown act, especially on 12" sales only. However, what gave "Pump Up the Volume" its commercial edge was the remix
Remix

A remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. A remixer uses Audio mixing to compose an alternate master recording of a song, adding or subtracting elements, or simply changing the equalization, dynamics, Pitch , tempo, playing time, or almost any other aspect of th...
 released a week later. This remix became the best-known version of the track, transforming it by the addition of numerous samples which provided the record with additional hooks besides its oft-repeated title chant— Public Enemy shouting "You're gonna get yours!" the title line from Criminal Element Orchestra's "Put The Needle to the Record" (a minor house hit from earlier the same year), samples from The Bar-Kays' "Holy Ghost", and most distinctively, a speeded-up sample of Israeli singer Ofra Haza
Ofra Haza

Ofra Haza was a popular Israelis singer, actress and international recording artist.Of Yemenite Jews ancestry, Haza was born the youngest of nine children in the poor Tel Aviv neighborhood of Hatikvah ....
's "Im Nin'Alu
Im Nin'Alu

"Im Nin'alu" is a Hebrew poem by the 17th century's Yemenite Rabbi Shalom Shabazi , which has later been put to music, and was sung by Israelis Yemenite singer Ofra Haza and others....
." It was this remix, rather than the original, that was edited down to create the 7-inch version of the track, which began picking up radio play.

As the record climbed the charts, the single ran into legal difficulties. With "Pump Up the Volume" standing at number two, an injunction
Injunction

An injunction is an equitable remedy in the form of a court order, whereby a party is required to do, or to refrain from doing, certain acts. The party that fails to adhere to the injunction faces civil or criminal penalties and may have to pay damages or accept sanctions for failing to follow the court's order....
 was obtained against it by pop music producers Stock Aitken Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman

Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a United Kingdom songwriter and record producer trio who had great success during the mid-late 1980s and early 1990s with many of their productions....
 (SAW), who objected to the use of a sample from their hit single "Roadblock". Distribution was held up for several days while negotiations took place, which resulted in an undertaking that overseas releases would not include the "Roadblock" sample. Dave Dorrell later stated that he believed SAW would never have noticed the highly distorted sample had he not rashly boasted about it in a radio interview. The offending article consisted of 7 seconds of an anonymous background voice moaning the single word "hey", involved no musical or melodic information, and could never be considered plagiarism in the literary sense. Pete Waterman wrote an open letter to the music press calling such things "wholesale theft". Some publications were quick to point out that Waterman was currently using the bassline from Colonel Abrams
Colonel Abrams

Colonel Abrams is a House music and Urban contemporary musician who was born in Detroit, Michigan and raised in Brooklyn, New York.Career...
 hit "Trapped" in his production of Rick Astley
Rick Astley

Richard Paul Astley is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Astley is married to producer Lene Bausager and has one daughter. Astley has released or appeared on recordings that have sold more than 40 million copies worldwide....
's "Never Gonna Give You Up
Never Gonna Give You Up

"Never Gonna Give You Up" is a song originally performed by singer Rick Astley. It was released as a single from Astley's multi-million selling debut album, Whenever You Need Somebody , which was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman....
," which was competing in close proximity to "Pump Up the Volume" in the pop charts. Many observers suggested that SAW's motives had just as much to do with extending the run of "Never Gonna Give You Up
Never Gonna Give You Up

"Never Gonna Give You Up" is a song originally performed by singer Rick Astley. It was released as a single from Astley's multi-million selling debut album, Whenever You Need Somebody , which was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman....
" at the top of the chart. SAW had access to almost limitless legal resources and M|A|R|R|S stood little if any chance of a successful defense. Despite all this, "Pump Up the Volume" went on to spend two weeks at number one in October 1987 and was a chart hit in many other countries, receiving considerable airplay on American, Australian and European airwaves. While it was stripped from the official American release, the version containing the offending "Roadblock" sample was the version that the Australian charts credited.

Influence

As the first big British-made house hit, "Pump Up the Volume" marked a turning-point in the popularity of the genre. Eric B. & Rakim
Eric B. & Rakim

Eric Barrier and Rakim were a hip hop music duo from Long Island, New York, in the borough of Queens, New York, New York City, who recorded as Eric B....
's Paid in Full
Paid in Full (album)

Paid in Full is the debut studio album of hip hop music duo Eric B. & Rakim, released on July 7, 1987 through the Island Records subsidiary label 4th & B'way Records....
, which entered the top twenty in November, sold on the strength of a Coldcut
Coldcut

Coldcut are an England dance music duo comprising Matt Black and Jonathan More. They are well known for their pioneering technique of using of hip hop style samples in dance music....
 remix which unashamedly recycled elements from the M/A/R/R/S single (though the original artists, an American rap
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 duo, were reported to hate the mix). This was a very rapid response indeed, since "Pump Up the Volume" seemed to catch the record industry off-guard. It wasn't until February 1988, a good four months after "Pump Up the Volume" reached the top ten, that the floodgates truly opened. Like "Pump Up the Volume", many of the first major wave of British house hits were on independent labels. Not all of them displayed an obvious influence from M/A/R/R/S, though many did. While Two Men, a Drum Machine and a Trumpet
Fine Young Cannibals

Fine Young Cannibals were a United Kingdom band formed in Birmingham, England in 1984, by guitarist David Steele and bassist Andy Cox , and singer Roland Gift....
's "Tired of Getting Pushed Around", one of the first such hits, was principally just a dance groove with minimal use of samples, it was the sampling angle that made most impact on the public consciousness in the short term. Among the hits clearly following in M/A/R/R/S' footsteps were "Beat Dis" by Bomb the Bass
Bomb the Bass

Bomb the Bass is the umbrella title for the output of British musician and producer, Tim Simenon. The band, which has evolved its style over the years, has been classed as Electronic Dance music or dance....
, "Theme from S'Express" by S'Express
S'Express

S'Express was a United Kingdom dance music act from the late 1980s that had one of the earliest commercial successes in the acid house genre....
, and "Doctorin' the House" by Coldcut. These in turn spawned imitators from across Europe and the USA. The sample montage craze would soon burn itself out, since many of the later records relied heavily on recycling the same samples already heard on the hits mentioned above. Litigation would also play its part and the adage "Where there's a hit—theres a writ" was coined as both house and hip hop
Hip hop

Hip hop is a cultural movement built largely around the music genre of hip hop music, which developed in New York City during the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 artists underwent a period of being sued for using unlicenced samples in their recordings. The sampling style was also being parodied
Parody

A parody , in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, or author, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation....
, notably by Star Turn on 45 Pints, with their UK hit "Pump Up the Bitter", and by Harry Enfield
Harry Enfield

Harry Enfield is an United Kingdom comedian, actor and writer, as well as working small-time as a Television director....
's "Loadsamoney" single (incidentally produced by a young William Orbit
William Orbit

William Orbit is an England musician composer and record producer, perhaps best known to most for his work on Madonna 's album Ray of Light, which received four Grammy Awards, sold 4 million copies in the United States, and sold 16 million copies worldwide....
). Les Adams also released "Check This Out" under the LA Mix moniker—a record that replayed "Pump Up the Volume" and "This is a journey into sound"" soundbites before a male voice yells, "Oh not again! Get off!" Tastes started to change and Acid House
Acid house

Acid house is a sub-genre of house music that emphasizes a repetitive, hypnotic and trance music-like style, often with samples or spoken lines rather than sung lyrics....
 started to dominate as the dance music soundtrack to 1988's 'Summer of Love'. Unlike the sample based records of six months earlier all you needed to create acid house was a Roland TB-303
Roland TB-303

The Roland TB-303 Bass Line is a synthesizer with built-in music sequencer manufactured by the Roland corporation from 1982 to 1984 that had a defining role in the development of contemporary electronic music....
/TR-808
Roland TR-808

The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer was one of the first programmable drum machines . Introduced by the Roland Corporation in late 1980, it was originally manufactured for use as a tool for studio musicians to create demo s....
, synthesizer
Synthesizer

A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing a variety of sounds by generating and combining signals of different frequency....
, drum machine
Drum machine

A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums and/or other percussion instruments. Drum machines are very useful instruments for a wide variety of musical genres, not just purely electronic music....
, sequencer
Music sequencer

A music sequencer is software or hardware designed to create and manage computer-generated music.Originally, music sequencers did not include the ability to record audio....
 and keyboard
Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organ s as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic musical instrument....
 - not samples. This house music boom of 1988 would therefore influence later dance music styles, including the rave scene and in a different form, Madchester
Madchester

Madchester was an alternative rock genre that developed in Manchester, England, towards the end of the 1980s and into the early 1990s. The music that emerged from the scene mixed indie rock, psychedelic rock and dance music....
. The song itself was later sampled by Girl Talk
Girl Talk (musician)

Gregg Gillis , better known by his stage name Girl Talk, is an American musician. Gillis, who lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, has released four LPs on the record label Illegal Art and EPs on 333 and 12 Apostles ....
 on his album Night Ripper
Night Ripper

Night Ripper is the third album by Girl Talk . It was released on Illegal Art in 2006. It is composed almost entirely of Sampling taken from other artists' songs, with minor original material by Gillis....
 in 2006.

M/A/R/R/S themselves never came close to recording again. A R Kane gave interviews to the music press in which they explained that while they were proud to have been part of M/A/R/R/S, it was not an experience they were keen to repeat. They were particularly unhappy at having their contribution to "Pump Up the Volume" all but removed from the track (though this may have been the decision of Dorrell, Fryer and/or Macintosh, rather than Colourbox). Colourbox attempted to carry on using the name M/A/R/R/S, but were not willing to pay the £100,000 that A R Kane wanted for full rights to the name, and the project remained a one-off. DMC Records
Disco Mix Club

Disco Mix Club is a DJ remix service founded by Tony Prince which began as a radio show in 1981 on Radio Luxembourg in the UK. Prince helped popularise a new style of DJ mixes using the turntablism as an instrument....
, a UK DJ pool and remix service, sought permission to remix "Pump Up the Volume" for several years. After continual setbacks resulting from the uneasy M|A|R|R|S collaboration, the organization gave up and released its own version in 1995 under "Greed featuring Ricardo da Force."

Samples used

The following are select samples only. Unconfirmed samples have not been included. Due to the song's legal history, samples used in the UK and U.S. versions vary.

  • The Bar-Kays "Holy Ghost" from Holy Ghost, 1978 (12")
  • Criminal Element Orchestra "Put The Needle To The Record" from Put The Needle To The Record, 1987 (12")
  • Eric B. & Rakim
    Eric B. & Rakim

    Eric Barrier and Rakim were a hip hop music duo from Long Island, New York, in the borough of Queens, New York, New York City, who recorded as Eric B....
     "I Know You Got Soul (Acappella)" from I Know You Got Soul, 1987 (12")
  • George Kranz
    George Kranz

    George Kranz is a Germany dance music singer and percussionist. He is best known for his song "Trommeltanz", otherwise known as "Din Daa Daa". The song hit No....
     "Din Daa Daa (Trommeltanz)" from Din Daa Daa, 1983 (12")—US 12" remix
  • Graham Central Station
    Graham Central Station

    Graham Central Station was a funk music band named after founder Larry Graham and is a pun on New York City's Grand Central Station.The band's origins date from when Santana guitarist Neal Schon formed the band Azteca along with Larry Graham and Gregg Errico , both from Sly & the Family Stone, and Pete Sears , from Hot Tuna and Jefferso...
     "The Jam" from Ain't No 'Bout-A-Doubt It, 1975 (LP)
  • Ofra Haza
    Ofra Haza

    Ofra Haza was a popular Israelis singer, actress and international recording artist.Of Yemenite Jews ancestry, Haza was born the youngest of nine children in the poor Tel Aviv neighborhood of Hatikvah ....
     "Im Nin'Alu
    Im Nin'Alu

    "Im Nin'alu" is a Hebrew poem by the 17th century's Yemenite Rabbi Shalom Shabazi , which has later been put to music, and was sung by Israelis Yemenite singer Ofra Haza and others....
    " from the Coldcut
    Coldcut

    Coldcut are an England dance music duo comprising Matt Black and Jonathan More. They are well known for their pioneering technique of using of hip hop style samples in dance music....
     remix of Eric B. & Rakim
    Eric B. & Rakim

    Eric Barrier and Rakim were a hip hop music duo from Long Island, New York, in the borough of Queens, New York, New York City, who recorded as Eric B....
    's "Paid in Full," 1987
  • Fred Wesley
    Fred Wesley

    Fred Wesley is an United States jazz and funk trombonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s.Wesley was born in Columbus, Georgia, the son of a high school teacher and big band leader....
     & The JB's "More Peas" from Doing It To Death, 1973 (LP)
  • Jimmy Castor Bunch "It's Just Begun" from It's Just Begun, 1972 (LP)
  • Kool And The Gang "Jungle Jazz" from Spirit Of The Boogie, 1975 (LP)
  • The Last Poets
    The Last Poets

    The Last Poets is a group of poets and musicians who arose from the late 1960s African American civil rights movement's black nationalist thread....
     "Mean Machine (Chant)" from This Is Madness, 1971 (LP)—UK remixes
  • Pressure Drop
    Pressure drop

    Pressure drop is a term used to describe the decrease in pressure from one point in a pipe or tube to another downstream. This is usually the result of friction of the fluid against the tube....
     "Rock the House (You'll Never Be)" from Rock the House (You'll Never Be), 1983 (12")
  • Public Enemy "You're Gonna Get Yours (My 98 Oldsmobile)" from Yo! Bum Rush The Show, 1987 (LP)
  • Run-DMC "Here We Go (Live at Funhouse)" from Here We Go, 1983 (12")
  • Introduction to The Soul Children
    The Soul Children

    The Soul Children was an United States soul music band ....
    's "I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To" from Wattstax: The Living Word, 1972 (LP)(this is the same sample as Public Enemy's Rebel Without A Pause)
  • Stock, Aitken & Waterman "Roadblock (7" Version)" from Roadblock, 1986 (12")—UK versions
  • Tom Browne
    Tom Browne

    For the former BBC Radio 1 chart presenter, see Tom Browne .Tom Browne is a jazz trumpeter who rose to prominence first through his early work with Sonny Fortune, and for his 1980 single "Funkin' For Jamaica "....
     "Funkin' For Jamaica (N.Y.)" from Love Approach, 1980 (LP)
  • Trouble Funk
    Trouble Funk

    Trouble Funk was an influential and successful Rhythm and blues and funk band from Washington, D.C. They helped to popularize the Washington, D.C....
     "Pump Me Up" from Drop The Bomb, 1982 (LP)
  • Lovebug Starski
    Lovebug Starski

    Lovebug Starski is an American hip hop rapping, musician and record producer. His began his career as a record boy in 1971 as hip hop music first appeared in the Bronx, and he eventually became a Disc jockey at the Disco Fever nightclub in 1978....
     & The Harlem World Crew "Positive Life" from Positive Life, 1981 (12")—UK remixes


Track listings

7" single
  1. "Pump Up The Volume"
  2. "Anitina (the First Time I See the Dance)"


CD single
  1. "Pump Up The Volume (7" US Version)" 4:11
  2. "Pump Up The Volume (Bonus Beats)" 4:50
  3. "Pump Up The Volume (12" UK Version)" 6:30
  4. "Pump Up The Volume (12" US Version)" 7:13
  5. "Pump Up The Volume (Instrumental)" 5:09
  6. "Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance)" 6:40


4AD Vinyl
  1. "Pump Up The Volume" 4:07
  2. "Pump Up The Volume (Remix)" 7:10


Bright Lights, Big City Soundtrack
  1. "Pump Up The Volume (Radio Edit)" 4:07


Certifications

CountryCertificationDateSales certified
CanadaPlatinumMarch 18, 1988100,000
UKSilverOctober 1, 1987200,000
U.S.GoldApril 8, 1988500,000


Charts

Chart (1987)Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart4
Dutch Top 40
Dutch Top 40

The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the pirate radio channel Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it....
 Singles Chart		1
French SNEP Singles Chart9
German Singles Chart2
Irish Singles Chart5
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart1
Swedish Singles Chart14
Swiss Singles Chart3
UK Singles Chart1
U.S. Billboard Hot 10013
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks8