Release date: 1987
"Pump Up the Volume" is the only single by British recording act M|A|R|R|S. It was a number-one hit in many countries and is regarded as a significant milestone in the development of British acid house music and music sampling. The song derives its title directly from a lyrical sample from "I Know You Got Soul", a hit single by labelmates Eric B. & Rakim, released months prior in that same year.
M/A/R/R/S was a one-off collaboration between members of A.R. Kane (Alex and Rudi Kane) and Colourbox (Martin and Steve Young), both veteran 4AD artists. They took their name from the four collaborator's initials plus that of label boss Ivo Watts-Russell, who suggested they get together. Those four are the credited songwriters on the track.
Single: M|A|R|R|S
LYRICS
Pump up the volume
Pump up the volume
Pump up the volume
Pump up the volume
Brothers and sisters
Pump up the volume
We're gonna need you
Brothers and sisters
Pump up the volume
Pump that baby
Brothers and sisters
Pump up the volume
We're gonna need you
Brothers and sisters
Pump up the volume
Pump pump it ay
Rock the house
Rock the house
Ah yea
Ah yea
Do it
Do it do it
Yea yea
Yea yea
Boogie down bo bo boogie down
Boogie down
Here we go, see'mon
Do it
Do it
Do it
Pump up the volume
Pump up the volume
Pump up the volume
Dance dance
Rythmic, systemic and world control
Magnetic, genetic, dement your soul
Rythmic, systemic and world control
Magnetic, genetic, dement your soul
Rythmic, systemic and world control
Magnetic, genetic, dement your soul
Rythmic, systemic and world control
Magnetic, genetic, dement your soul
Put the needle on the record
Put the needle on the record
Put the needle on the record
Put the needle on the record
Put the needle on the record
When the song beats go like this
Pump up the volume
Pump up the volume
Pump up the volume
Dance dance
Mars
Needs
Women
Mars
Needs
Women
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