Pump It

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title: "Pump It" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2006-singles", "music-videos-directed-by-francis-lawrence", "ultratop-50-singles-(flanders)-number-one-singles", "songs-written-by-will.i.am", "songs-written-by-fergie-(singer)", "black-eyed-peas-songs", "song-recordings-produced-by-will.i.am", "interscope-records-singles", "2005-songs", "songs-written-by-apl.de.ap", "rap-rock-songs"] description: "2006 single by The Black Eyed Peas" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump_It" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 2006 single by The Black Eyed Peas ::

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Field	Value
name	Pump It
cover	Pump It.png
border	yes
type	single
artist	The Black Eyed Peas
album	Monkey Business
released
genre
length	3:33
label
writer
producer	will.i.am
prev_title	My Humps
prev_year	2005
next_title	Mas que Nada
next_year	2006
misc
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| name = Pump It | cover = Pump It.png | alt = | border = yes | type = single | artist = The Black Eyed Peas | album = Monkey Business | released = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = 3:33 | label = | writer = | producer = will.i.am | prev_title = My Humps | prev_year = 2005 | next_title = Mas que Nada | next_year = 2006 | misc = "Pump It" is a song recorded by American group the Black Eyed Peas for their fourth studio album Monkey Business (2005). It was written by group members will.i.am, apl.de.ap and Fergie, along with frequent songwriting collaborator Thomas van Musser, and produced by will.i.am. The song heavily incorporates music from Dick Dale's 1962 surf version of "Misirlou", known for being featured in the 1994 Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction, hence crediting Nicholas Roubanis as a co-writer. It was released as the fourth and final single from Monkey Business on January 16, 2006, by A&M Records and Interscope Records.

"Pump It" became the Black Eyed Peas' fourth consecutive top-20 single on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 18, while reaching the top ten in 13 countries worldwide. The song was remixed for the deluxe edition of the group's fifth studio album The E.N.D. (2009), titled "Pump It Harder". It has also appeared in the soundtrack of the film Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties. An EDM version by Dutch DJ Tiësto, titled "Pump It Louder", is featured on their seventh studio album Drive (2023) as the album's fifth lead single.

Origins

"I was in Brazil doing some CD," The 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 [sic] 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'."

Music video

The music video for "Pump It" was filmed in November 2005, in Los Angeles, California, and features The Black Eyed Peas competing and fighting with a gang of unidentified people in a parking garage. The video features a modified Honda Civic Hybrid customized with metallic paint with Black Eyed Peas graphics; the vehicle was later given away in sweepstakes during the 2006 Honda Civic Tour. Some of the vehicle actual driving in the parking lot was CGI, since actually driving in the manner portrayed in the clip was too dangerous and costly for a music video production. Further CGI was required during the soccer ball (clearly visible at 2:07 in the official video) kicking scene in the middle of the video. To enhance the fighting scenes some cord pulling stunts were required.

Chart performance

Before the single was officially released, the song peaked at number 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 number 18 in March 2006. The single was released to stores in the United States on February 14, 2006, and in the United Kingdom on March 13, 2006.

This single, compared to other Monkey Business singles' performance on US charts, is the lowest ranking single from the album.

The song reached higher spots on charts in other countries. In New Zealand, "Pump It" debuted at number 19 on March 13, 2006. It jumped to number 2 the following week, where it peaked. It became their 4th consecutive top 5 hit from "Monkey Business" in this country, after "Don't Phunk With My Heart" and "My Humps" reached number 1, and "Don't Lie" peaking at number 5. Also, it is their 9th consecutive top 10 hit, after all of their singles from "Elephunk" reached the top 10, (including #1's "Where Is The Love?" and "Shut Up!", and earlier single "Request + Line", which peaked at number 10. Amazingly, this expanded to 11 top 10 hits for the band with the release of the 3 consecutive top 3 singles "Boom Boom Pow" (#2), " I Gotta Feeling" (#1) and "Meet Me Halfway" (#3) from the future album "The E.N.D". The streak broke when next single "Rock That Body" only managed to peak at number 16. They then had another 3 consecutive top 10 hits with "The Time (Dirty Bit)" (another #1 hit in the country), "Just Can't Get Enough" (#4), and "Don't Stop The Party" (#9) from the 2010 album The Beginning. In Australia, the song peaked at number 6. The song was also popular in the United Kingdom, becoming their 8th hit single there. "Pump It" peaked at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart - only 5 sales behind the #2 song that week "It's Chico Time", matching the chart success of previous single "My Humps". It was the first song ever to make the UK Top 40 on sales of downloads alone.

Official versions

• "Pump It" – 3:35
• "Pump It" (Album Version) – 3:33
• "Pump It" (Radio Edit) – 3:35
• "Pump It" (Travis Barker Remix) - 3:36
• "Pump It Harder" – 3:52

Charts

Weekly charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (2005–2006) | Peak position | Canada (Nielsen SoundScan) | Canada CHR/Pop Top 30 (Radio & Records) | Croatia (HRT) | European Hot 100 Singles (Billboard) | Greece (IFPI) | Ukraine Airplay (TopHit) Travis Barker remix | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 7 | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | 9 | | | | | | | | | 152 | | | | | | | | ::

Year-end charts

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Chart (2006)	Position	Australia (ARIA)	Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)	Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)	Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)	Brazil (Crowley)	European Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)	France (SNEP)	Hungary (Dance Top 40)	Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)	Italy (FIMI)	Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)	Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)	UK Singles (OCC)	US Billboard Hot 100
31
64
13
39
12
34
72
15
16
48
88
65
34
89
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Certifications

Release history

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Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.	France	United States	Australia	Germany	France	Germany	United Kingdom
January 16, 2006	CD	Polydor
January 17, 2006	Rhythmic contemporary radio
February 13, 2006	CD	Universal Music
March 3, 2006
March 6, 2006	Maxi CD	Polydor
March 10, 2006	Universal Music
March 13, 2006	Polydor
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