M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The Volume

[bristolcityifcation]

MEMBERS OF COLORBOX ROCKED THIS TUNE !! ONLY U FROM THE UK WILL KNOW IM SAYING CAUSE WE WAS FIRST AS ALWAYS !!!!

[bristolcityifcation]

i was there in the day this was one ground breaking tune a lead up to when E was proper and clean and the raves were free !! thank god i was there in the day listen and enjoy !! BRISTOL POSSE !!!

[lila3207]

R/E/A/L/L/Y/Q/U/I/T/E/G/O/O/D

[pasha14021979]

UMZ.UA Rulit!!!

[MrRaulskiable]

saturday disco!...pump up the volume.....yeah, yeah....

[andersingram]

bar kays holy ghost is the bass

[xhairsfordemocracy]

2 Brothers and Sisters didn't get to pump up their volume.

[belisariusorb]

I actually had to pump down the volume because tyhe neighbours aren't too cool with this even at 9pm

[Plamen2007]

back to the roots of house music! love it!!!!

[suspectVandal]

Ofra Hazza made this track so much cooler than it would have been without her!

[ylwapple45]

Why hasn't NASA used this video to recruit new astronauts!!????

[IsaiasWimara]

brothers n sisters pp up the volume...Mars need women!

o/

[frankiewantstosee]

the Original Girl Talk.

[droog1967]

i wonder how many samples were used by Martyn and Steve on Just Give 'Em Whiskey ? or on the whole of the Colourbox CAD508 album for that matter ? Anyone have any idea ? of course in 1985 no-one bothered getting clearance to use samples, it was Mr Waterman who started all that.

[DubiousMixer]

It's true that there are a few different (radio edit) versions of this great track. This version is the version I also have on the original vinyl with the black, white and red cover. It's B-side (Anitina) is also different from the versions I hear on Youtube. MARRS sampled about 26!! songs in this one. Its phrase Pump Up The Volume is by Eric B. And Rakim's I Know You Got Soul @ 30 sec.

[feler11]

number 1!!!!

[BMWgab]

@feler11 yeeahh!!!!!

[DARelHarb]

No, This is the orginal Radio Edit version. You can hear the difference with the remix from 2:27....

[dagnaste01]

this must be a newer remix cause i have the actuall record when this came out yea im that old and near the end it sayes a few times mars needs wemon its really awsome i like it better than this mix but can find it

[zorro8616]

I VEKKI NN CAPISCONO!!!!!! noi siamo figli della house ;)

[dopeman2971]

懐かしい！ハウスの殿堂入りだ＾＾

[agemangirl1919]

まさにそうですよね～

映像もすばらしい・・・

[zolaret]

Great Song!!! Epic!

[Eyebreak]

LEGEND

[Jerther666]

Can't believe it's on youtube!!! :D HAHAHA!!! This is the first song I've ever loved, when I was two! Wow thanks a lot chiefobeef for bringing me this childhood nostalgia :D

[southpaw2k1]

I think the Middle Eastern is really Ofra Haza sped up, but the sample isn't "I'm Nin Alu."

[Bakartkung1]

the best song

[570875]

clasic

[TheRealPCHintsNTips]

1 word, 1 meaning: Epic

[zionravescene]

Roadblock FTW!

In your FACE, Pete Waterman.

[SMITT2512]

blueprint for house

[ITherealMarcomanI]

Classic.

[Cutiejo100]

I still love this track after all these years. I was only born in 1979 so wasn't even ten when this came out! I loved the track even then but the video did scare me a little bit on Top of the Pops when it was at number 1!

[jensbrzoska]

One of the best Tracks of the 80`s :o)

[jojolovejoy]

its just..its just..its just..its just...HISTORY!!

[deedzremix]

Amazing record!!! Didn't loose it's power after all these years. And while most of the samples are now recovered I'm still searching for that *last* unknown sample. Please help me and take a look at my video Marrs - the final sample hunt !!

[hanakaigono]

俺が１５歳のころ昭和６３年の新宿歌舞伎町、ニューヨーク×２で­も、長崎マハラジャでも、スペシャルヒットしてたよ！

[111111APATCHO111111]

†クール。

初期ハウス･ミュージックのカリスマ。

[summer4autumn]

The 80s kicked ass.

Miss 'em. ;(

[dul4ever2008]

1:48 i love it

[TheRealPCHintsNTips]

The most randomest video ever!!

love the song!! 5 star

[alfyx76]

mamma che ricordi bellissimo

[cuppatea12]

love 1:47

[JMurray801]

I don't get the 2 min 40 banned sample i did not here anything worth banning. it's just some chicks voice. Now if the sample Sounded like her making belch noises or her saying some thing like fuck me side ways then yea.

[pilgrimomega]

It's not banned because it's offensive, but because the sample was not cleared and the copyright holder doesn't want that sound used on this song. So it's a rare thing to be able to enjoy it.

[JMurray801]

OK.

[Ic37r011]

Phucking Classic.  I love this.

[cjdunn]

Speaking of Pump Up the Volume I don't understand why this song was never included in the "Pump Up the Volume" movie soundtrack back in the 80s with Christian Slater. It only seems fitting.

[dul4ever2008]

i want a download link please

[TheRealPCHintsNTips]

Agreed!

[HHSTT]

Brilliant... One of my favorites

[vidsearcher814]

Legendary in it's day - and this is the only version on You Tube that has the (if I remember correctly) banned "Roadblock" sample at 2.40.

After this original version got the copyright lawyers working overtime over all the samples, subsequent watered-down remixes just failed to capture the essence the original track. This, however, is just fantastic.

[SJay71]

Yep - Pete Waterman and your lawyers eat your heart out!! This is awesome, the original & the best!! Top quality bassline - old skool classic choon!! Thanks for post Chiefobeef ! 5*.

[Whistlechops]

I just had to listen to the "other" version 5 times before I found this. Amazing how removing 5 seconds from a song can totally fuck it up. Agreed, fuckin' bangin' choon and excellent upload. Hail to the Chiefobeef, baby.

[wa2ise]

I imagine the guys at JPL NASA enjoyed seeing their Voyager 2 simulation footage set to this music!

[cjdunn]

Hells yeah.. fucking old school!

[nerkman]

FUCK YEAH!

[joeysowner]

YOU ARE A LEGEND!

NO QUESTIONS ASK!

[thetimeis1517]

Legendary, absolutely legendary!

[TECKMASSE]

TO THE STARS

TECKMASSE

[beastbot]

God to think i was 17 when this record was hot..just some of tracks i remember feeling at the club at that particular moment were: cookie crew's "rok da house", public enemy "rebel without a pause", stetsasonic "talkin all that jazz", housemaster boyz "house nation", eric b "paid in full", rhythm is rhythm "the dance"&"nude photo"..there was just SO,SO much INCREDIBLE house AND hip hop AND rare groove AND detroit techno in '87-'88.. everyone was feeling it all together. Nothing like it since..

[carllovesjesus]

great job beastbot on the samples in the song.

[meekness06]

this is one of the best 80's dance music people would still dance to it

[ekhornbeck127]

video is ok, but that original version sent the shiver down my spine when the roadblock sample kicked in... up yer arse pete Waterman!

[lewis72]

@ekhornbeck127

Haha !! I agree with the sentiments so much, I had to check to see if it was me that wrote the comment !!

[DanielLaszloKovacs]

This one song is the origin of today's many genres. ...unbeleivable - brilliant - prophetic!

[dillikins]

Well, not really. Do a bit of research and you'll find that your claim is inaccurate. Go listen to some Double D & Steinski (for one) and then get back to me...

[DanielLaszloKovacs]

This way we could mention Bach... I've checked Wikipedia. Double Dee & Steinski: hip-hop producers who achieved notoriety in the early 1980s for a series of sample-based collages known as the Lessons, which are still well-regarded today as early underground hip-hop classics. Although they never had a hit record... MARRS: "Pump Up the Volume" (1987) was ... a number-one hit in the UK and is generally regarded as a significant milestone in the development of British house music and music sampling.

[dillikins]

Bach? What are you on about? As for M/A/R/R/S' influence on "British House", I'm a little skeptical on that one. Certainly British house (and I'm assuming you're referring to Acid House in particular) was more influenced by Detroit techno than "Pump Up The Volume", and other forms of house would have been more inspired by Chicago house. I'm curious - which of "today's many genres" were you referring to in your previous comment?

[DanielLaszloKovacs]

I was referring essentially to techno, house, and trance. But you're right in the sense that there is no one standalone origin - there must have been many-many influences which evolved today's music. Among them is this song (Pump up the Volume). But I think there is no debate in that its place is outstanding. It had a huge influence mainly due to its popularity. A peak of the "pyramid"...

[Joyriser]

Stands the test of time and then some! Fantastic piece of dance music!

[DeepSouth02]

I remember when this came out. I was just another teenage watching VideoHits early one Saturday morning. Monumental piece of music, no matter how it was made. Fantastic clip - just love seeing all that old Soviet and US space footage.

[Kenta19191919]

Indeed. If "monumental" is the word, I don't know what is.

[clippermouse]

brilliant real classic

brings back so cool memories

10q mate!

[fullbockbaby]

the best version from this track on you tube.

up and down.early version of electronic music.

milestone of music.awesome.

[Sheels1976]

put the needle on the record....

[zionravescene]

... when the drumbeats go like THIS!

[Loubellamia]

check out my Party in a box... and let it play...it will take you back!

[UltraPOPDJ]

How sad nowadays finding the original UK mix is sooo hard to find. One of my favourite parts where the sampled "Roadblock" was edited on the re-packaged copies of the single and song as well. The US mix is OK but the Uk version tops it all! Thank you for posting the original single version of this video a million and ONE!!!

[fullbockbaby]

oh yes you have so right.you are a true musiclover.

[milky475]

you're so right dude... this is the best version...the original version...this was so hard to find.

thanks for posting

[tabasquian1972]

pump up the volume, my brotha!!! (subele al volumen,mi hermano!!!)

[bsuminimo]

all the music you hear these guys got sued the fuck out of them and did not make a penny off this song or video bummer it was fuckin cool

[Gromitdog1]

Wolfman sued and then there was some other lawsuit, man this song was groundbreaking.

[Kenta19191919]

What happened to MARRS in the end?

[Kenta19191919]

I thought that there was also a version with all the nuclear explosions.

[senorsock21]

thats old school man XD

[EarlGreyIII]

We hear so much cut'n'paste music these days, forget how revolutionary this was at the time

[TrancetasticWilza]

This was the Dawn of Dance music!

[Stevanhale]

I loved this video when it came out. Not for the music, but for the amazing footage featured in the video! This was before the internet, and you couldn't just "google" images and video of NASA training. Nerds naition wide stared with gaping maw at this video without hearing a note of music.

[ELGROOVER]

Nation wide, nation! Do I get bonus 'Nerd ' points for spotting that one? My jaw was slack yet my ears were on track, what a number! The definitive original house number. Not Mrs.Brown at #42, no sir! Saturn V engine was the business, yea!! #1 Poop pickers ; j

[Stevanhale]

Yea, I spelled nation wrong, it was a typo. As for the rest of what you said....WHAT?????I have no idea what you are talking about, and does nobody else but you!

[ELGROOVER]

Yea, it was a hypo but Nerds need points, where are mine? My point being that not all Nerds are unappreCIAtive of bustin' tunes, take me for example! I was astounded when the number and video came out!! It was fantastico and is still worthy now.

[ELGROOVER]

House number, you don't get that? "Saturn V" nothing to do with Apollo 440 or Goldie ; it did drive the astronuts to the Moon. It's the huge tall white tube thing with flames coming out of the bottom. "Poop pickers" is a 'nod' towards Alan 'Fluff' Freeman R.I.P. 'cept his term was "pop pickers". How do you know that I know what I'm talking about, or that no one else does? Huh, huh, huh??? LOL... : )

[rlrrn]

did Colourbox ever do a video for Breakdown or Tarantula?

[livardo]

damn I'm an old fuck

[mole49er]

holy crap.. that was about 20 years ago now. Love that track. damn I feel old.

[Nox979]

...I love this...!!! Great chiefobeef...!!!!

[rattler067]

oh i got this track in the crates classic

[shunt]

YES!!!! This is the version I've been looking for, with the Stock/Aitken/Waterman snippet in it!

[Lakupekka009]

pulttibois!!!

[tripbrother]

i remember this track....