Pump Up the Jam: The Album

"Pump Up the Jam" is the opening track on Technotronic's album Pump Up the Jam: The Album. The song was a world-wide smash hit, reaching number two in the United Kingdom in 1989. The song was also a landmark release for house music. It was able to tackle the tough American market and became the first house song to break into mainstream. It reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was later certified triple platinum. Read more on Last.fm.

Technotronic is a studio-based house music project from Belgium, formed by Jo Bogaert (a.k.a. Thomas De Quincey) in 1988. Together with Ya Kid K (born Manuela Kamosi, 1973, Zaire), he produced the hit single Pump Up The Jam which was originally intended as an instrumental. An image for the act was put together utilizing Zairian-born fashion model Felly (allegedly without her permission) as its album and single cover art and singer in the music video. Ya Kid K went on to provide vocals on several other Technotronic tracks. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.