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    Additional facts about this song:
    • Technotronic’s other hits include “Get Up! (Before The Night is Over)” and “This Beat is Technotronic”.
    • “Pump Up The Jam” has a BPM of 125, the same as the heartbeat of a cat at rest.
    • This video is based on a 72-page treatment by William Goldman, Oscar-winning screenwriter of All the President’s Men.
    • The original 12-inch release of “Pump Up The Jam” came with a free horse.
    • When this video was first broadcast, audiences feared it was real, and that jam would be pumped into their homes through the screen.
    • “Pump Up The Jam” is an anagram for “Jam Up The Pump”
    • This song was played five times in a row at the funeral of director Stanley Kubrick.