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I've been on tenterhooks
Ending in dirty looks
List'ning to the Muzak
Thinking 'bout this 'n' that
She said that's that
I don't wanna chitter-chat
Turn it down a little bit
Or turn it down flat.
Pump it up when you don't really need it
Pump it up until you can feel it
Down in the pleasure centre
Hell bent or heaven sent
Listen to the propaganda
Listen to the latest slander
There's nothing underhand
That she wouldn't understand
Pump it up until you can feel it
Pump it up when you don't really need it
She's been a bad girl
She's like a chemical
Though you try to stop it
She's like a narcotic
You wanna torture her
You wanna talk to her
All the things you bought for her
Putting up your temp'rature
Pump it up until you can feel it
Pump it up when you don't really need it
Out in the fashion show
Down in the bargain bin
You put your passion out
Under the pressure pin
Fall into submission
Hit-and-run transmission
No use wishing now for any other sin
Pump it up until you can feel it
Pump it up when you don't really need it
Pump it up until you can feel it
Pump it up when you don't really need it
Pump it up until you can feel it
Pump it up when you don't really need it
Don't really need it
Don't really need it
Don't really need it
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| Pump It Up |
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| Written by | Elvis Costello |
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| Performed by | Elvis Costello & The Attractions |
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| Produced by | Nick Lowe |
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| Musicians | Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums |
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| Recorded | November 1977-January 1978, Eden Studios, London |
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| Released | March 17, 1978 |
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| Albums | This Year's Model, 1978 |
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| Singles | Pump It Up, 1978 |
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| Collections | Almost New, 1982
The Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions, 1985
The Man (The Best Of Elvis Costello), 1985
Girls Girls Girls, 1989
2½ Years, 1993
The Very Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions, 1994
The Very Best Of Elvis Costello, 1999
Singles, Volume 1, 2003
Rock And Roll Music, 2007
The Best Of Elvis Costello The First 10 Years, 2007 |
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| Various Artists collections | WFNX 101.7 FM, 1990
Punk & Disorderly (New Wave 1976-1981), 1991
Going Underground, 1994
Teenage Kicks (46 Classic Punk & New Wave Tracks), 1995
The Best Punk Album In The World... Ever! 2, 1996
ESPN Presents Slam Jams Volume 1 (Contact 3), 1997
Contact 3! - The Third Period (La Troisieme Periode), 1997
Heard It Seen It Done It, 1998
Once In A Lifetime, 1998
Jock Rock 2000, 1999
The Best Ever Footy Album, 1999
Best Of Rock Vol. 1, 1999 -
Rock: The Train Kept A Rollin', 1999 -
Frosh 3, 2000
Sounds Of The 70s - Punk, 2002 -
The Modern Edge: A Modern Rock Collection, 2003
Heroes, 2004
I Want My New Wave, 2004
Chopper: Every Day Above Ground Is A Good Day, 2004
New Waves: 45 Original 45s From The Post Punk Era, 2005
Jim Beam - 40 Shots Of Rock - The Last Shout, 2005 - |
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| Promos | Breaking The Rules, 1980
The Continuous History of Rock and Roll (Show #18: Modern Rock), 1982
2½ Years (In 31 Minutes), 1993
UK Elvis Costello, 2002 |
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| Videos | The Right Spectacle: The Very Best Of Elvis Costello - The Videos, 2005 |
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| Length | 3:15 |
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