Pump It Up

Lyrics

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

Credits

• Written by: Elvis Costello
• Produced by: Nick Lowe
• Musicians:

Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar

Steve Nieve - keyboards

Bruce Thomas - bass

Pete Thomas - drums

Discography

Albums:

• This Year's Model, 1978
• This Year's Model (reissue), Rykodisc/Demon, 1993
• This Year's Model (Deluxe Edition), Rhino, 2002
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Singles:

• Pump It Up, 1978
• Almost New, 1982 (Australia/New Zealand mini-LP)

Collections:

• 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
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Alternate Versions:

• Pump It Up (live at the El Mocambo, Toronto 1978-03-06)

Live At The El Mocambo, 1978 (Canadian promo)

Live At The El Mocambo, Rykodisc/Demon, 1993

2½ Years, 1993

• Pump It Up (BBC Version)

1 and Only: 25 Years of Radio 1, 1992

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Soundtracks:

• none

Various Artists collections:

• none

Covers

Recorded by:

• none
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Performed by:

• none
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Bootlegs

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