Samples Used
The table below is a select list of samples used in "Pump Up the Volume"; also listed is which versions of "Pump Up the Volume" the sample appears in. Due to the song's legal history, samples used in the different U.S. and UK versions vary.
| Sampled track | Sampled portion | Original UK version | U.S. version/12" remix | UK radio edit | U.S. radio edit | Bonus Beats version | Original release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afrika Bambaataa and James Brown, "Unity (Part Three - Nuclear Wildstyle)" | Repeated vocal sample ("Ah...") | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Unity, 1984 (12") |
| Bar-Kays, "Holy Ghost" | Drums, with moog | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Holy Ghost, 1978 (12") |
| James Brown, "Super Bad (Part One)" | Vocal sample ("Watch me") | Y | N | Y | N | N | Super Bad, 1970 (12") |
| Tom Browne, "Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)" | Trumpet | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Love Approach, 1980 (LP) |
| Bobby Byrd, "Hot Pants - I'm Coming, I'm Coming, I'm Coming" | Drums | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Hot Pants - I'm Coming, I'm Coming, I'm Coming, 1972 (7") |
| Choice M.C.'s and Fresh Gordon, "Gordy's Groove" | Vocal sample ("Oh yeah") | N | Y | N | N | Y | Beat of the Street, 1985 (12") |
| Criminal Element Orchestra, "Put the Needle to the Record" | Vocal sample ("Put the needle on the record when the drum beats go like this") | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Put the Needle to the Record, 1987 (12") |
| Eric B. & Rakim, "I Know You Got Soul (a cappella version)" | Vocal sample ("Pump up the volume, dance") | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | I Know You Got Soul, 1987 (12") |
| Fab 5 Freddy featuring Beeside, "Change le Beat" | Beep effect and distorted vocal sample ("Ah") | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Street Music Material, 1984 (LP) |
| D.ST and Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, "Mean Machine" | Chanting | Y | N | Y | N | N | Mean Machine, 1984 (12") |
| Graham Central Station, "The Jam" | Drums and repeated vocal samples ("Hu, ha") | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Ain't No 'Bout-a'Doubt It, 1975 (LP) |
| Jimmy Castor Bunch, "It's Just Begun" | Vocal sample ("It's just begun") | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | It's Just Begun, 1972 (LP) |
| Kool & the Gang, "Jungle Jazz" | Drums | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Spirit of the Boogie, 1975 (LP) |
| George Kranz, "Din Daa Daa (Trommeltanz)" | Vocal sample ("Din daa daa...") | N | Y | N | N | N | Din Daa Daa, 1983 (12") |
| Lovebug Starski and The Harlem World Crew, "Positive Life" | Vocal sample ("That's right, dude, this gotta be the greatest record of the year/Check it out") | Y | N | Y | N | N | Positive Life, 1981 (12") |
| Trailer to the 1968 film Mars Needs Women | Vocal sample ("Mars needs women") | N | Y | N | N | Y | |
| Montana Sextet, "Who Needs Enemies (With a Friend Like You)" | Vocals | Y | N | N | N | N | Who Needs Enemies (With a Friend Like You), 1983 (LP) |
| Nuance, "Loveride" | Vocal sample ("Oh") | N | Y | N | Y | N | Stop, Dance, Rap, Romance, 1985 (LP) |
| Original Concept, "Pump That Bass" | Vocal sample ("Pump that bass") | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Bite'n My Stylee, 1986 (12") |
| Pleasure, "Celebrate the Good Things" | Horn samples | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Get to the Feeling, 1978 (LP) |
| Pressure Drop, "Rock the House (You'll Never Be)" | Vocal sample ("Rock the house") | Y | Y | N | N | N | Rock the House (You'll Never Be), 1983 (12") |
| Public Enemy, "You're Gonna Get Yours (My 98 Oldsmobile)" | Vocal sample ("You're gonna get yours") | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Yo! Bum Rush the Show, 1987 (LP) |
| Run-D.M.C., "Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse)" | Vocal sample ("Aw, yeah") | Y | Y | N | N | N | Here We Go, 1985 (12") |
| The Soul Children, "I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To" | Vocal sample ("Brothers and sisters") | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Wattstax: The Living Word, 1972 (LP) |
| Stock Aitken Waterman, "Roadblock (7" version)" | Vocal sample ("Hey") by Chyna (Coral Gordon) and sax sample by Gary Barnacle) | Y | N | N | N | N | Roadblock, 1986 (12") |
| Trouble Funk, "Pump Me Up" | Vocal sample ("Pump-pump me up") | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Drop the Bomb, 1982 (LP) |
| Fred Wesley and The J.B.'s, "Introduction to the J.B.'s" | Vocal sample ("Without no doubt") | Y | N | Y | N | N | Doing It to Death, 1973 (LP) |
| Fred Wesley and The J.B.'s, "More Peas" | Vocal sample ("Yeah, yeah") | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Doing It to Death, 1973 (LP) |
| Whistle, "(Nothing Serious) Just Buggin'" | Whistle sample | Y | N | N | N | N | Whistle, 1986 (LP) |
| Dunya Yusin, "Abu Zeluf" | Vocals | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Music in the World of Islam, 1: The Human Voice, 1976 (LP) |
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