The cover to Technotronic’s 1989 “Pump Up The Jam” is as phony as the music itself, a Belgian remake of Farley “Jackmaster” Funk’s This Acid Life. Congolese-born model Felly Kilingi appears on the cover and in the video where she lip-synced the vocals of Ya Kid K, Manuela Kamosi. It takes liberally from Chicago house, even utilizing unaccented vocals from Kamosi, who spent time living in Chicago. Still, it’s an excellent example of Belgian New Beat and reached no. 2 on the U.S. Billboard charts, the first House track anywhere to do so, and can still charm. As a fun fact, the original recording used vocal samples from Eddie Murphy’s standup, but vocals were added later.
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