Pump IT

"Pump It" is a 2006 song by The Black Eyed Peas that heavily incorporates music from Dick Dale's 1962 surf version of the song "Misirlou" (known by many for being featured in the 1994 Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction). "Misirlou" is a popular folk song of Greek (Asia Minor) origin dating back to 1927. Nicholas Roubanis was given writing credit on "Pump It", though. (He accredited himself as writer in his recorded jazz version.) This was released as the fourth single from The Black Eyed Peas' 2005 album Monkey Business. This song was remixed for the deluxe edition of the group's fifth studio album The E.N.D. as "Pump It Harder".

The song was also featured in commercial spots for Best Buy in 2005 and Big Momma's House 2, Cars, Garfield 2 and Pepsi in 2006, as well as the main music during the pre-game of Edmonton Oilers home games during their 2006 playoff run. Dick Dale has been known to attempt to sing the chorus when playing "Misirlou" live. There is a remix by Travis Barker. The song was used as the soundtrack for the opening credits of the 2007 French film Taxi 4 and was also included in the film's soundtrack album. The instrumentals for the song were used as the theme song for Gordon Ramsay's American reality show Kitchen Nightmares. The song was also featured in Kung Fu Panda trailers for both movies. The song was also featured in the 2006 video game Lumines II, and the dance video game Just Dance 3.