Pump Up the Volume (soundtrack)

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Pump Up the Volume (Music From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Michael Timmins
  • Peter Moore
  • Peter Murphy
  • Pixies
  • Sonic Youth
  • Soundgarden
  • Todd Rigione

    • Pump Up the Volume (Music From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to

    comedy-drama film Pump Up the Volume. It was released on August 14, 1990 through MCA Records. The album peaked at number 50 on the US Billboard 200
    chart.

    Professional ratings
    Review scores
    SourceRating
    AllMusic[1]

    Music being central to the plot of a film about a young pirate radio station DJ, the soundtrack featured a diverse number of artists. The official soundtrack release had eleven tracks.

    Song information

    The soundtrack features several covers. The

    Sly & the Family Stone
    .

    Peter Murphy's exclusive track was later included on a special reissue of his 1988 album, Love Hysteria, while Sonic Youth's song appeared on their 1990 release, Goo.

    An earlier version of Soundgarden's "Heretic" appears on the 1985 Seattle band compilation album Deep Six. Concrete Blonde revisited "Everybody Knows" on their 2003 album, Live in Brazil. The original, upbeat version of "Wave of Mutilation" appears on Doolittle, the third studio album by Pixies, while the UK Surf version was a B-side for a single from the album, "Here Comes Your Man".

    A number of songs prominently featured in the film did not appear on the officially released soundtrack, including the original version of "Everybody Knows" by Leonard Cohen, which appeared on his 1988 album,

    The Descendents from their 1981 EP Fat, "Love Comes in Spurts" by Richard Hell and the Voidoids from their 1977 album Blank Generation, and "Talk Hard" by Stan Ridgway, the original version of which has never been released (though Ridgway has released a live version of the song). "Girls L.G.B.N.A.F." by Ice-T
    is played on a boombox outside of the school by some boys.

    Not as prominently featured is a legendary early track by the

    Def Jam album Licensed to Ill after being deemed too explicit. Christian Slater
    's character explains this when he introduces it on the air saying, "Now here's a song from my close personal buddies, the Beastie Boys...a song that was so controversial they couldn't put it on their first album".

    Track listing

    No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
    1."
    Michael Timmins
  • Peter J. Moore
    		• 5:34
    11."Tale O' the Twister" (performed by Chagall Guevara)
    		Dennis Herring3:20
    Total length:46:32

    Other songs in the film

    No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
    1."
    Love Comes in Spurts" (performed by Richard Hell)
    		R. Meyers 2:03
    4."If It Be Your Will" (performed by Leonard Cohen)L. CohenJohn Lissauer3:43
    5."Girls L.G.B.N.A.F." (performed by Ice-T)
    		3:00
    6."Get Together"C. Powers, Jr.  
    7."WeinerSchnitzel" (performed by Descendents)
    		Spot0:10
    8."Scenario" (performed by Beastie Boys)
    		Rick Rubin5:00
    9."Dad, I'm in Jail" (performed by Was (Not Was))
    		 1:25
    10."Fast Lane" (performed by Urban Dance Squad)
    		Jean-Marie Aerts3:16

    Chart history

    Chart (1990) Peak
    position
    US Billboard 200[2] 50

    Certifications

    Region Certification Certified units/sales
    United States (RIAA)[3] Gold 500,000^

    ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

    References

    1. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Pump Up the Volume [Original Soundtrack] - Original Soundtrack". AllMusic. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
    2. ^ "Soundtrack Chart History (Pump Up the Volume): Billboard 200". Billboard. September 29, 1990. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
    3. ^ "American album certifications – Soundtrack – Pump Up the Volume". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 17, 2022.

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