It prominently features the sounds of the Roland TR-909 , which remain a building block for dance music today.

The record label featured Congolese fashion model Felly Kilingi in the video and on the original album cover as a marketing tactic.

One of the most famous stories in pop history involves the Pump Up The Jam Official Music Video and album artwork.

The track was built around a sample from Marshall Jefferson's house classic, "Move Your Body" .

The project was the brainchild of American-born teacher Jo Bogaert , who moved to Belgium and sought to fuse American hip-hop with European "new beat" dance floor sensibilities.

It reached #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and topped charts in Belgium, Spain, Finland, and Iceland. It was later certified triple platinum. The Lip-Sync Controversy