Up the Volume". Disco Mix Club Records, a British DJ pool and remix service, sought permission to remix "Pump Up the Volume" for several years. After continual setbacks resulting from the uneasy M|A|R|R|S collaboration, the organization gave up and released its own version in 1995 under "Greed featuring Ricardo da Force". "Pump Up the Volume" was used during the late 1980s and early 1990s as the theme for Univision's boxing series Boxeo Budweiser. In 1990, "Pump Up the Volume" became the theme song for the highly popular Finnish sketch comedy show Pulttibois, starring Pirkka-Pekka Petelius and Aake Kalliala. Slant Magazine ranked the song 32nd in its "100 Greatest Dance Songs" list in 2006, adding: "M/A/R/R/S's "Pump Up the Volume", which took its title sample from an Erik B. & Rakim song, was a milestone in the world of sampling culture, snatching bits of Criminal Element Orchestra's "Put the Needle to the Record", old soul records (a few years before Josh Davis hit the dustbins), and Ofra Haza's "Im Nin Alu" (long before Kanye [West] played his 45s at the wrong speed), just to name a few. A one-off collaboration between U.K. indie label 4AD's Colourbox and A.R. Kane and DJs C.J. Mackintosh and Dave Dorrell, the track was a patently European interpretation of American house music and became the first big crossover U.K. house hit." In 2011, The Guardian featured the song in the "A history of modern music: Dance" playlist. In 2020, Slant Magazine placed the song at number 18 in their list of "The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time". Samples used The table below is a select list of samples used in "Pump Up the Volume"; also shown are indicators showing within which versions of the song each sample appears. Because of the song's legal history, samples used in the different US and UK versions vary. Track listings 4AD 12" single (BAD 707) "Pump Up the Volume" – 5:07 "Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance)" – 6:38 Remix 12" single (BAD 707R) "Pump Up the Volume" (Remix) – 6:28 "Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance)" (Remix) – 7:29 7" single (AD 707) "Pump Up the Volume" (Radio edit) – 4:06 "Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance)" (7" version)" – 5:02 CD maxi single (BAD 707 CD) "Pump Up the Volume" (Re-Mix) – 6:27 "Pump Up the Volume" – 5:07 "Anitina