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“Pumping on Your Stereo” by Supergrass
From the album Supergrass (1999)
“Pumping on Your Stereo” by Supergrass appears on 16 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1999 and 2025. It was first released in 1999 on the album Supergrass. Its best result is #6 on the Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #321 alternative song of 2000 and #4,691 alternative song of all time.
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"Pumping on Your Stereo" led off Supergrass's self-titled third album, out on Parlophone as a single on 24 May 1999. Drummer Danny Goffey has said it tumbled out in the rehearsal room in about 10 minutes, the band singing over three chords, and the easier a song was to play, the better they played it.
It's a strutting, glam-stomping singalong, Gaz Coombes' guitar crunching, Rob Coombes on keys, Mick Quinn's bass rolling and three of them singing. Quinn remembered that Goffey's snare wasn't hitting hard enough, so they all clapped along on top of it, and the result came out sounding like Bowie. They also couldn't resist a joke: on the record they sing "humping" where the title says pumping. John Cornfield produced with the band. It reached 11 in the UK, and NME later put it at No. 124 on its list of the best tracks of the previous 15 years.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 6 | Virgin Radio United Kingdom | Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 1999 | 10 |
| 1999 | 73 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1999 | 100 |
| 2000 | 70 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2000 | 91 |
| 2000 | 101 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2000 | 107 |
| 2000 | 95 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2000 | 102 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 56 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio VR10x10 (April 2003) | 100 |
| 2007 | 1933 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1868 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1803 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1752 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1778 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1766 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1747 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
| 2021 | 221 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2022 | 580 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2025 | 596 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
Also listed as: Pumping On Your Stereo.
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