Hand on the Pump explained

Hand on the Pump
Cover:	Hand_on_the_Pump.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Cypress Hill
Album:	Cypress Hill
B-Side:	Real Estate
Released:	1991
Recorded:	1991
Length:	4:02
Label:	Ruffhouse
Producer:	DJ Muggs
Prev Title:	The Phuncky Feel One
Prev Year:	1991
Next Title:	Pigs
Next Year:	1991

"Hand on the Pump" is a single by hip hop group Cypress Hill, released from their self-titled debut album. While still successful, the song did not reach the popularity of previous singles "How I Could Just Kill a Man" and "The Phuncky Feel One". The song was re-recorded and released as a single in 1992 under the name "Hand on the Glock"; this version was also released on the "Latin Lingo" single.

Music video

Like many of the group's early music videos, the video simply shows the members performing the song in various locations, alongside various clips from an unnamed cinematic title filmed in Red Hook, New York ^[1]

Chart positions

Chart	Peak position
US R&B	49^[2]
US Rap	2^[3]

Notes

• A "Hand on the Pump" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 6 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, which acts as a 25-song extension to the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

^[4] "Hand on the Pump" samples Gene Chandler's "Duke of Earl" on the 1962 album, Vee Jay.

Notes and References

1. Web site: YouTube. Cypress Hill - Hand on the Pump. 26 March 2011 . February 21, 2015.
2. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=cypress hill|chart=R&B/Hip-Hop Albums B}} Cypress Hill Album & Song Chart History: R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. February 21, 2015.
3. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=cypress hill|chart=Rap Airplay}} Cypress Hill Album & Song Chart History: Rap Songs]. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. February 21, 2015.
4. Web site: Cypress Hill's 'Hand on the Pump' - Discover the Sample Source. WhoSampled. 17 February 2019.