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Technotronic's "Pump Up The Jam": How Belgium Shocked the World With a Dancefloor Classic

The Twelve Inch 167 : Pump Up The Jam (Technotronic)

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May 30, 2025
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As you might know by now, I live in a lovely, small European country called Belgium, famous for its chocolate, waffles, and our many beers. And we should have been famous for “French” fries (which, let’s be honest, the French stole from us 😃). If the Gulf of Mexico can be renamed, surely it’s time we start calling them Belgian fries, or “frites,” as we call them.

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