Pump Pump - Kyle W

My Guilty Pleasure is Finland 1976: Pump Pump by Fredi & the Friends.  This song just has it all: amazing outfits, fantastic facial hair, terrible dancing, and a super catchy tune!  The lyrics make no sense at all and really revolve around the phrase "Let your hip go hippety pump pump.” 1976 is part of a weird island of English in older Eurovision editions, and it feels like the whole song was probably translated by someone who spoke next to no English at all.  

In classic Eurovision fashion, Fredi is completely out of sync with the rest of the group.  There is this amazing move he does where he bumps out his chest early in the song, and it turns into an attempt to bump hips with the two singers on either side as the song goes on, however he kind of always misses.  There is a pianist who seems to be living his best life, plus two other singers as odd window dressing.  The song really has everything I could want from a Eurovision entry.

The song is classic 1970s Eurovision, and while I am not sure it will ever be an enduring classic, it always brings a smile to my face each time it comes up.  I regularly use it to introduce older Eurovision entries to people who have only seen the more modern editions.  It is a delight and dare I say it, a guilty pleasure!