Format Digital download
CD Length 3:29 | Genre Indie pop Label Warner Music | |
Released 8 April 2013 (2013-04-08) Writer(s) Tobias Jimson
Michel Flygare
Stina Wäppling | ||
"Pumpin Blood" is a song by Swedish trio NONONO. It was released on 8 April 2013 through Warner Music as the lead single from the band's debut studio album, We Are Only What We Feel. The song has charted in the United States and several European countries, and sold in a number of 700,000 copies worldwide.
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Musical influences
Described as having influences of electronic, indie pop, and rock music, "Pumpin Blood" has received comparisons to current popular acts such as Foster the People, Of Monsters and Men, Peter Bjorn and John and MGMT.
Release
On 8 April 2013, "Pumpin Blood" was released through Warner Music as a lead single from the NONONO's debut studio album, We Are Only What We Feel. The song was also included on the Pumpin Blood EP, released in the United States in September 2013. On 10 June 2013, an EP titled Pumpin Blood (Remixes) was released in Sweden. Another EP with remixes was also released in the United States on 1 April 2014.
Critical reception
The song received mixed reviews from music critics, who highlighted it as one of the best tracks on We Are Only What We Feel, and complimented its whistle hook and radio appeal, but criticized its lyrical content.
Music video
A music video for the song, directed by Magnus Härdner, was released on 15 April 2013.
In popular culture
The song was featured on the soundtrack album for the 2014 romantic drama film Endless Love, starring Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde. In February 2014, it was featured in a season three episode of Suburgatory, titled "The Birds and the Biederman". It was also performed by the cast of Glee featuring Lea Michele, Darren Criss, Naya Rivera, Chris Colfer and Amber Riley in an April 2014 episode of the series, "Opening Night", and later released on a digital five-track EP titled Glee: The Music, Opening Night. It also featured as soundtrack in EA Sports game, 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil.