"Pumped Up Kicks" is an original cover of the 2010 song of the same name by Foster the People featured on the soundtrack of the Peacemaker episode "Best Friends, For Never." Originally written by Foster the People's Mark Foster, the cover is produced by The Suicide Squad composer John Murphy and Tyler Barton and performed by Murphy and Ralph Saenz AKA Michael Starr, the lead singer of comedic glam metal band Steel Panther. The cover was released by Troll Court and WaterTower Music on January 9, 2022. It was included in Peacemaker (Soundtrack from the HBO Max Original Series), released on February 18, 2022.
Lyrics[]
[Intro]
- Are you ready? Let's go
- Ow, all right, listen up
- Are you ready for some rock and roll?
- I'm feelin' this, man
- Check it out
[Verse 1]
- Robert's got a quick hand
- He'll look around the room, but won't tell you his plan
- He's got a rolled cigarette
- Hanging out his mouth, he's a cowboy kid
- Yeah, he found a six shooter gun
- In his dad's closet, and with a box of fun things
- I don't even know what
- But he's coming for you, yeah, he's coming for you
[Chorus]
- All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
- You better run, better run, outrun my gun
- All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
- You better run, better run faster than my bullet
- All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
- You better run, better run, outrun my gun
- All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
- You better run, better run faster than my bullet
[Verse 2]
- Daddy works a long day
- He be coming home late, yeah, he's coming home late
- And he's bringing me a surprise
- Cause dinner's in the kitchen, and it's packed in ice
- I've waited for a long time
- Yeah, the sleight of my hand is now a quick pull trigger
- I reason with my cigarette
- Then say, "Your hair's on fire, you must have lost your wits, yeah"
[Chorus]
- All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
- You better run, better run, outrun my gun
- All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
- You better run, better run faster than my bullet
- All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
- You better run, better run, outrun my gun
- All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
- You better run, better run faster than my bullet
[Bridge]
- Let's go!
- Uh
- Woo!
- You like that, Evan?
[Chorus]
- All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
- You better run, better run, outrun my gun
- All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
- You better run, better run faster than my bullet
- All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
- You better run, better run, outrun my gun
- All the other kids with the pumped up kicks
- You better run, better run faster than my bullet
[Outro]
- Woo!
Videos[]
Peacemaker Soundtrack - Pumped Up Kicks feat. Ralph Saenz - John Murphy
Trivia[]
- The original "Pumped Up Kicks" is directly mentioned by Amber Calcaterra as one of the songs her husband Evan likes by Foster the People in the Peacemaker episode "Best Friends, For Never," the one in which the cover plays in the end credits.
- Ralph Saenz calls out Evan in the bridge between the second and final chorus, asking, "You like that, Evan?"