{"id":20338,"date":"2016-05-18T11:02:07","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T10:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=20338"},"modified":"2016-05-18T11:02:07","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T10:02:07","slug":"essential-covers-sam-and-the-womp-light-it-up-major-lazer-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/05\/essential-covers-sam-and-the-womp-light-it-up-major-lazer-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential Covers: Sam And The Womp &#8211; &#8216;Light It Up&#8217; (Major Lazer Cover)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17261\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/01\/essential-covers-molly-anna-band-ashes-to-ashes\/essential-covers\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Essential-Covers.png?fit=1502%2C862&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1502,862\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Essential Covers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Essential-Covers.png?fit=640%2C367&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17261\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Essential-Covers.png?resize=640%2C367&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Essential Covers\" width=\"640\" height=\"367\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Early last\u00a0year we featured Sam And The Womp&#8217;s single, &#8216;Zeppelin&#8217;, and they did a very memorable twitter takeover for us. Now they&#8217;re back, with\u00a0an exclusive for Essentially Pop, their magnificent cover of Major Lazer&#8217;s, &#8216;Light It Up&#8217;.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20339\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/05\/essential-covers-sam-and-the-womp-light-it-up-major-lazer-cover\/sam-and-the-womp-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Sam-and-the-Womp-3.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Sam and the Womp 3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Sam-and-the-Womp-3.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20339\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Sam-and-the-Womp-3.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sam and the Womp 3\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sam And The Womp give their glorious take on Major Lazer&#8217;s, &#8216;Light It Up&#8217;. SATW are back with a new single, &#8216;Fireflies&#8217;, out on June 3 from all reputable music stores! Click to listen to Sam and the Womp on <a href=\"http:\/\/spoti.fi\/1Nwlgt2\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a>. You can check out the video <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RDO32Lqk2xI\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find Sam And The Womp online on their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.samandthewomp.com\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SamAndTheWomp\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/samandthewomp\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/samandthewomp\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/samandthewomp\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/samwomp\" target=\"_blank\">Soundcloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_69784\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/59HtEh4wQUU?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Sam And The Womp - &#039;Light It Up&#039; 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