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MARRS started in 1987 as an intended collaboration between the groups [[A.R. Kane]] and [[Colourbox]], with additional input from DJs [[C.J. Mackintosh|Chris "C.J." Mackintosh]] and Dave Dorrell.<ref name="allmusic">{{Cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p40156|pure_url=yes}} |title=MARRS: Biography |access-date=2008-08-08 |last=Ankeny |first=Jason |work=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> However, instead of working together, the two groups ended up recording a track each, then turning it over to the other for additional input. Of the two pieces completed, one, "Anitina", was an A.R. Kane track with drum programming by Colourbox's Steve Young. The other, "Pump Up the Volume", was a propulsive Martyn Young track constructed largely of samples, including one of A.R. Kane's guitars.
The record was released under the alias MARRS, an [[acronym]] derived from the forenames of the five [[4AD]] artists involved in the project: Martyn Young (from Colourbox), Alex Ayuli and Rudy Tambala (from A.R. Kane), Russell Smith (an associate A.R. Kane member and founder of [[Terminal Cheesecake]]), and
The ostensibly double A-sided [[single (music)|single]] [[Pump Up the Volume (song)|"Pump Up the Volume"]] / "Anitina", released on [[4AD]] in the UK, was to be the sole MARRS release.<ref name="LarkinDM">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1998|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0252-6|page=211}}</ref> Only "Pump Up the Volume" gained significant attention and airplay and went on to be a No. 1 hit in the United Kingdom, Canada, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, as well as a top-ten hit in several other countries. ("Anitina" was listed on the UK chart after several weeks, but a note on the actual chart explained that "Anitina" was listed at the record company's request, "without significant evidence of consumer interest" in the track).
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