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Jump by Van Halen
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Van HalenProduced by
Ted TemplemanWrited by
Michael Anthony (Bassist) & David Lee Roth & Alex Van Halen & Eddie Van HalenAbout
“Jump” is the lead single from Van Halen’s 10x platinum selling album 1984. The song was internationally successful, becoming Van Halen’s only #1 hit in both the US & Canada and reaching #2 in Ireland & Australia, #4 in Germany, Austria & Switzerland, and #7 in the UK.
At first, the res...
Jump Lyrics
[Intro]
Ow!
[Verse 1]
I get up, and nothing gets me down
You got it tough, I've seen the toughest around
And I know, baby, just how you feel
You got to roll with the punches to get to what's real
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, can't you see me standing here?
I got my back against the record machine
I ain't the worst that you've seen
Oh, can't you see what I mean?
[Chorus]
Ah, might as well jump (Jump!)
Might as well jump
Go ahead and jump (Jump!)
Go ahead and jump
[Verse 2]
Hello! Hey, you! Who said that?
Baby, how you been?
You say you don't know
You won't know until you begin
[Pre-Chorus]
So can't you see me standing here?
I've got my back against the record machine
I ain't the worst that you've seen
Oh, can't you see what I mean?
[Chorus]
Ah, might as well jump (Jump!)
Go ahead and jump
Might as well jump (Jump!)
Go ahead and jump
[Post-Chorus]
Jump!
[Guitar Solo]
[Keyboard Solo]
[Chorus]
Might as well jump (Jump!)
Go ahead and jump
Get it and jump (Jump!)
Go ahead and jump
[Outro]
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Jump Q&A
Who wrote Jump's ?
Jump was written by Michael Anthony (Bassist) & David Lee Roth & Alex Van Halen & Eddie Van Halen.
Who produced Jump's ?
Jump was produced by Ted Templeman.
Are the rumors that this song is actually about committing suicide true?
Not exactly. David Lee Roth came up with the lyric “go ahead and jump” after watching a news report about a man threatening to end his life from a building ledge. Roth imagined there was probably at least one person in the crowd thinking, “Go ahead and jump”. However, not written about suicide – the...
What did Van Halen say about "Jump"?
In 2016, when Guitar World asked Eddie Van Halen about 1984 and which song they recorded first, he responded:
That was ‘Jump.’ Once Ted heard that song, he was full-hog in. He said, ‘That’s great! Let’s go to work.’ When I first played ‘Jump’ for the band, nobody wanted to have anything to do with...