Jump (for My Love)

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"Jump (for My Love)" was a major hit of the 1980s, performed by the Pointer Sisters. It was later covered by UK pop group Girls Aloud.

1 Pointer Sisters version
- 1.1 Chart peaks
2 Girls Aloud version

[edit] Pointer Sisters version

"Jump (for My Love)" was the lead track, although not the lead single, of the Pointer Sisters' 1983 album, Break Out. The song was the second of four Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles in a row for them in 1984, peaking at #3 in July. It also appeared on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. The song netted the group a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1985.

In 2003, this recording was used in the movie Love Actually.

[edit] Chart peaks

Chart (1983)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	6
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	3

[edit] Girls Aloud version

"Jump (for My Love)"

Single by Girls Aloud
B-side(s)	"Girls Allowed" "Grease" "Love Bomb"
Released	November 17, 2003
Format	CD single, Cassette
Recorded	2003
Genre	Pop
Length	3:40
Label	Polydor
Writer(s)	G. Skardina M. Sharron S. Mitchell
Producer(s)	Xenomania
Chart positions
Top 10 positions #2 (UK, Ireland) #6 (Belgium) #8 (Netherlands) #9 (Sweden)
Girls Aloud singles chronology
"Life Got Cold (2003)	"Jump (for My Love)" (2003)	"The Show" (2004)
Alternate cover

UK CD 2 cover
Audio sample
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In 2003, Girls Aloud covered "Jump" for the movie soundtrack Love Actually. The film uses The Pointer Sisters' original version in the film itself due to American audiences being unaware of Girls Aloud, who feature in the end credits.

It gave them a #2 hit and became their second biggest seller. In the United Kingdom, the single sold 59,820 copies in its first week of release and a total of 182,000 copies.

Girls Aloud's version featured two album tracks from Sound of the Underground, as well as a cover of the theme song from Grease (from ITV's Grease Mania).

The track was released after "Some Kind of Miracle" was pencilled in for the fourth single release. "Jump" was featured on the re-release of the Platinum-selling album Sound of the Underground.

[edit] Music video

Girls Aloud in their music video for "Jump". From left to right: Cheryl Cole, Kimberley Walsh, Sarah Harding, Nadine Coyle & Nicola Roberts.

The video for "Jump" was made to appear like it was interwined with the film Love Actually. There is a version of the video without scenes from the movie that can be found on the girls' DVD, Girls On Film.

A Hugh Grant look-a-like was hired, and the premise of the video was that the members of the band were sneaking around the residence of the Prime Minister.

Both group and individual shots were used as the band members progressed from sneaking in a bedroom window to going down a set of stairs to entering a conference room to finally re-exiting through the window.

[edit] Track listings and formats

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Jump".

#	Title	Time
UK CD single 1
1.	"Jump"	3:39
2.	"Girls Allowed"	3:26
3.	"Grease"	3:25
UK CD single 2
1.	"Jump"	3:39
2.	"Love Bomb"	2:52
3.	"Jump" [Almighty Vocal Mix]	7:34
UK Cassette single
1.	"Jump"	3:39
2.	"Girls Allowed" [Almighty Vocal Mix]	6:15

[edit] Chart positions

Chart (2003)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	2
Irish Singles Chart	2 (3)
Belgium Singles Chart	6
Netherlands	8 (2)
Sweden Singles Chart	9
New Zealand	13
Poland Singles Chart	16
Australia Singles Chart	23
Mexican Top 100	98