Jump (Kris Kross song)

"Jump" is a 1992 song by the hip hop duo Kris Kross. It was released as a single in early 1992 from their album Totally Krossed Out. It achieved great success in many countries where it topped the charts, including Australia, Switzerland and the U.S.

History

Kris Kross's members were only 12 and 13 years old when they recorded their hit song. Written and produced by Jermaine Dupri, "Jump" was the fastest selling single in fifteen years and stayed on top of the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks. Kris Kross's debut album Totally Krossed Out, which features "Jump", sold over four million copies. It also reached number one in Australia and New Zealand, and number 2 in the United Kingdom, held off the top by KWS' cover song "Please Don't Go". This song kept En Vogue's "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" from the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100, which the song peaked at number 2.

The song samples The Honeydrippers' "Impeach the President", Ohio Players' "Funky Worm" and Jackson 5's "I Want You Back"; Kris Kross later toured Europe together with Michael Jackson. At the beginning of their song they dissed another kid group Another Bad Creation when Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly said "don't try to compare us to another bad little fad". The original song's introduction contained a sample of ABC's song "Playground" which was followed by a scratching sound giving the effect that their record was being taken off to play "Jump". This was soon removed due to copyright infringement.

It ranked number 75 on "VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90's", and number two on their "Child Stars" Top 10 list. Most recently, the song (mislabeled as "Jump, Jump") was ranked at #34 on the list of the 100 Worst Songs Ever by Matthew Wilkening of AOL Radio, who tells the reader not to blame the kids of Kris Kross, but to look behind the curtain for Treach and Dupri, whom he labeled as "true villains".^[1]

Remixes, cover versions, and uses in media

• The official remix features reggae artist Super Cat and was released on maxi CD and vinyl singles of the song. It sampled James Brown's "Funky Drummer" with the original version's samples.
• In 2005, the song was re-written by Polish-German musician DJ Tomekk with the same background music. The song released as single and features vocals of the German rappers Fler and G-Hot.
• In 2006, it was covered by Australian hip hop artist Macromantics for Triple J's "Like a Version" segment, then in 2007 rapper Remy Ma of Lean Back fame recorded a version of Jump using the word "jump" as a synonym for "slut". Juelz Santana laid his own rap verses over the instrumental version. In the TV show Bill Nye the Science Guy, there is a parody called "Water Cycle Jump". Track 12 of Disney's Jump In soundtrack, "Jump", appears to be a sort of cover of this song. Nipsey Hu$$le's song "Hu$$le in the House" contains a sample from this song.
• The song was used in a British advertisement to promote Corbin Bleu's new Disney Channel Original Movie, Jump In!, and was performed on season 7 of Kids Incorporated.
• In 1993, KFC used the song in a commercial promoting their boneless chicken bites.^[2]
• In 2010, "Jump" was covered by Irish music duo Jedward on their album Planet Jedward.
• This song also has been listed on Just Dance 2
• In the 2011 movie Friends with Benefits, "Jump" is featured as the favorite song of main character Dylan (played by Justin Timberlake).
• In 2011, The X Factor USA contestant Astro performed a remix of the "Jump", which received rave reviews from judges L.A. Reid, Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell.

Track listings

Charts

Chart successions

References