The 90s hip-hop group House of Pain’s smash hit “Jump Around”, is still popular at any event that hopes to excite their crowd. Although most people like “Jump Around’s” lyrics inspirational, some find them controversial. The song’s catchy beat that brings the bounce has contributed to its success. The song features a throbbing rhythm, saxophone sample, and explicit jump instructions.
Interesting Song Facts
- “Jump Around” features saxophone samples from Jr. Walker’s “Shoot Your Shot.”
- Most of the song comprises samples with an addition of guitars and live instruments.
- “Jump Around” borrows instrumentals from such as Harvey Arverne’s “You’re No Good” and Lowell Fulsome’s “Tramp.”
- The song gained popularity on major charts. Peak chart performances include the top three positions on the Billboard Hot 100 and the top 5 spot on Billboard Hot Rap Songs. “Jump Around” peaked at number 8 on the 1993 UK Singles Chart, and top 30 on the Eurochart Hot 100 of 1993
- The horn flourish at the song’s intro comes from “Harlem Shuffle” by Bob and Earl.
- Commercials for companies such as Bridgestone and Walmart frequently use “Jump Around” in their ads. In addition, the song was popular in the 2014 Coca-Cola Super Bowl ad.
- “Jump Around” has been featured in films such as Kiss of Death (1995), Black Hawk Down (2001), Jack Reacher (2012), Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016), and Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
- TV series such as My Name is Earl, Parks and Recreation, and Veronica Mars featured “Jump Around” in some of their episodes.
Lyrics
Pack it up, pack it in, let me begin
I came to win, battle me that’s a sin
I won’t ever slack up, punk you better back up
Try and play the role and yo the whole crew’ll act up
Get up, stand up (c’mon!) see’mon throw your hands up
If you’ve got the feeling, jump across the ceiling
Muggs lifts a funk flow, someone’s talking junk
Yo I bust him in the eye, and then I’ll take the punk’s hoe
Feelin’, funkin’, amps in the trunk and I got more rhymes
Than there’s cops at a Dunkin’ Donuts shop
Sho’ nuff, I got props
From the kids on the hill plus my mom and my pops
I came to get down, I came to get down
So get out your seat and jump around!
Jump around!
Jump around!
Jump around!
Jump up, jump up and get down!
Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump! (Everybody jump)
Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump!
Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump! (Everybody jump)
Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump!
Jump!
I’ll serve your ass like John McEnroe
If your girl steps up, I’m smacking the hoe
Word to your moms, I came to drop bombs
I got more rhymes than the Bible’s got Psalms
And just like the Prodigal Son I’ve returned
Anyone stepping to me you’ll get burned
‘Cause I got lyrics, but you ain’t got none
If you come to battle bring a shotgun!
But if you do you’re a fool, ’cause I duel, to the death
Trying to step to me, you’ll take your last breath
I got the skills, come get your fill
‘Cause when I shoot the gift, I shoot to kill
I came to get down, I came to get down
So get out your seat and jump around!
Jump around!
Jump around!
Jump around!
Jump up, jump up and get down!
Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump! (Everybody jump)
Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump!
Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump! (Everybody jump)
Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump!
Jump!
I’m the cream of the crop, I rise to the top
I never eat a pig, ’cause a pig is a cop
Or better yet a Terminator, like Arnold Schwarzanegger
Try to play me out like, as if my name was Sega
But I ain’t going out like no punk bitch
Get used to one style and yo and I might switch
It up up and around, then buck buck you down
Put out your head and then you wake up in the Dawn of the Dead
I’m coming to get ya, I’m coming to get ya
Spitting out lyrics, homie I’ll wet ya
I came to get down, I came to get down
So get out your seat and jump around!
Jump around!
Jump around!
Jump around!
Jump up, jump up and get down!
Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump! (Everybody jump)
Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump!
Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump! (Everybody jump)
Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump!
Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump! (Everybody jump)
Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump!
Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump! (Everybody jump)
Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump!
Jump!
Yo, this is dedicated to Joe “The Biter” Nicolo!
Grab your Bozack, punk!
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