Jump (Madonna song)
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"Jump" is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna
from her tenth studio album Confessions on a Dance Floor
. Written by Madonna, Stuart Price
and Joe Henry
, the song was supposed to be released as the third single of the album. However, since "Get Together" was decided as the third single, "Jump" was released as the fourth and the final single from the album, on October 31, 2006 by Warner Bros. Records. The song incorporates techno music with tributes to Pet Shop Boys
. Madonna sings in her lower register in the song. Its lyrics talk about self-empowerment and sufficiency while looking for the prospects of a new relationship.
Contemporary critics complimented the song and its empowerment theme. They compared it to Madonna's 80s music and praised the club-anthem like quality of the song. The song peaked inside the top ten of the charts of some European countries, while peaking the chart in Italy and Hungary. In the United States, "Jump" charted in several Billboard
dance charts.
The accompanying music video portrayed Madonna in a blond bob wig and a leather ensemble. It was shot in Tokyo during her 2006 Confessions Tour
stopover. Madonna sang the song in front of a number of neon signs. The video also featured dancers who performed the physical discipline parkour
. It was also incorporated in her Confessions Tour where Madonna and her dancers jumped around the stage actively, while singing the song.
. The decision was also spurred by the fact that "Get Together" was the third best selling digital single from the Confessions on a Dance Floor album. Its digital sales stood at 20,000 at that time, whereas digital sales for "Jump" was only 9,000. Hence, "Get Together" was finally chosen as the third single. On July 12, 2006, Billboard
confirmed "Jump" to be the fourth single from the Confessions on a Dance Floor album.
music played in the clubs of Ibiza. According to About.com
, the introduction
of the song is a tribute to the Pet Shop Boys
1984 song "West End Girls
". The song is set in common time
with moderately fast dance groove tempo
and a metronome
of 126 beats per minute
. It is set in the key of C major
. Madonna's voice spans from D3 to A4. It follows in the chord progression of E—Em—A in the main verses and C—D—E in the chorus
. Lyrically the song talks about empowerment and the urge to move on. It also reflected Madonna's change of style from her previous singles and shifting her focus on self-sufficiency. The line "I can make it alone" in the song demonstrated the shift. The lyrics of "Jump" have been compared to the lyrics of Madonna's 1990 song "Keep It Together" from the Like a Prayer
album. But the difference between them is that "Jump" focuses more on the potentials of finding new love rather than family values.
complimented the song's "empowerment" theme, adding that "the song is a pulsing pop tune that has a positive universal message about believeing in yourself". According to the BBC
, "'Jump' whisks the listener back to the heady eighties." While reviewing the album, Alan Braidwood from BBC called the song as "lethally catchy" and one of the album's highlights. Jennifer Vineyard from MTV
noticed that "Jump" sounded like a sequel to Madonna's 1990 single "Keep It Together". Jon Pareles
of The New York Times
in review of Confessions on a Dance Floor, wrote that Madonna's "somber side sounds best in 'Jump', about the urge to move on". Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine commented that the song is a "gritty club anthem that wouldn't have sounded out of place on Erotica, showcases her lower register". David Browne
from Entertainment Weekly
called the song, along with previous single "Get Together" as fluid in nature.
Thomas Inskeep of Stylus
magazine noted, "...nearly the whole of 'Jump' sounds to these ears like a Pet Shop Boys homage." Matt Zakosek of The Chicago Maroon
wrote: "The stand-out tracks here are 'Jump' and 'Push', which sound as close to the 80s Madonna as we're probably ever going to get again. The lyrics of Jump' are joyous, recalling the fun, community-minded Madonna of True Blue and Like a Prayer." Diego Costa of UWM Post
wrote that "Jump" is a "bossy, slightly sadistic spoken intro by Madonna, just like in 'Erotica
', so who can resist? A knock-yourself-out, club-tailored take on the wasteful nature of inertia." Margaret Moser of The Austin Chronicle called the song "slinky and sexy". Bill Lamb of About.com
called it as one of the top tracks of the album. Jason Shawhan from the same website compared the sequence and transition of "Jump" and "Forbidden Love" to the 70s albums of artists like Donna Summer
, Pete Bellotte
and Giorgio Moroder
.
In the United States, the song was aimed and promoted at the Adult Contemporary
and Hot Adult Contemporary
format of radio
. Warner Bros wanted to establish the song as a hit at those formats before they attempted to bring it to Top 40 CHR
radio stations. However, the song reached a peak of twenty-one on this chart on the issue dated January 27, 2007. It was also used in the soundtrack of the 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada
and received minimal airplay on the CHR stations. After its release to iTunes
, the song climbed up the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
chart and peaked at five, failing to progress further and chart on the Hot 100
. It became Madonna's thirty-seventh number-one single on the Hot Dance Club Play chart reaching the top on the issue dated November 18, 2006. "Jump" became Madonna's seventh number-one single on the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart. The song sold 31,000 digital downloads and 8,000 physical singles in America according to Nielsen SoundScan
. It became her fourth consecutive number-one single on the Hot Dance Airplay
chart.
In the United Kingdom, "Jump" debuted at number fifty-nine on the singles chart and reached a peak of nine the next week, thus becoming Madonna's fourth top ten single from the Confessions on a Dance Floor album there. In Australia, the song debuted at twenty-nine on the chart, which became its peak. In Italy, "Jump" became the third number-one single from the album, remaining in the top ten for thirteen consecutives weeks. In the European nations, "Jump" peaked inside the top ten in countries like Denmark, Finland, Netherlands and Spain, and the top forty of the rest of the countries such as Austria, Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), Germany, Ireland, Sweden and Switzerland.
While finishing her Confessions Tour
in Japan, Madonna took time out from her schedule to shoot the video for "Jump". The shoot took place in many outdoor locations throughout Tokyo, as well as a sound stage. Madonna and hair stylist Andy LeCompte decided to take her look to a whole new level and try using a platinum blonde bob wig for the video. The wig was worn by Madonna in the last two nights of the Confessions Tour. The bob look was complimented. Critics called it "her sleekest, jauntiest reinvention to date." Along with the bob look, Madonna wore a black leather garment, which Entertainment Weekly
commented that it accentuated her "toned body". The video featured the physical discipline parkour
, where artist Sebastian Foucan performed the routines around the buildings of Tokyo..
The video begins showing the skyline of Tokyo and the parkour artists standing on rooftops. As the spoken introduction starts, Madonna is shown in her bob wig dancing in front of a number of neon signs. The signs contain the words Madonna and Jump written in Japanese. The song continues with the dancers jumping from the buildings and running through the lanes of the city. Madonna dances to the music and swivels around a metallic rod placed in front of her. Before the final chorus, the dancers cease their parkour routines and stand on a lamppost. As the chorus starts, Foucan is joined by parkour traceur Levi Meeuwenberg and Exo as they continue their routine around the buildings. The video ends with Madonna stretching her arm and a shot of the Tokyo evening-sky.
The song was played by Madonna as a part of the promotional campaigns for the Confessions on a Dance Floor album, in London's night clubs, including the Koko Club and G-A-Y
. During the performances at the clubs, Madonna emerged from a glitter ball while wearing a purple jacket, velvet pedal pushers and knee-high boots. In the Confessions Tour
, the song was the fourth performance of the evening and was part of the eqquine segment of the show. Madonna wore a skin-tight, full body black leotard. As the performance of "Like a Virgin
" ended, Madonna sat on a platform and announced "Ladies and Gentleman! Thank you for coming to our show. The night is young, and the show has just begun." A huge assortment of steel rods and gymnastic equipments were planted on the stage. Madonna started singing the song, as her dancers started running around, displaying routines in parkour
. Madonna climbs on blocks to sing the song as well as to strike poses. As the final chorus approached, Madonna went to the front of the stage and struck poses while holding on to the steel rods. The song continued with Madonna swiveling around the rods and the dancers continuing their routine. The performance ends with Madonna disappearing through the middle of the stage and her dancers doing a final vault before the lights are turned off. The song was also performed in the Sticky & Sweet Tour
, which featured samples
of the same in the performance of "Into the Groove
" during which Madonna performed stunts in the air.
Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine commented that the parkour from the performance was "really awesome". Thomas Inksweep from Stylus
magazine reported that "'Jump' is utterly sensational. Sure, it’s not all that different from the version found on Dance Floor, but it’s so damned exciting to begin with, why mess with it?" Bill Lamb from About.com
listed "Jump" as the top performance of the tour. The song was included in both the CD and DVD of the live album, The Confessions Tour
.
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
from her tenth studio album Confessions on a Dance Floor
Confessions on a Dance Floor
Confessions on a Dance Floor is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was released on November 15, 2005 by Warner Bros. Records. The album was a complete departure from her last studio album, American Life . It included influences of 70s and 80s disco as well as...
. Written by Madonna, Stuart Price
Stuart Price
Stuart Price is a three time Grammy-winning British electronic musician, songwriter, and record producer whose remixing and production skills are in demand by artists including New Order, Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Take That, Missy Elliott, Scissor Sisters, The Killers, Pet Shop Boys, Brandon...
and Joe Henry
Joe Henry
Joseph Lee "Joe" Henry is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Henry's musical style spans several genres, including alt. country, rock, jazz and folk.- Early years :...
, the song was supposed to be released as the third single of the album. However, since "Get Together" was decided as the third single, "Jump" was released as the fourth and the final single from the album, on October 31, 2006 by Warner Bros. Records. The song incorporates techno music with tributes to Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards....
. Madonna sings in her lower register in the song. Its lyrics talk about self-empowerment and sufficiency while looking for the prospects of a new relationship.
Contemporary critics complimented the song and its empowerment theme. They compared it to Madonna's 80s music and praised the club-anthem like quality of the song. The song peaked inside the top ten of the charts of some European countries, while peaking the chart in Italy and Hungary. In the United States, "Jump" charted in several Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
dance charts.
The accompanying music video portrayed Madonna in a blond bob wig and a leather ensemble. It was shot in Tokyo during her 2006 Confessions Tour
Confessions Tour
Confessions Tour was the seventh concert tour by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It supported her tenth studio album, Confessions on a Dance Floor. Madonna confirmed the possibility of going out on a tour as early as November 2005. Jamie King, Madonna's longtime collaborator, was then hired on...
stopover. Madonna sang the song in front of a number of neon signs. The video also featured dancers who performed the physical discipline parkour
Parkour
Parkour is a method of movement focused on moving around obstacles with speed and efficiency. Originally developed in France, the main purpose of the discipline is to teach participants how to move through their environment by vaulting, rolling, running, climbing and jumping...
. It was also incorporated in her Confessions Tour where Madonna and her dancers jumped around the stage actively, while singing the song.
Background
Initially "Jump" was to be released as the third single from the album. However, the song "Get Together" was chosen as the third single from the album to coincide with the start of Madonna's 2006 Confessions TourConfessions Tour
Confessions Tour was the seventh concert tour by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It supported her tenth studio album, Confessions on a Dance Floor. Madonna confirmed the possibility of going out on a tour as early as November 2005. Jamie King, Madonna's longtime collaborator, was then hired on...
. The decision was also spurred by the fact that "Get Together" was the third best selling digital single from the Confessions on a Dance Floor album. Its digital sales stood at 20,000 at that time, whereas digital sales for "Jump" was only 9,000. Hence, "Get Together" was finally chosen as the third single. On July 12, 2006, Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
confirmed "Jump" to be the fourth single from the Confessions on a Dance Floor album.
Composition
Musically the song is inspired by the 80s synthpop. Essentially a club anthem, the song finds Madonna singing in her lower register. It incorporates the technoTechno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
music played in the clubs of Ibiza. According to About.com
About.com
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, the introduction
Introduction (music)
In music, the introduction is a passage or section which opens a movement or a separate piece. In popular music this is often abbreviated as intro...
of the song is a tribute to the Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards....
1984 song "West End Girls
West End Girls
"West End Girls" is a song by British pop duo Pet Shop Boys. Written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, the song was released twice as a single. It is a synthpop song, influenced by hip hop music. The lyrics focus on class, and inner-city pressure, and were inspired by T.S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land...
". The song is set in common time
Time signature
The time signature is a notational convention used in Western musical notation to specify how many beats are in each measure and which note value constitutes one beat....
with moderately fast dance groove tempo
Tempo
In musical terminology, tempo is the speed or pace of a given piece. Tempo is a crucial element of any musical composition, as it can affect the mood and difficulty of a piece.-Measuring tempo:...
and a metronome
Metronome
A metronome is any device that produces regular, metrical ticks — settable in beats per minute. These ticks represent a fixed, regular aural pulse; some metronomes also include synchronized visual motion...
of 126 beats per minute
Tempo
In musical terminology, tempo is the speed or pace of a given piece. Tempo is a crucial element of any musical composition, as it can affect the mood and difficulty of a piece.-Measuring tempo:...
. It is set in the key of C major
C major
C major is a musical major scale based on C, with pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. Its key signature has no flats/sharps.Its relative minor is A minor, and its parallel minor is C minor....
. Madonna's voice spans from D3 to A4. It follows in the chord progression of E—Em—A in the main verses and C—D—E in the chorus
Chorus effect
In music, a chorus effect occurs when individual sounds with roughly the same timbre and nearly the same pitch converge and are perceived as one...
. Lyrically the song talks about empowerment and the urge to move on. It also reflected Madonna's change of style from her previous singles and shifting her focus on self-sufficiency. The line "I can make it alone" in the song demonstrated the shift. The lyrics of "Jump" have been compared to the lyrics of Madonna's 1990 song "Keep It Together" from the Like a Prayer
Like a Prayer
Like a Prayer is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on March 21, 1989 by Sire Records, three years after her previous studio album. Madonna worked with Stephen Bray, Patrick Leonard, and fellow icon Prince on the album while co-writing and co-producing all the...
album. But the difference between them is that "Jump" focuses more on the potentials of finding new love rather than family values.
Critical reception
Keith Caulfield from BillboardBillboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
complimented the song's "empowerment" theme, adding that "the song is a pulsing pop tune that has a positive universal message about believeing in yourself". According to the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, "'Jump' whisks the listener back to the heady eighties." While reviewing the album, Alan Braidwood from BBC called the song as "lethally catchy" and one of the album's highlights. Jennifer Vineyard from MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
noticed that "Jump" sounded like a sequel to Madonna's 1990 single "Keep It Together". Jon Pareles
Jon Pareles
Jon Pareles is an American journalist who is the chief popular music critic in the arts section of the New York Times. He played jazz flute and piano, and graduated from Yale University with a degree in music. In the 1970s he was an associate editor of Crawdaddy!, and in the 1980s an associate...
of The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
in review of Confessions on a Dance Floor, wrote that Madonna's "somber side sounds best in 'Jump', about the urge to move on". Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine commented that the song is a "gritty club anthem that wouldn't have sounded out of place on Erotica, showcases her lower register". David Browne
David Browne
David Browne is an American journalist and author. He was the resident music critic at Entertainment Weekly between 1990 and 2006. He was an editor at Music & Sound Output magazine and a music critic at the New York Daily News before EW...
from Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
called the song, along with previous single "Get Together" as fluid in nature.
Thomas Inskeep of Stylus
Stylus Magazine
Stylus Magazine was an online music and film magazine launched in 2002. It featured long-form music journalism, four daily music reviews, movie reviews, a number of different podcasts, an MP3 blog, and a text blog....
magazine noted, "...nearly the whole of 'Jump' sounds to these ears like a Pet Shop Boys homage." Matt Zakosek of The Chicago Maroon
The Chicago Maroon
The Chicago Maroon, the independent student newspaper of the University of Chicago, is a twice-weekly publication that traces its founding to 1892. During autumn, winter, and spring quarters of the academic year, the Maroon publishes every Tuesday and Friday. The paper consists of four sections:...
wrote: "The stand-out tracks here are 'Jump' and 'Push', which sound as close to the 80s Madonna as we're probably ever going to get again. The lyrics of Jump' are joyous, recalling the fun, community-minded Madonna of True Blue and Like a Prayer." Diego Costa of UWM Post
UWM Post
The UWM Post is a weekly newspaper independently run by the students of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. It has been in publication since 1915 and became independently run in 1956...
wrote that "Jump" is a "bossy, slightly sadistic spoken intro by Madonna, just like in 'Erotica
Erotica (song)
"Erotica" is the lead single from American singer-songwriter Madonna's fifth studio album, Erotica . The single was released in October 1992 by Maverick Records, and later included on her greatest hits albums GHV2 and Celebration...
', so who can resist? A knock-yourself-out, club-tailored take on the wasteful nature of inertia." Margaret Moser of The Austin Chronicle called the song "slinky and sexy". Bill Lamb of About.com
About.com
About.com is an online source for original information and advice. It is written in English, and is aimed primarily at North Americans. It is owned by The New York Times Company....
called it as one of the top tracks of the album. Jason Shawhan from the same website compared the sequence and transition of "Jump" and "Forbidden Love" to the 70s albums of artists like Donna Summer
Donna Summer
LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...
, Pete Bellotte
Pete Bellotte
Peter J. Bellotte is a British songwriter and record producer, most famous for hismain body of work with Donna Summer alongside his partner Giorgio Moroder...
and Giorgio Moroder
Giorgio Moroder
Hansjörg "Giorgio" Moroder is an Italian record producer, songwriter and performer based in Los Angeles. When in Munich in the 1970s, he started his own record label called Oasis Records, which several years later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records...
.
Commercial performance
Adult contemporary music
Adult contemporary music is a broad style of popular music that ranges from lush 1950s and 1960s vocal music to predominantly ballad-heavy music with varying degrees of rock influence, as well as a radio format that plays such music....
and Hot Adult Contemporary
Adult contemporary music
Adult contemporary music is a broad style of popular music that ranges from lush 1950s and 1960s vocal music to predominantly ballad-heavy music with varying degrees of rock influence, as well as a radio format that plays such music....
format of radio
Airplay
* Airplay is the amount of time a song is played on the radio.It may also refer to:* AirPlay, an audio & video streaming technology from Apple Inc.* Airplay , Foster & Graydon music project from 1980* Citroën C1, Citroën C1 Airplay...
. Warner Bros wanted to establish the song as a hit at those formats before they attempted to bring it to Top 40 CHR
Contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...
radio stations. However, the song reached a peak of twenty-one on this chart on the issue dated January 27, 2007. It was also used in the soundtrack of the 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada
The Devil Wears Prada (film)
The Devil Wears Prada is a 2006 comedy-drama film, a loose screen adaptation of Lauren Weisberger's 2003 novel of the same name. It stars Anne Hathaway as Andrea Sachs, a recent college graduate who goes to New York City and gets a job as a co-assistant to powerful and demanding fashion magazine...
and received minimal airplay on the CHR stations. After its release to iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
, the song climbed up the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the top 25 singles below number 100 that have not yet charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Sometimes, however, singles halt their progress on this chart, and never appear on the Hot 100...
chart and peaked at five, failing to progress further and chart on the Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
. It became Madonna's thirty-seventh number-one single on the Hot Dance Club Play chart reaching the top on the issue dated November 18, 2006. "Jump" became Madonna's seventh number-one single on the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart. The song sold 31,000 digital downloads and 8,000 physical singles in America according to Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan is an information and sales tracking system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett. Soundscan is the official method of tracking sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada...
. It became her fourth consecutive number-one single on the Hot Dance Airplay
Hot Dance Airplay
Dance/Mix Show Airplay is a monitored electronic dance music radio chart that is featured weekly in Billboard magazine. The chart came about as a result of the small but influential impact of electronic dance music on the radio in the United States and the stations that program it...
chart.
In the United Kingdom, "Jump" debuted at number fifty-nine on the singles chart and reached a peak of nine the next week, thus becoming Madonna's fourth top ten single from the Confessions on a Dance Floor album there. In Australia, the song debuted at twenty-nine on the chart, which became its peak. In Italy, "Jump" became the third number-one single from the album, remaining in the top ten for thirteen consecutives weeks. In the European nations, "Jump" peaked inside the top ten in countries like Denmark, Finland, Netherlands and Spain, and the top forty of the rest of the countries such as Austria, Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), Germany, Ireland, Sweden and Switzerland.
Music video
Confessions Tour
Confessions Tour was the seventh concert tour by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It supported her tenth studio album, Confessions on a Dance Floor. Madonna confirmed the possibility of going out on a tour as early as November 2005. Jamie King, Madonna's longtime collaborator, was then hired on...
in Japan, Madonna took time out from her schedule to shoot the video for "Jump". The shoot took place in many outdoor locations throughout Tokyo, as well as a sound stage. Madonna and hair stylist Andy LeCompte decided to take her look to a whole new level and try using a platinum blonde bob wig for the video. The wig was worn by Madonna in the last two nights of the Confessions Tour. The bob look was complimented. Critics called it "her sleekest, jauntiest reinvention to date." Along with the bob look, Madonna wore a black leather garment, which Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
commented that it accentuated her "toned body". The video featured the physical discipline parkour
Parkour
Parkour is a method of movement focused on moving around obstacles with speed and efficiency. Originally developed in France, the main purpose of the discipline is to teach participants how to move through their environment by vaulting, rolling, running, climbing and jumping...
, where artist Sebastian Foucan performed the routines around the buildings of Tokyo..
The video begins showing the skyline of Tokyo and the parkour artists standing on rooftops. As the spoken introduction starts, Madonna is shown in her bob wig dancing in front of a number of neon signs. The signs contain the words Madonna and Jump written in Japanese. The song continues with the dancers jumping from the buildings and running through the lanes of the city. Madonna dances to the music and swivels around a metallic rod placed in front of her. Before the final chorus, the dancers cease their parkour routines and stand on a lamppost. As the chorus starts, Foucan is joined by parkour traceur Levi Meeuwenberg and Exo as they continue their routine around the buildings. The video ends with Madonna stretching her arm and a shot of the Tokyo evening-sky.
Live performance
G-A-Y
G-A-Y is a gay nightclub in London. It operated from the London Astoria music venue for 15 years until July 2008. The Boston Globe described it as "London's largest gay-themed club night", NME reported that it "attracts 6,000 clubbers each week", and The Independent described it as "the one London...
. During the performances at the clubs, Madonna emerged from a glitter ball while wearing a purple jacket, velvet pedal pushers and knee-high boots. In the Confessions Tour
Confessions Tour
Confessions Tour was the seventh concert tour by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It supported her tenth studio album, Confessions on a Dance Floor. Madonna confirmed the possibility of going out on a tour as early as November 2005. Jamie King, Madonna's longtime collaborator, was then hired on...
, the song was the fourth performance of the evening and was part of the eqquine segment of the show. Madonna wore a skin-tight, full body black leotard. As the performance of "Like a Virgin
Like a Virgin (song)
"Like a Virgin" is a song by American singer Madonna from her second album of the same name. It was released on November 6, 1984 by Sire Records, as the first single from the album. The song appears on the greatest hits compilation albums The Immaculate Collection and Celebration...
" ended, Madonna sat on a platform and announced "Ladies and Gentleman! Thank you for coming to our show. The night is young, and the show has just begun." A huge assortment of steel rods and gymnastic equipments were planted on the stage. Madonna started singing the song, as her dancers started running around, displaying routines in parkour
Parkour
Parkour is a method of movement focused on moving around obstacles with speed and efficiency. Originally developed in France, the main purpose of the discipline is to teach participants how to move through their environment by vaulting, rolling, running, climbing and jumping...
. Madonna climbs on blocks to sing the song as well as to strike poses. As the final chorus approached, Madonna went to the front of the stage and struck poses while holding on to the steel rods. The song continued with Madonna swiveling around the rods and the dancers continuing their routine. The performance ends with Madonna disappearing through the middle of the stage and her dancers doing a final vault before the lights are turned off. The song was also performed in the Sticky & Sweet Tour
Sticky & Sweet Tour
The Sticky & Sweet Tour was the eighth worldwide concert tour by American singer Madonna to promote her eleventh studio album, Hard Candy. It began in August 2008 and was Madonna's first tour from her new recording and business deal with Live Nation. The tour was announced in February 2008, with...
, which featured samples
Sampling (music)
In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
of the same in the performance of "Into the Groove
Into the Groove
"Into the Groove" is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna from the 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan. It was featured on the 1985 re-issue of her second studio album, Like a Virgin, and released on July 23, 1985 by Sire Records as the album's fourth single outside North America...
" during which Madonna performed stunts in the air.
Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine commented that the parkour from the performance was "really awesome". Thomas Inksweep from Stylus
Stylus Magazine
Stylus Magazine was an online music and film magazine launched in 2002. It featured long-form music journalism, four daily music reviews, movie reviews, a number of different podcasts, an MP3 blog, and a text blog....
magazine reported that "'Jump' is utterly sensational. Sure, it’s not all that different from the version found on Dance Floor, but it’s so damned exciting to begin with, why mess with it?" Bill Lamb from About.com
About.com
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listed "Jump" as the top performance of the tour. The song was included in both the CD and DVD of the live album, The Confessions Tour
The Confessions Tour (album)
The Confessions Tour is the second live album by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was released on January 26, 2007 by Warner Bros. Records. Directed by Jonas Åkerlund, the album chronicles Madonna's 2006 Confessions Tour. It was recorded at Wembley Arena during the London dates of the tour,...
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Track listings and formats
- UK and European CD single
- "Jump" (Album Version) – 3:59
- "Jump" (Extended Album Version) – 5:09
- UK CD single 2
- "Jump" (Radio Edit) – 3:22
- "Jump" (Junior Sanchez's Misshapes Mix) – 6:49
- "History" — 5:55*
- US and European 2x12" vinyl
- "Jump" (Jacques Lu Cont Mix) – 7:47
- "Jump" (Album Version) – 3:59
- "Jump" (Extended Album Version) – 5:09
- "Jump" (Axwell Remix) – 6:38
- "Jump" (Junior Sanchez's-Misshapes Mix) – 6:49
- "History" – 5:54
- "Jump" (Radio Edit) – 3:22
- US and Canadian Maxi-CD
- "Jump" (Radio Edit) – 3:22
- "Jump" (Jacques Lu Cont Mix) – 7:47
- "Jump" (Axwell Remix) – 6:38
- "Jump" (Junior Sanchez's-Misshapes Mix) – 6:49
- "Jump" (Extended Album Version) – 5:09
- "History" – 5:55*
- UK 12" picture vinyl
- "Jump" (Jacques Lu Cont Mix) – 7:47
- "Jump" (Extended Album Version) – 5:09
- "History" — 5:54
Credits and personnel
- Lead vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
– Madonna - Writer – Madonna, Joe Henry and Stuart PriceStuart PriceStuart Price is a three time Grammy-winning British electronic musician, songwriter, and record producer whose remixing and production skills are in demand by artists including New Order, Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Take That, Missy Elliott, Scissor Sisters, The Killers, Pet Shop Boys, Brandon...
- Producer – Madonna and Stuart PriceStuart PriceStuart Price is a three time Grammy-winning British electronic musician, songwriter, and record producer whose remixing and production skills are in demand by artists including New Order, Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Take That, Missy Elliott, Scissor Sisters, The Killers, Pet Shop Boys, Brandon...
- Recording – Stuart Price at Shirland Road
- Assistant engineerEngineerAn engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...
– Alex Dromgode - Audio mixingAudio mixing (recorded music)In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
– Mark "Spike" Stent - Master recordingMaster recordingA multitrack recording master tape, disk or computer files on which productions are developed for later mixing, is known as the multi-track master, while the tape, disk or computer files holding a mix is called a mixed master.It is standard practice to make a copy of a master recording, known as...
– Brian "Big Bass" Gardner
Charts
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
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| Austrian Singles Chart Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann... |
20 |
| Belgian Singles Chart Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995... (Flanders Flanders Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp... ) |
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| Belgian Singles Chart Ultratop 40 Ultratop 40 singles, often just Ultratop 40, is the weekly chart of best-selling singles in Wallonia and Brussels Capital Region, the french-speaking parts of Belgium. Its equivalent covering the Flanders region is Ultratop 50. Both charts are produced and published by the Ultratop organization... (Wallonia) |
27 |
| Canadian Singles Chart Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays.... |
7 |
| Czech Airplay Chart Rádio Top 100 Oficiální Rádio Top 100 Oficiální is the name of the Czech national airplay chart published by the IFPI Czech Republic on a weekly basis.Besides the main Top 100 record chart, also two component charts are effective. While the Rádio CZ 50 Oficiální features songs released exclusively by Czech and/or Slovak... |
20 |
| Danish Singles Chart Tracklisten Tracklisten is a Danish top 40 record chart that is presented every Thursday midnight at .The weekly Danish Singles Chart also known as Track Top-40 combines the 40 best selling tracks from legal music downloads and the sales of music singles on either CD or vinyl... |
7 |
| Dutch Top 40 MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top... |
5 |
| Eurochart Hot 100 Singles | 19 |
| Finnish Singles Chart | 2 |
| German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
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| Hungarian Singles Chart Mahasz Mahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards and maintains the music charts for Hungary.... |
1 |
| Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
19 |
| Italian Singles Chart Federation of the Italian Music Industry The Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy.... |
1 |
| Spanish Singles Chart | 3 |
| Swedish Singles Chart Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
40 |
| Swiss Singles Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
21 |
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
9 |
| U.S. Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Bubbling Under Hot 100 Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the top 25 singles below number 100 that have not yet charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Sometimes, however, singles halt their progress on this chart, and never appear on the Hot 100... |
5 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Airplay Hot Dance Airplay Dance/Mix Show Airplay is a monitored electronic dance music radio chart that is featured weekly in Billboard magazine. The chart came about as a result of the small but influential impact of electronic dance music on the radio in the United States and the stations that program it... |
1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Singles Sales | 1 |
Year-end charts
| Charts (2006) | Position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Hot Dance Airplay | 16 |
| U.S. Hot Singles Sales | 63 |
External links
- Madonna "Jump" lyrics MTVMTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
- Madonna "Jump" music video MTVMTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
- Madonna "Confessions on a Dance Floor Madonna.com