"Jump" is a 1992 song by the hip hop duo Kris Kross. It was
release 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.
Kris Kross's members were only 12 and 13 years old when they
recorded their hit song. Written by Treach of Naughty By
Nature, and produced by Jermaine Dupri, "Jump" was the fastest
selling single in fifteen years and stayed on top of the 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 #75 on "VH1's 100 greatest songs of the 90's", and
#2 on their "Child Stars" Top 10 list.
The official remix features reggae artist Super Cat.
There have been many covers or parodies of this
song :
The song was used in a British advertisement to promote
Corbin Bleu's new Disney Channel Original Movie, Jump In!.
The song was performed on season 7 of Kids Incorporated.
According to Infodisc website, the song was sold about
132,000 copies in France.