"Jump Around" a song by the group House of Pain, produced by DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill, who has also covered the song. It became a hit in 1992, reaching number 3 in the United States. A 1993 re-release of the song in the UK, where the original had been a minor hit, peaked at number 8. On VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s, "Jump Around" was featured at position 24. It was number 66 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop. The song is popular among dance hall DJs and is widely regarded in the UK as a club classic. Blender's 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born listed it at number 325.
The song is known widely by its distinctive horn fanfare intro, sampled from the Bob & Earl's 1963 track "Harlem Shuffle". The song also samples "Popeye (The Hitchhiker)" by Chubby Checker. A popular rumor attributes the high-pitched squeal at the beginning of every bar to a sample of Prince's scream from his track, "Gett Off". However, the sample has been proven to be a saxophone squeal from the Junior Walker and the All Stars track "Shoot Your Shot".
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“If you like to make things out of wood, or sew, or dance, or style people’s hair, or dream up stories and act them out, or play the trumpet, or jump rope, or whatever you really love to do, and you love that in front of your children, that’s going to be a far more important gift than anything you could ever give them wrapped up in a box with ribbons.”
—Fred M. Rogers (20th century)