Critical Reception
Keith Caulfield from Billboard 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.
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