Cover Versions and Culture Impact
- In 1984: Kids Incorporated performed a cover of the song as the first stage performance of the show's first season. It was also released on the album Kids Incorporated from 1984.
- Aztec Camera did a downtempo acoustic version of "Jump" on the B-side of their single "All I Need Is Everything"; this cover gained popularity and was eventually added to later releases of their album Knife. Played in this manner, the song's lyric contemplation of suicide becomes far more obvious.
- In 1999: An uptempo dance remix was made by Bus Stop for the Dancemania compilation Speed 2. This was later included on the 2000 greatest hits compilation Dancemania Speed Best 2001 Hyper Nonstop Megamix.
- In 2005: Paul Anka included a swing jazz cover of "Jump" in his album Rock Swings.
- In 2008: In Les Enfoires
- Canadian pro wrestler Chris Benoit used a remix of "Jump" as his theme music in New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he wrestled under the names Pegasus Kid and Wild Pegasus.
- DJ Felli Fel used the sample of the song in his single "I Wanna Get Drunk" featuring Three 6 Mafia, Lil Jon and Fatman Scoop.
- The song was used as the theme for the 2009 Japanese television drama, Mr. Brain, starring Takuya Kimura.
- This song is also sung by The Wolfman in the Beetlejuice Rock N'Roll Graveyard Review at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.
- The song was covered in Glee in the episode 12 of season 1 as part of a TV mattress commercial.
- This song is often played after a try is scored by the Melbourne Storm in their NRL games.
- "Jump" is used as the entrance anthem for the home games of the French football team Olympique de Marseille.
- The song was featured in an episode of An Idiot Abroad, much to the dismay of the band, which lead to the band banning the broadcast of the song in the US and its presence on the DVD.
- The song was briefly used on the answering machine in Adam Sandler's film, "Big Daddy", where 'Jump' was replaced with 'Leave a message'.
- The song is covered by The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps.
- The song was used by the Winnipeg Jets hockey club of the National Hockey League from 1984-1996 as the music that was played when the players entered the playing surface at the beginning of home games.
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