“Jump Around” is a hit single by the band House of Pain, produced by DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill. This song became a hit in 1992, reaching Number 3 in the USA. 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.
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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 “Daddy Sang Bass” from Johnny Cash’s The Holy Land. A popular rumour 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 Jr. Walker and the All Stars track, “Shoot Your Shot”.[1] The song has been featured in films Mrs. Doubtfire, Rush Hour, Happy Gilmore, Kiss of Death, and Black Hawk Down; as well as the television series My Name Is Earl and the TBS talk show Lopez Tonight.
