Some fans of Van Halen hate this 80s soft-rock track, as it was a departure from the
usual harder rock sound of the band, using a rolling synth line. Indeed, this change in musical direction eventually led to the departure of David Lee Roth.
However, it still features an Eddie Van Halen guitar solo, although the producer spliced parts of two different takes, apparently, which led Eddie Van Halen to say it was "his favourite solo he never wrote!"
"Jump" was the lead single from the band's sixth studio album 1984. The song was the only number one for the band in Canada and the U.S. and peaked at #7 in the UK. Three more singles were lifted from the album; I'll Wait (#13 US), Panama (#13 US) and Hot For Teacher (#56 US), none of which entered the British Top 40.
