Peak
3
Weeks
24
Score
3,897
Chart Year
1984
The music video for "Jump", directed by Katie Bell,[59] was made to appear as if it was intertwined with the film Love Actually. During the video, the members of Girls Aloud sneak into the residence of the Prime Minister, played by Hugh Grant in the film. The group sneaks into 10 Downing Street through a bedroom window before tiptoeing down a set of stairs and looking around an empty, unlit conference room. Girls Aloud eventually re-exit through the window. Various shots of the women singing and dancing, like those featured on the single's artwork, are shown throughout the video. A Grant lookalike was also hired for the music video. A version of the music video without scenes from Love Actually can be found on Girls Aloud's 2005 DVD release Girls on Film. The video also appears on 2007's Get Girls Aloud's Style
A hit in the summer of 1984, this energetic love song got a nice boost from the 1984 Summer Olympics, which were held in Los Angeles. The video showed various leaping athletes competing in events like the long jump, high jump and triple jump, and without using any actual Olympic footage, tied in nicely to the games. The Pointer Sisters, who were more of a retro R&B group in the '70s, adapted well to the '80s, with upbeat keyboard-driven songs like this. >> June Pointer sang lead on this one. This was written by Steve Mitchell, Marti Sharron and Gary Skardina. That team also wrote "Dangerous" for Natalie Cole. This won a Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1985. In 2003, Girls Aloud recorded this for the soundtrack of the movie Love Actually. The Pointer Sisters original version was in the film, where it featured in a scene where Hugh Grant, playing the British Prime Minister, dances to it. Girls Aloud's cover allowed for more promotional opportunities in the UK, where their video was based on the film. In 1984, this appeared on episodes of Knight Rider, Miami Vice and St. Elsewhere. Later TV series to use it include: Grey's Anatomy ("Everything I Try to Do, Nothing Seems to Turn Out Right" - 2014) Married... with Children ("A Shoe Room with a View" - 1995) 227 ("The Big Deal" - 1988) It also shows up in these movies: Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008) The Trip (2002) Children of a Lesser God (1986)
Your eyes tell me how you want me I can feel it in your heartbeat I know you like what you see Hold me, I'll give you all that you need Wrap your love around me You're so excited, I can feel you Getting hotter, oh baby I'll take you down, I'll take you down Where no one's ever gone before And if you want more, if you want more More, more Then jump for my love Jump in and feel my touch Jump if you want to taste my kisses In the night then Jump, jump for my love Jump, I know my heart can make you happy Jump in, you know these arms Can feel you up Jump, if you want to taste my kisses In the night then Jump, jump for my love You told me, I'm the only woman for you Nobody does you like I do Then make a move before you try and Go much farther, oh baby You are the one, you are the one And heaven waits here at my door And if you want more If you want more, more, more Then jump for my love Jump in and feel my touch Jump if you want to taste my kisses In the night then Jump, jump for my love Jump, I know my heart can make you happy Jump in, you know these arms Can feel you up Jump, if you want to taste my kisses In the night then Jump, jump for my love When you are next to me, oh I come alive Your love burns inside, ooh Oh, it feels so right Come to me if you want me tonight Jump Jump in if you want to taste my kisses In the night then Jump, jump, jump Jump (ooh, yeah) you know my heart can Make you happy Jump, you know these arms can feel you up Jump in if you want to taste my kisses In the night then Jump, jump for my love (ooh-oh) Jump C'mon and jump on in (ooh) Jump (you know I need you, ooh) Jump in (I got to have you, yeah yeah) Jump, jump for my love (I got to?) Jump (yeah, yeah) Jump (oh, yeah-yeah yeah) Jump in (oh yeah) Jump, jump, for my love (oh, oh yeah) Jump (ooh, ooh) Jump (oh baby, yeah) Jump in (ooh, yeah) Jump in (c'mon, yeah) Jump, jump for my love
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apr 28, 1984 | 62 | 64 |
| 2 | May 5, 1984 | 50 | 76 |
| 3 | May 12, 1984 | 35 | 91 |
| 4 | May 19, 1984 | 28 | 98 |
| 5 | May 26, 1984 | 22 | 104 |
| 6 | Jun 2, 1984 | 14 | 112 |
| 7 | Jun 9, 1984 | 10 | 116 |
| 8 | Jun 16, 1984 | 8 | 118 |
| 9 | Jun 23, 1984 | 7 | 119 |
| 10 | Jun 30, 1984 | 5 | 121 |
| 11 | Jul 7, 1984 | 3 | 123 |
| 12 | Jul 14, 1984 | 3 | 123 |
| 13 | Jul 21, 1984 | 5 | 121 |
| 14 | Jul 28, 1984 | 10 | 116 |
| 15 | Aug 4, 1984 | 13 | 113 |
| 16 | Aug 11, 1984 | 18 | 108 |
| 17 | Aug 18, 1984 | 33 | 93 |
| 18 | Aug 25, 1984 | 45 | 81 |
| 19 | Sep 1, 1984 | 71 | 55 |
| 20 | Sep 8, 1984 | 75 | 51 |