LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 25, 2019…35 YEARS AGO VAN HALEN’S ‘JUMP’ STARTED A 5 WEEK RUN AT NUMBER 1 ON THE SINGLES CHARTS. DAVID LEE ROTH WROTE THE LYRICS TO THE SONG AFTER SEEING A NEWS REPORT ABOUT A MAN WHO WAS THREATENING TO COMMIT SUICIDE BY JUMPING OFF A HIGH BUILDING. ROTH THOUGHT THAT ONE OF THE ONLOOKERS OF SUCH A SCENE WOULD PROBABLY SHOUT “GO AHEAD AND JUMP.”
HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR ‘JUMP’