Jump They Say

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"Jump They Say"
Single by David Bowie
from the album Black Tie White Noise
B-side"Pallas Athena" (Don't Stop Praying mix)
Released15 March 1993 (1993-03-15)[1]
RecordedApril–November 1992[2]
Studio
GenreProgressive house[3]
Length
  • 4:22 (album version)
  • 3:53 (radio edit)
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)David Bowie
Producer(s)Nile Rodgers
David Bowie singles chronology
"Real Cool World"
(1992) 		"Jump They Say"
(1993) 		"Black Tie White Noise"
(1993)
Music video
"Jump They Say" on
YouTube

"Jump They Say" is a song by English singer-songwriter

MTV Europe.[4]

Background and style

The song dealt with Bowie's feelings for his

avant-jazz trumpeter Lester Bowie
.

Promotion

Released on 15 March 1993 as the lead-off single,

MTV Europe,[4] and was praised by Entertainment Weekly after Bowie died in 2016, saying "Bowie is an excellent actor, and this video may be his best character performance in a music video."[7]

Chart performance

The song, while not Bowie's first release since

Absolute Beginners" and 2013's "Where Are We Now?".[8]

Critical reception

Upon the release,

Reading Evening Post complimented the song is "surprisingly good".[14] James Hamilton from the Record Mirror Dance Update noted "his droning adenoidal vocal".[15]

In an 2017 retrospective review, Quentin Harrison from Albumism noted that "that romantic energy" from Bowie's marriage to Iman "put a skip in the sonic step of some of the set's darker material", like "Jump They Say". He saw the song lyrically "engage with the personal conflicts that matter to Bowie."[16] Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic remarked the "paranoid jumble" of the song, naming it one of the "moments" from the album, that "are the first in a long time to feel classically Bowie".[17]

Track listing

Live performances

Bowie performed the song live on the

Arsenio Hall Show in May 1993, and it was performed occasionally on his Outside Tour of 1995–96.[5] A live version of the song was released on the concert album No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham 95)
(2020).

Other releases

The radio edit version has appeared on some editions of the compilations

Bowie Legacy (2016). The Leftfield 12" vocal mix was released on a UK limited release of the single "Little Wonder" in January 1997. The "JAE-E edit" (called "alternate mix") was released as a bonus track on the CD-version of Black Tie White Noise
. On the bonus disc following the 10th anniversary edition of Black Tie White Noise, three remixes of "Jump They Say" appeared: "Rock Mix", "Brothers in Rhythm 12" Remix" and "Dub Oddity".

Personnel

According to Chris O'Leary:[5]

Technical

  • David Bowie – producer
  • Nile Rodgers – producer
  • Jon Goldberger, Gary Tole, Andrew Grassi – engineering

Charts

References

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 13 March 1993. p. 17.
  2. ^ a b O'Leary 2019, p. 349.
  3. ^ "David Bowie – Jump They Say (1993, CD2, CD)". Discogs. 30 August 1993.
  4. ^ a b "Station Reports > MTV Europe/London" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 19. 8 May 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d O'Leary 2019, pp. 349–350.
  6. ^ Pegg, Nicholas. The Complete David Bowie. p. 120.
  7. ^ Anderson, Kyle (11 January 2016). "David Bowie's 20 best music videos". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  8. ^ O'Leary 2019, p. 350.
  9. ^ Flick, Larry (27 March 1993). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. p. 82. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  10. ^ Selzer, Jon (20 March 1993). "Singles". Melody Maker. p. 26. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  11. ^ Jones, Alan (20 March 1993). "Market Preview: Mainstream – Singles – Pick of the Week" (PDF). Music Week. p. 6. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  12. ^ Gettelman, Parry (16 April 1993). "David Bowie". Orlando Sentinel.
  13. Philadelphia Inquirer
    . 6 April 1993.
  14. Reading Evening Post
    . 18 March 1993. p. 23.
  15. ^ Hamilton, James (13 March 1993). "Djdirectory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 7. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  16. ^ Harrison, Quentin (6 December 2017). "Lest We Forget: Revisiting David Bowie's 1993 Album 'Black Tie White Noise'". Albumism. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  17. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "David Bowie – Black Tie White Noise". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  18. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  19. ^ "David Bowie – Jump They Say" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  20. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1744." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  21. ^ "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 17. 24 April 1993. p. 24. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  22. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 14. 3 April 1993. p. 19. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  23. ^ "EHR Top 40" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 18. 1 May 1993. p. 26. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  24. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava.
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  26. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Jump They Say". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  27. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 17, 1993" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
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  32. ISBN 84-8048-639-2
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  36. ^ "Top 60 Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 27 March 1993. p. 28. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  37. ^ "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 27 March 1993. p. 4. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  38. ^ "David Bowie Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
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  41. ^ "The RM Club Chart 93" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert). 25 December 1993. p. 4. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

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