Global Charts
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Global Single Chart
40 years ago
the most popular tracks worldwide
according to the national single charts
dated to March 31, 1984
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1 / 2
week 8
Jump - Van Halen
Warner Bros. - 2 weeks at No.1
2 / 3
week 9
Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Portrait / Epic
4 / 4
week 7
Radio Ga-Ga - Queen
EMI / Capitol
8 / -
week 2
Hello - Lionel Richie
Motown
5 / 7
week 5
Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
Motown
7 / 6
week 9
Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
ZTT / Island
3 / 1
week 7
99 Luftballons - Nena
CBS / Epic
6 / 5
week 8
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Epic
9 / 9
week 3
Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics
RCA
new.JPG (991 bytes) Footloose - Kenny Loggins
CBS / Columbia
 

The furious synth-rock hymn "Jump" was released in December 1983 as the lead single of the band's sixth studio album MCMLXXXIV (1984). It differs from earlier Van Halen songs in that it's driven by a keyboard riff. The synth line was written circa 1981 by Eddie Van Halen, but it was rejected by the other band members. In 1983, producer Ted Templeman asked Roth to listen to the unused song idea and he listened repeatedly to the tune. To come up with a lyric for it, he remembered seeing a TV news report about a suicidal jumper. Roth thought that one of the onlookers at such an event would inevitably yell "go ahead and jump". But instead of describing a potential suicide, the lyrics were written as an ontological invitation to action, life and love. David Lee Roth dedicated the song to martial artist Benny 'The Jet' Urquidez, of whom he was a student. "Jump" reached the top position in the United States and Canada.

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