Jump They Say

"Jump They Say"
Bowie JumpTheySay.jpg
Single by David Bowie
from the album Black Tie White Noise
B-side"Pallas Athena" (Don't Stop Praying Mix)
Released15 March 1993
Format7"/12"/CD single
RecordedMountain Studios, Montreux; Hit Factory, New York City, June/July 1992
GenreProgressive house[1]
Length4:22 (Album version)
3:53 (Radio edit)
LabelArista
74321 139424
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 David Bowie from his album Black Tie White Noise. It was released as a first single from the album in March 1993. While Bowie opted not to tour for the Black Tie White Noise album, the song would feature on his 1995 Outside Tour.

Background and style

The song dealt with Bowie’s feelings for his schizophrenic half-brother Terry, who had committed suicide on 16 January 1985. The lyrics tell of a man pushed to utter desperation by the pressure put on him. Bowie has also cited his own feelings about jumping into the unknown metaphysically. Musically, the influence of Nile Rodgers led to a funk-based sound, though the track was also influenced by contemporary jazz, with a solo from avant-jazz trumpeter Lester Bowie.

Promotion

As the lead-off single, "Jump They Say" received a considerable promotional push from Bowie’s new label, Savage Records (though Arista Records distributed the package in Europe). A striking video was shot by Mark Romanek, depicting Bowie as a businessman paranoid of his colleagues, who seemingly conduct experiments on him and find him a disturbing influence, forcing him to jump from the roof of the corporate building to his death. The video is heavily influenced by Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 film Alphaville, Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1971), as well as Chris Marker's film La Jetée and Orson Welles' The Trial - both from 1962. The uniformed women shown monitoring Bowie through high powered telescopes are an homage to the stewardesses in the Pan-Am space plane in Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). The video 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."[2]

Chart performance

The song, while not Bowie’s first release since Tin Machine, was pushed as a comeback single, and reached No. 9 in the UK charts – Bowie’s only top 10 single between 1986's "Absolute Beginners" and 2013's "Where Are We Now?"

Track listing

7" version

  1. "Jump They Say" (Radio edit) – 3:53
  2. "Pallas Athena" (Don't Stop Praying Mix) – 5:36

12": Arista / 74321 139421 (EU)

  1. "Jump They Say" (Hardhands Mix) – 5:40
  2. "Jump They Say" (Full album version) – 4:22
  3. "Jump They Say" (Leftfield 12" vocal) – 7:42
  4. "Jump They Say" (Dub Oddity Mix) – 4:44

12": Arista / 74 321 13 69 61 (EU)

  1. "Jump They Say" (Club Hart remix) – 5:05
  2. "Jump They Say" (JAE-E Mix) – 5:32
  3. "Jump They Say" (JAE-E Dub) – 4:48
  4. "Jump They Say" (Leftfield remix) – 7:41
  5. "Jump They Say" (Dub Oddity, another Leftfield remix) – 5:36
  6. "Pallas Athena" (Don't Stop Praying Mix) – 5:36

CD: Arista / 74321 13696 2 (EU)

  1. "Jump They Say" (Radio edit) – 3:53
  2. "Jump They Say" (JAE-E edit) – 3:58
  3. "Jump They Say" (Club Hart remix) – 5:05
  4. "Jump They Say" (Leftfield 12" vocal) – 7:42
  5. "Pallas Athena" (Album version) – 4:40
  6. "Pallas Athena" (Don't Stop Praying Mix) – 5:36

CD: Arista/ 74321 139422 (UK)

  1. "Jump They Say" (7" version) – 3:53
  2. "Jump They Say" (Hard Hands Mix) – 5:40
  3. "Jump They Say" (JAE-E Mix) – 5:32
  4. "Pallas Athena" (Don't Stop Praying Mix) – 5:36
  • includes "exclusive" 8-page discography
  • released in 2CD case to house CD2 as well

CD: Arista / 74321 139432 (UK)

  1. "Jump They Say" (Brothers in Rhythm Mix) – 8:28
  2. "Jump They Say" (Brothers in Rhythm Instrumental) – 6:25
  3. "Jump They Say" (Leftfield 12" vocal) – 7:42
  4. "Jump They Say" (Full album version) – 4:22

CD: Savage Records / 74785-50034-2 (USA)

  1. "Jump They Say" (Album Version) – 4:23
  2. "Jump They Say" (Radio Edit 1) – 4.02
  3. "Jump They Say" (Club Hart remix) – 5:05
  4. "Jump They Say" (Leftfield Remix) – 7:41
  5. "Pallas Athena" (Album version) – 4:40
  6. "Pallas Athena" (Don't Stop Praying Mix) – 5:36
  • Jump They Say (Radio Edit 1) is remixed by JAE-E and is the same as Jump They Say (JAE-E edit)

12": Arista / BIR 1 (US) (Promotional)

  1. "Jump They Say" (Brothers in Rhythm Mix) – 8:28
  2. "Jump They Say" (Brothers in Rhythm Instrumental) – 6:25

12": Savage Records/BMG / 74785-50042-1 (US)

A1. "Jump They Say" (Brothers in Rhythm mix) – 8:24
A2. "Jump They Say" (Leftfield remix) – 7:41
A3. "Jump They Say" (JAE-E remix) – 5:32
B1. "Jump They Say" (Brothers in Rhythm edit) – 3:54
B2. "Jump They Say" (Dub Oddity remix) – 6:13
B3. "Pallas Athena" (Don't Stop Praying remix) – 5:36

Credits and personnel

Charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 53
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 24
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[5] 26
Denmark (IFPI)[6] 9
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] 19
Germany (Official German Charts)[8] 43
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 12
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10] 17
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11] 24
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[12] 15
Norway (VG-lista)[13] 7
Spain (AFYVE)[14] 9
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 23
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 40
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[17] 9
US Dance Club Play (Billboard) 6

Other releases

  • The radio edit version has appeared on some editions of the compilations Bowie: The Singles 1969-1993 (1993), Best of Bowie (2002), Nothing Has Changed (2014), and 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".

Cover version

  • Death to the Legion – Ashes to Ashes: A Tribute to David Bowie (1998)

References

  1. ^ https://www.discogs.com/David-Bowie-Jump-They-Say/release/216959
  2. ^ Anderson, Kyle (11 January 2016). "David Bowie's 20 best music videos". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  3. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  4. ^ "Ultratop.be – David Bowie – Jump They Say" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1744." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Top 10 Denmark" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  7. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava.
  8. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – David Bowie – Jump They Say". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  9. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Jump They Say". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 17, 1993" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  11. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – David Bowie – Jump They Say" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  12. ^ "Charts.nz – David Bowie – Jump They Say". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  13. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – David Bowie – Jump They Say". VG-lista. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  14. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  15. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – David Bowie – Jump They Say". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  16. ^ "Swisscharts.com – David Bowie – Jump They Say". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  17. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  • Pegg, Nicholas, The Complete David Bowie, Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2000, ISBN 1-903111-14-5

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