Jump (track)
by Van Halen
Jump appears on the following album(s) by Van Halen:
- 1984 (track #2) (this album) (1984)
- Best Of Volume I (track #7) (compilation) (1996)
- The Best Of Both Worlds (track #13) (compilation) (2004)
- Live: Right Here, Right Now (track #23) (1993)
- Tokyo Dome Live In Concert (track #25) (2015)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago | araidernomore | 4,800 | 78/100 |
| ! | 07/10/2026 08:58 |  MetalMan67 | 1,659 | 83/100 |
| ! | 04/12/2026 22:51 | Musicbuff123 | 605 | 71/100 |
| ! | 02/16/2026 22:17 | alexandermause | 17,953 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/29/2026 19:25 |  HoldenM | 9,496 | 91/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 86.9/100, a mean average of 85.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 17.2.
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Jump brought Van Halen to the Masses, so it wasn't their best song but was their most commercial.
Still, I like it!
AAL2014 07/14/2022 01:06 | #287384
I’m going to use this comment as an opportunity to shoutout the great Alex Van Halen. Jump is the band’s biggest hit but that didn’t stop Alex from taking a couple chances to pull out some unique patterns.
Squonk007 08/08/2021 21:10 | #272365
Dated but a classic all the same.
Maybe overrated, but still a classic.
My first introduction to Van Halen. Song's a lot better in HD than I thought it would be.
Jasonconfused 01/21/2013 00:34 | #62304
Not my favorite style of Van Halen, but the catchiness of it and how effective it was in getting people to jump onto the Van Halen train is genius.
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