Jump (for My Love)

Infobox Single
Name = Jump (For My Love)


Artist = Pointer Sisters
from the Album = Break Out
Released = 1984
Format = 7" single; 12" single
Recorded = 1983
Genre = R&B/pop
Length = 3:59 (Single Mix)
Label = Planet / RCA
Writer = Steve Mitchell, Marti Sharron, Gary Skardina
Producer = Richard Perry
Last single = "Automatic"
(1984)
This single = "Jump (for My Love)"
(1984)
Next single = "I'm So Excited"
(1984)

"Jump (For My Love)" was the opening track (and third single) of the Pointer Sisters' 1983 album, "Break Out".

Released prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics games, the song's video featured footage of athletes competing in track and field events. The song was the second of four Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles in a row for the sisters in 1984; it peaked at #3 in July. It also appeared on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart and reached the Top 10 in the UK, peaking at number six.

The song netted the group a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1985.

In 2003, this recording was used in the movie "Love Actually".

Chart positions

"Girls Allowed"

Charts

The song debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart, behind Westlife. The single spent 11 weeks in the top 40. [ cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3231480.stm | title=Singer Jackson tops album chart | publisher=BBC News | date=2003-11-23 | accessdate=2008-02-25 ] It was the last song to chart in the Netherlands (Top 40).

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