- Baby Jump
"Baby Jump" is a popular song by
Mungo Jerry .Written by the group's lead vocalist and guitarist
Ray Dorset and produced by Barry Murray, it was the band's second UK No. 1 single, reaching the top for two weeks in March 1971. The song originally entered at #32 and dropped out of the chart due to lack of sales data because of a national postal strike, but re-entered two weeks later at #14.Like the group's debut,
In the Summertime , it was a maxi-single playing at 33 rpm. The second track on the A-side was a Paul King composition, "The Man Behind the Piano". The B-side, which had a playing time of 9 minutes 50 seconds, included live recordings from their Hollywood Festival appearance of "Maggie" (excerpt), "Midnight Special ", and "Mighty Man".A photograph of the group at their historic appearance on stage at the Hollywood Festival, Newcastle-under-Lyme, in May 1970, was used on the picture sleeve.
The cover picture (also used on the 'Electronically Tested' album) may actually be from a festival in Rotterdam.
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