Jumper (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Jumper
Artist = Third Eye Blind
from Album = Third Eye Blind
A-side = Jumper (radio edit)
B-side = Graduate (remix)
Released = November 24, 1998
Format = CD,
[Recorded =]
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 4:08 (radio)4:32 (album)
Label = Elektra Records
Writer = Stephan Jenkins
Chart position =

• #5 (Billboard Hot 100)

Last single = "Losing a Whole Year"
(1998)
This single = "Jumper"
Next single = "How's It Going to Be"
(1998)

"Jumper" is a song by the American rock band Third Eye Blind, released on their 1997 self titled album, and written by vocalist Stephan Jenkins. Released as a single, the song peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. [Whitburn, Joel. "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits", 6th ed, Billboard Publications, Inc. 1996. ISBN 0-8230-7632-6]

This song is most likely thought to be about a friend of Jenkins' who committed suicide, as it sounds as if the singer is saying all the things he should have said sooner, because his friend had already died. "He's on the table and he's gone to code", for example, seems to refer to his friend on a hospital bed, and that his lifeline has disappeared.Fact|date=May 2008 In an interview it was revealed that the song is about a friend of his who was gay, and was criticized after coming out of the closet, and this song was a sort of "talk-down" to prevent his friend from killing himself.

A cover of the song has been recorded by BEDlight for BlueEYES featuring Sebastian Davin of Dropping Daylight for the album Punk Goes '90s. Indie-pop band Daphne Loves Derby also regularly covers this song in concert.

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