Jump Around

It was recorded for House of Pain’s 1992 debut album and produced by DJ Muggs, with the released track built around samples of “Harlem Shuffle” by Bob & Earl and “Shoot Your Shot” by Jr. Walker & the All Stars. Released as the lead single from House of Pain’s debut, it broke the group into the mainstream and reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. British chart coverage also positioned it as a major early-1990s single for Tommy Boy, and the song was quickly treated as a club classic. It remains House of Pain’s signature song and a durable sports-arena and party anthem, still cited in retrospectives as one of the most recognizable rap singles of the 1990s. Later coverage has continued to describe it as a stadium-filling, cross-generational staple.