Jump
Recording Artist: Loverboy
Writers: Jim Vallance
Bryan Adams
Paul Dean
Mike Reno
Matt Frenette
Date Written: August 1981 / Vancouver, Canada
Albums: Get Lucky (CBS Records, 1981)
Greatest Hits (1994)
Super Hits (1997)
Live, Loud and Loose (2001)
Audio:
Pending
 
Mike Reno: vocal
Paul Dean: guitar
Doug Johnson: keyboards
Scott Smith: bass
Matt Frenette: drums
 
Produced by Bruce Fairbairn and Paul Dean.  Recorded by Keith Stein at Mushroom Studios (Vancouver, Canada).  Mixed by Bob Rock at Little Mountain Sound (Vancouver).
Comments:
Bryan Adams and I wrote the instrumental track for "Jump", and we recorded a definitive demo in my home studio. 

We also wrote the lyric and melody for the chorus, plus the melody for the verse, but no verse lyrics. 

On our demo, Bryan sang nonsense syllables to "sketch out" the verse melody and dictate the vocal phrasing... Paul, Mike and Matt wrote the verse lyrics later.
Lyrics: Was it your idea to meet me like this
Sneakin’ round with the lights down low?
It feels so good
I hope it doesn’t fade away

But if they catch us here together this way
You know we better think quick
Cuz you bet you’re last buck
They’ll be first to get the last lick

When I say Jump
You better jump
When I say walk
You better get ready to say good bye

Now you can’t always get what you want when you want it
So you settle for second best
You need it so bad
Don’t matter what price you pay

When you lay it on the line takin’ chances like this
One slip could do the trick
Cuz you bet you’re last buck
They’ll be first to get the last lick

When I say Jump
You better jump
When I say walk
You better get ready to say good bye

And when I look at you now
Somehow it don’t seem right
But it feels so good tonight