Jump for Joy (2 Unlimited song)

"Jump for Joy" is a 1996 song recorded by Dutch Eurodance band 2 Unlimited. It was released as the second single from their greatest hits compilation album, Hits Unlimited.[1] The song was a Top 10 hit in the Netherlands and Spain.

"Jump For Joy"
Single by 2 Unlimited
from the album Hits Unlimited
Released29 January 1996
Recorded1995
GenreEurodance
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Phil Wilde
  • Jean-Paul De Coster
2 Unlimited singles chronology
"Do What's Good for Me"
(1995)		 "Jump For Joy"
(1996)		 "Spread Your Love"
(1996)
Music video
"Jump For Joy" on YouTube
Japanese cover

Chart performance

"Jump for Joy" scored chart success in many European countries, peaking within the Top 10 on the singles charts in the Netherlands and Spain. Additionally, it reached the Top 20 in Belgium, as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100, where this was the last 2 Unlimited song to peak at number 13. It also managed to climb into the Top 40 in Sweden and Germany. The single was not released in the United Kingdom. Outside Europe, it peaked at number 22 on the RPM Dance Chart in Canada and number 137 in Australia.

Music video

The music video for "Jump for Joy" was directed by directors Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini, known as just Max & Dania. It was shot in January 1996. The song was the last single that 2 Unlimited in their Anita and Ray guise released with a proper video before their break up at the end of 1996.[2] The video was uploaded to YouTube in December 2013. In August 2020, it has got more than 730,000 views.[3]

Track listing
CD single
  1. "Jump for Joy" (Radio Edit) (3:42)
  2. "Jump for Joy" (Digidance Happy Hardcore Edit) (3:19)
CD maxi
  1. "Jump for Joy" (Radio Edit) (3:42)
  2. "Jump for Joy" (Digidance Happy Hardcore Edit) (3:19)
  3. "Jump for Joy" (Armand's Dutch Touch Mix) (7:51)
  4. "Jump for Joy" (Itty-Bitty-Boozy-Woozy's Dub For Joy) (5:25)
  5. "MTV Partyzone Megamix" (4:55)
7" single
  1. "Jump for Joy" (Radio Edit) (3:42)
  2. "Jump for Joy" (Digidance Happy Hardcore Edit) (3:19)
12" maxi
  1. "Jump for Joy" (Digidance Happy Hardcore Edit) (3:19)
  2. "Jump for Joy" (Armand's Dutch Touch Mix) (7:51)
  3. "Jump for Joy" (Itty-Bitty-Boozy-Woozy's Dub For Joy) (5:25)
  4. "MTV Partyzone Megamix" (4:55)
12" Vinyl
  1. "Jump for Joy" (Digidance Happy Hardcore Mix) (5:47)
  2. "Jump for Joy" (Edit) (3:42)
  3. "Jump for Joy" (Armand's Dutch Touch Mix) (7:51)
  4. "Jump for Joy" (Itty-Bitty-Boozy-Woozy's Dub 4 Joy) (5:25)

Charts

References
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  2. "2 Unlimited Biography (Paragraph 3 - "The Split")". www.last.fm. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
  3. "2 UNLIMITED - Jump For Joy (Official Music Video)". YouTube. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  4. "Jump For Joy European Chart Positions". www.dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
  5. "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 24 May 2016". Imgur.com. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  6. "Ultratop.be – 2 Unlimited – Jump for Joy" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  7. "Ultratop.be – 2 Unlimited – Jump for Joy" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  8. "RPM Dance (Sep 16, 1996)". RPM. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  9. "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > 2 Unlimited – Jump for Joy (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  10. "Dutchcharts.nl – 2 Unlimited – Jump for Joy" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  11. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  12. "Jaaroverzichten 1996". Ultratop. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  13. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1996". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  14. "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1996". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
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