Jumper (song)

For other uses, see Jumper (disambiguation).

"Jumper"
Single by Third Eye Blind
from the album Third Eye Blind
B-side	"Graduate" (remix)
Released	November 24, 1998
Format	CD,
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:32 (Album Version) 4:06 (Radio Edit)
Label	Elektra
Writer(s)	Stephan Jenkins
Third Eye Blind singles chronology
"Losing a Whole Year" (1998) "Jumper" (1998) "Anything" (1999)

"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. Jumper has more hits on youtube than any other Third Eye Blind song.

Meaning

Lead singer Stephan Jenkins has said that the song "comes from a story our manager told us about a high school friend of his who was gay. He went to a conservative school in San Diego [with] all sons of military types. Being gay was just not acceptable. He offed himself--he jumped off a bridge."^{[citation needed]} In other interview he restates: "it's about a friend who's gay, jumping off a bridge and killing themselves."

The song is also about Jenkins' own difficult, often alienating childhood experiences. He says, "My parents divorced, and that hurt me. We were poor and I went to a rich high school. I was dyslexic and had Attention Deficit Disorder, which I still have. So I carried all these things with me. One afternoon I had this epiphany. I said 'You know what? I don't have it all together. I come from stuff that was really difficult, and that's me. That's who I am.' I embraced that. There's a line in the song that says, 'Everyone's got to face down the demons/Maybe today we can put the past away.' It's very much a song about putting the past away."^{[citation needed]}

Charts

Chart	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	5

Appearances in other media

• The song is featured in the 2008 film Yes Man as Carl Allen (Jim Carrey) uses an acoustic serenade to try to prevent a suicidal man (Luis Guzmán) from jumping off the ledge of an apartment building. After being featured in the film, the song's digital downloads spiked.^{[citation needed]}

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

• Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the song was placed on the list of post-9/11 inappropriate titles distributed by Clear Channel.^{[citation needed]}

• This song was used for a public service announcement on Season 5, Episode 3 of MTV's Road Rules titled "The Blind Leading the Blessed." The show originally aired on Monday, January 26, 1998.

• This song was featured in the 2011 film "30 Minutes or Less" on a mixtape made by Travis(Nick Swardson).

• This song was featured in the in the American Dad! episode "The Scarlet Getter"

• This song was featured in the 2011 film "My Suicide".