| Baby Jump | |
| Cover: | Mungo Jerry Baby Jump.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Mungo Jerry |
| Album: | Electronically Tested |
| B-Side: | "The Man Behind the Piano"/"Live from Hollywood" (Maggie, Midnight Special, Mighty Man) |
| Released: | 1971 |
| Genre: | Pop, rock and roll |
| Length: | 4:10 |
| Label: | Dawn Records (UK) Janus Records (US) |
| Producer: | Barry Murray |
| Prev Title: | In the Summertime |
| Prev Year: | 1970 |
| Next Title: | Lady Rose |
| Next Year: | 1971 |
"Baby Jump" is a popular song, released as a single in 1971 by Mungo Jerry.
Written by the group's lead vocalist and guitarist Ray Dorset and produced by Barry Murray, it was the band's second No. 1 single, reaching the top of the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in March 1971.[1] The song originally entered at No. 32 before dropping out of the chart due to lack of sales data owing to a national postal strike, but re-entered two weeks later at No. 14. The song also reached No. 5 in the Irish Singles Chart.
Like the group's debut single, "In the Summertime", the British release was a maxi-single playing at 33 rpm. The second track on the A-side was a Paul King composition, "The Man Behind the Piano". The B-side, which had a playing time of 9 minutes 50 seconds, included live recordings from their Hollywood Festival appearance of "Maggie" (excerpt), "Midnight Special", and "Mighty Man".