Jumpin' Jack Flash

"Jumpin' Jack Flash"
Picture sleeve used for most singles outside of the UK
Single by the Rolling Stones
B-side"Child of the Moon"
Released
  • 24 May 1968 (1968-05-24) (UK)
  • 31 May 1968 (US)[1]
Recorded20 April 1968
StudioOlympic, London
Genre
Length3:42
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jimmy Miller[5]
Rolling Stones UK singles chronology
"We Love You"
(1967)
"Jumpin' Jack Flash"
(1968)
"Honky Tonk Women"
(1969)
Rolling Stones US singles chronology
"She's a Rainbow"
(1967)
"Jumpin' Jack Flash"
(1968)
"Street Fighting Man"
(1968)
Alternative release
One of A-side labels of the original UK single
Music videos
"Jumpin' Jack Flash" (With Makeup) on YouTube
"Jumpin' Jack Flash" (No Makeup) on YouTube

"Jumpin' Jack Flash" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released as a non-album single in 1968. Called "supernatural Delta blues by way of Swinging London" by Rolling Stone magazine,[6] the song was seen as the band's return to their blues roots after the baroque pop and psychedelia heard on their preceding albums Aftermath (1966) (which did feature some blues songs), Between the Buttons (1967) and especially Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967).[4][7] One of the group's most popular and recognisable songs, it has been featured in films and covered by numerous performers, notably Thelma Houston, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Peter Frampton, Johnny Winter, Leon Russell and Alex Chilton. To date, it is the band's most-performed song; they have played it over 1,100 times in concert.[8]

One of the band’s most popular songs, it was ranked number 144 on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list in 2021.

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  2. ^ Brackett 2008, pp. 233–234.
  3. ^ Milward 2013, p. 128.
  4. ^ a b Unterberger, Richie. ""Jumpin' Jack Flash" – The Rolling Stones". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  5. ^ Rice 1982, p. 117.
  6. ^ "Jumpin' Jack Flash". Rolling Stone. 9 December 2004. Archived from the original on 23 December 2007.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference pc54 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "The Rolling Stones Tour Statistics". setlist.fm. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.