Jump Around

DJ Muggs originally produced the beat that became "Jump Around" for his own group, Cypress Hill, but rapper B-Real could not come up with lyrics for it. The track was then offered to Ice Cube, who refused it, before House of Pain took it and used it for themselves. Released in May 1992 by Tommy Boy and XL as the first single from their debut album, the song reached number three in the United States. A 1993 re-release in the United Kingdom, where the initial release had been a minor hit, peaked at number eight.

The song opens with a horn fanfare sampled from Bob & Earl's 1963 track "Harlem Shuffle" and also samples "Popeye the Hitchhiker" by Chubby Checker. Its most recognizable feature is a high-pitched squealing sound at the beginning of almost every bar, appearing 66 times across the recording. The origin of that squeal prompted years of debate. Some pointed to Prince's "Gett Off", while WhoSampled listed Junior Walker and the All Stars' "Shoot Your Shot" as the source, and a 2016 spectrogram analysis favored the latter. Everlast later said it was a horn rather than Prince, and in 2020 he stated the sample came from Divine Styler's "Ain't Sayin' Nothin'", which itself samples "Shoot Your Shot".

The music video was filmed during the 1992 New York City Saint Patrick's Day parade, with additional footage shot in Central Park and Old Town Bar and Restaurant. It ends with a dedication to Matt Champy, a friend of the band who died that year.