This week in 1984 Jump by “Van Halen” was the number one song in the USA.
Although “Jump” is a fairly lighthearted rock single, in January 2010 a DJ who played it at an “inappropriate time” found himself in hot water. The song was requested by a driver stuck in traffic on the M60 motorway, and played by the DJ, who came under fire because the delay in traffic had been caused by police closing several lanes of the motorway while attempting to talk down a woman who was threatening to jump from a bridge. After nearly nine hours, she did indeed jump, shortly after the song was played. Amazingly she survived, albeit with serious leg injuries.