Editing Jumpin' Jack Flash (section)

{{short description|1968 single by the Rolling Stones}}
{{About|the song|the film|Jumpin' Jack Flash (film){{!}}''Jumpin' Jack Flash'' (film)|the comic strip|Jack Flash{{!}}''Jack Flash''}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox song
| name          = Jumpin' Jack Flash
| cover         = Jackflash1.jpg
| caption       = Picture sleeve used for most singles outside of the UK
| type          = single
| artist        = [[the Rolling Stones]]
| B-side        = Child of the Moon
| released      = *{{Start date|1968|05|24|df=y}} (UK)
*31 May 1968 (US)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/694/mode/2up|title=Great Rock Discography|date=1995 |page=694|isbn=978-0-86241-541-9 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles |publisher=Canongate Press }}</ref>
| recorded      = 20 April 1968
| studio        = [[Olympic Studios|Olympic]], London
| genre         = *[[Hard rock]]{{sfn|Brackett|2008|pp=233–234}}{{sfn|Milward|2013|p=128}}
*[[blues rock]]<ref name="allmusic"/>
| length        = {{Duration|m=3|s=42}}
| label         = *[[Decca Records|Decca]] (UK)
*[[London Records|London]] (US)
| writer        = *[[Jagger–Richards]]
| producer      = [[Jimmy Miller]]{{sfn|Rice|1982|p=117}}
| chronology    = Rolling Stones UK singles
| prev_title    = [[We Love You]]
| prev_title2   = 
| prev_year     = 1967
| next_title    = [[Honky Tonk Women]]
| next_year     = 1969
| misc          = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = Rolling Stones US
 | type       = single
 | prev_title = [[She's a Rainbow]]
 | prev_year  = 1967
 | title      = Jumpin' Jack Flash
 | year       = 1968
 | next_title = [[Street Fighting Man]]
 | next_year  = 1968
}}{{Extra album cover
 | header  = Alternative release
 | type    = single
 | cover   = Jumpin' Jack Flash by The Rolling Stones UK vinyl.jpg
 | border  =
 | alt     =
 | caption = One of A-side labels of the original UK single
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|qGd7SkdETro|"Jumpin' Jack Flash" (With Makeup)}}
 | type   = single
 | header = Music videos
}}{{External music video|{{YouTube|S_ylZvdk3VU|"Jumpin' Jack Flash" (No Makeup)}}
 | type   = single
 | header = no
}}
}}

"'''Jumpin' Jack Flash'''" is a song by the English [[rock music|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,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Jumpin' Jack Flash |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6595969/jumpin_jack_flash |url-status=dead |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=9 December 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223145921/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6595969/jumpin_jack_flash |archive-date=23 December 2007}}</ref> the song was seen as the band's return to their [[blues]] roots after the [[baroque pop]] and [[psychedelic music|psychedelia]] heard on their preceding albums ''[[Aftermath (The Rolling Stones album)|Aftermath]]'' (1966) (which did feature some blues songs), ''[[Between the Buttons]]'' (1967) and especially ''[[Their Satanic Majesties Request]]'' (1967).<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |last1=Unterberger |first1=Richie |title="Jumpin' Jack Flash" – The Rolling Stones |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/jumpin-jack-flash-mt0005242009 |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=6 May 2021 }}</ref><ref name=pc54 /> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rolling Stones Tour Statistics |website=setlist.fm |url=https://www.setlist.fm/stats/the-rolling-stones-bd6ad22.html |access-date=13 October 2017 |archive-date=14 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014083620/https://www.setlist.fm/stats/the-rolling-stones-bd6ad22.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

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