Jump in the Pool
Track one of the debut, the album's only song produced by Paul Epworth.
Friendly Fires, from Friendly Fires (2008)
Macfarlane, Savidge, Gibson and Epworth wrote it, and Epworth produced; it is 3:35 on the album and 3:37 as a single. It appeared on iTunes on September 1, 2008, the album's release day, and was re-released in the UK on May 18, 2009 as a 12-inch and download EP with a hand-numbered white-label 7-inch limited to 250. Wikipedia disagrees with itself on whether it was the second or third album single. The first release debuted at 100 in the UK, and the May 2009 re-release entered at 70 and peaked at 57, with a peak of 7 on the indie chart. Remixes include Stuart Price's Thin White Duke mix (7:04) and Wild Geese (6:12), which Gibson called his favorite, with lush pianos and a housey vibe.
In a 2009 Static interview Macfarlane said there are no hidden meanings, with themes of pure escapism and dreaming of elsewhere, and Gibson called the meaning really literal. It was the BBC One Final Score theme for 2009 to 2010 and was used in Gossip Girl; Lenka covered it for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge on Live Lounge 4. A 2023 London review had it as the opener. We found no setlist count and no director for the promotional video, which is on the 2009 deluxe DVD.
Covers and versions
- Lenka A BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge version, on Live Lounge 4.
Sources
- Jump in the Pool, Wikipedia
- Friendly Fires interview, Static (2009)
- Friendly Fires (album), Wikipedia
- Friendly Fires interview, Clash (2009-07-15)