Single:
Jump Into the Fire entered the Australian singles chart* on 15 May 1972 and peaked at #26.
Album:
The song is on Nilsson Schmilsson which entered the Australian albums chart* on 13 March 1972 and peaked at #2.
Songwriter:
Harry Nilsson
Producer:
Richard Perry
Record label of Australian release:
RCA Victor
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
The musicians on the basic track were Nilsson (piano), Chris Spedding (guitar), Herbie Flowers (bass) and Jim Gordon (drums). Flowers recalls that Nilsson gave only vague instructions: “lots of tom-toms, a bass riff in D major.” The bass part includes a section where, following Gordon’s drum solo, Flowers detunes as he plays. According to Flowers, he began loosening the bottom string “for a laugh”, believing that by that point in the song, the performance would be faded out on the released recording. Overdubs on this master take included Nilsson’s vocals, guitar solos by John Uribe and another rhythm guitar part by Klaus Voormann
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump_into_the_Fire
Lyrics:
You can climb a mountain
You can swim the sea
You can jump into the fire
But you′ll never be free
You can shake me up
Or I can bring you down
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
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