“Jump” by Van Halen has reached billion streaming

“Jump” of the Van Halen He officially entered the billion of Spotify. The milestone of streaming was reached on April 12, thus becoming the band’s first song to reach this goal on the platform.

Alex Van HalenVan Halen drummer shared his emotion on Instagram. “Thanks to all fans for listening to us!”, He writes.

“Jump” is at the top of the Van Halen streams Spotify with more than double the second place of “Panama” which has reached 456.77 million streams at the time we write.

“Runnin ‘with the Devil” is in third place with just over a quarter of a billion streams. All three have the original frontman David Lee Roth under voice.

“Jump”, the main single of the 1984 successful album, was an innovative song for the band, characterized by the prominent use of synthesizers alongside the characteristic guitar work of Eddie Van Halen.

At the time of its publication, the song represented a bit of a turning point for the band, due to its heavily keyboard sound, a change that initially met a certain resistance within the Van Halen group and also the same producer Ted Templeman has never liked that song (Read here)

The enormous success of the song proved to be a crucial moment in their career, expanding their audience which evidently continues to appreciate that song that was their only number 1 in the United States, with five weeks of stay in the first place of the Billboard Hot 100.

1984 sold over ten million copies in the United States, being officially certified diamond by the recording industry association of America (Riaa).

“Jump” now joins a selected group of rock classics in the “Billion clubs“Of streaming, which includes” Dream on “of Aerosmith“Paradise City” of Guns n ‘Roses“Master of Puppets”, “Enter Sandman” and “Nothing Else Matters” Metal and “Livin ‘On a Prayer”, “You Give Love a Bad Name” and “It’s My Life” Bon Jovi.

The “Club of Miliardari di Spotify” is a playlist launched for the first time in 2020 which includes all the songs that have passed the billion streams on the platform.

It is a significant milestone, which highlights the lasting popularity and cultural impact of these songs.

To those who reach this Spotify often gives a plaque “Billions Club” to commemorate the event.