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Jump in the RiverSinéad O’Connor

Released: March 1, 1990

Songwriter: Marco Pirroni Sinéad O’Connor

Producer: Sinéad O’Connor

[Verse 1]
The phone calls always left me unsure
They'd never say things of their own accord
I am preoccupied
I can't get them out of my mind
They are terrified

[Chorus]
And if you said jump in the river I would
Because it would probably be a good idea

[Verse 2]
You're not supposed to be here at all now
It's all been a gorgeous mistake
Sick one or clean one, the best one
That God ever made
When I kissed you, you didn't mind
I thought I tasted of too many cigarettes
But you tasted like wine
And I'm not going to change my mind
Just because of what they said
The worm has laid eggs in their hearts
But not in my head

[Chorus]
And if you said jump in the river I would
Because it would probably be a good idea

[Verse 3]
You're not supposed to be here at all now
It's all been a gorgeous mistake
Sick one or clean one, the best one
That God ever made

[Verse 4]
There's been days like this before you know
And I liked it all
Like the times we did it so hard
There was blood on the wall

[Chorus]
And if you said jump in the river I would
Because it would probably be a good idea
And if you said jump in the river I would
Because it would probably be a good idea

Sinéad O’Connor

Sinéad O'Connor (who goes by Shuhada' Sadaqat in her private life) is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 80s with her album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success with her cover of Prince’s “Nothing Compares to You” in 1990.

O'Connor was discovered in 1985 when Nigel Grainge of Ensign Records saw her band Ton Ton Macoute perform. Although he was not fond of the band’s music, he was impressed by O'Connor’s ‘amazing voice’. Grainge had O'Connor record four songs with Karl Wallinger (World Party) and signed her to his label. O'Connor’s first single was the song “Heroine” which she co-wrote with U2’s guitarist The Edge for the film Captive.

Her debut album The Lion and the Cobra was a sensation when it was released in 1987, reaching gold record status and earning a Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Grammy nomination. O'Connor’s debut single “Troy” charted in The Netherlands and Belgium, and “Mandinka”, released in late 1987, cracked the top 20 in the UK and top 30 in three other European countries, helping her album chart well in Europe. Spin Magazine described the album as a “remarkable, still-spine-tingling first record”.

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