Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, recording on "Jumpin' Jack Flash" began during the Beggars Banquet sessions of 1968 and released as a single in the same year.

According to the book Keith Richards: The Biography by Victor Bockris, the line "I was born in a crossfire hurricane", was written by Richards, and refers to his being born amid the bombing and air raid sirens of Dartford, England, in 1943 during World War II.

Lyrics

I was born in a cross-fire hurricane

And I howled at the morning driving rain

But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas

But it's all right. I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash

It's a gas, gas, gas

I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag,

I was schooled with a strap right across my back

But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas

But it's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash

It's a gas, gas, gas

I was drowned, I was washed up and left for dead

I fell down to my feet and I saw they bled , yeah yeah

I frowned at the crumbs of a crust of bread

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I was crowned with a spike right through my head

But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas

But it's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash

It's a gas, gas, gas

Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas

Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas

Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas

Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas

Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas

Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas

Songwriters: Keith Richards / Mick Jagger

Jumpin' Jack Flash lyrics © Abkco Music, Inc, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC