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Songs About Jane by Maroon 5
Songs About Jane is an album by Maroon 5, released in 2002. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 20 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “She Will Be Loved”, on 5 lists with a best position of #10.
Songs About Jane, Maroon 5's debut, came out on Octone on June 25, 2002, and it's a second chance cashed in. Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael, Mickey Madden and Ryan Dusick had already been through the wringer as Kara's Flowers, dropped by Reprise after one album that barely made a ripple; they regrouped as Maroon 5, added guitarist James Valentine, and came back with Matt Wallace and Mark Endert producing. It's the only Maroon 5 album with Dusick on drums.
What they made is slick, rubber-limbed pop rock with a strut in its hips: tight grooves, clipped guitars and Levine's voice working the room. It was a sleeper, not a smash, until "Harder to Breathe", "This Love" and "She Will Be Loved" did their work. A re-release in October 2003 carried it around the world, the band took the Grammy for Best New Artist in 2005, and the album went on to sell 10 million copies.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Songs About Jane on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She Will Be Loved | 5 | #10 | – | 2004–2006 | |
| 2 | Harder to Breathe | 7 | #8 | – | 2002–2003 | |
| 3 | This Love | 6 | #3 | – | 2003–2006 | |
| 4 | Sunday Morning | 2 | #58 | – | 2004–2005 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.