“Jane” by Barenaked Ladies

"Jane" comes off Maybe You Should Drive, Barenaked Ladies' 1994 album, and its title character, Jane St. Clair, is really a street corner: Steven Page and co-writer Stephen Duffy named her after the crossing of Jane Street and St. Clair Avenue in Toronto. Duffy spotted it on a map and decided it sounded like the loveliest intersection anywhere, and Page didn't have the heart to tell him otherwise. Page also quipped that his next song would be "Markham Ellesmere", after a suburban crossroads near where he grew up in Scarborough.

Page sings lead and plays acoustic guitar, Ed Robertson adds acoustic and electric guitar, Jim Creeggan plays bass, Tyler Stewart drums, and Andy Creeggan brings a hammered dulcimer; Ben Mink produced. In Canada it reached number three on the RPM chart and ranked 17th among the best-selling singles there in 1994.

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