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“The Diary of Jane” by Breaking Benjamin
From the album Phobia (2006)
“The Diary of Jane” by Breaking Benjamin appears on 19 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 2006 and 2025. It was first released in 2006 on the album Phobia. Its best result is #6 on the 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2006. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #55 alternative song of 2006, #2,573 alternative song of all time and #494 of the '00s.
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"The Diary of Jane" led Breaking Benjamin into Phobia, their third album, in 2006, and Hollywood Records had never watched radio pounce on one of its singles faster. It's alternative metal built for the car stereo: Benjamin Burnley and Aaron Fink stacking guitars into a tight, grinding wall, Mark James Klepaski's bass underneath, and Chad Szeliga hitting hard enough to rattle the dashboard, while Burnley keeps the verse coiled and then lets the chorus snap wide open.
David Bendeth produced it and helped arrange it, and Chris Lord-Alge mixed it with every edge buffed to a shine. Burnley, Fink and Klepaski share the writing credit. It went to number one on 3 rock charts, and the sales kept piling up for years: 4× Platinum in the US by 2021, gold in the UK and Germany, and more copies sold around the world than any other single the band has put out.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Classic Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 73 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2006 | 107 |
| 2006 | 83 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2006 | 106 |
| 2006 | 18 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2006 | 101 |
| 2006 | 23 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2006 | 89 |
| 2006 | 45 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2006 | 97 |
| 2006 | 7 | WCCC The Rock Hartford, CT | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2006 | 106 |
| 2006 | 6 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2006 | 88 |
| 2006 | 11 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2006 | 100 |
| 2007 | 88 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2007 | 68 | CHOI Radio X Quebec City, QC | CHOI Top 101 Songs of 2007 | 101 |
| 2008 | 63 | 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2008 | 99 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 44 | 94.1 The Zone | 94.1 The Zone 210 Most Played Songs of the Decade | 210 |
| 2010 | 65 | WJRR | WJRR Top 101 Songs of the Decade | 101 |
| 2014 | 93 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) | 500 |
| 2015 | 101 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) | 500 |
| 2019 | 127 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) | 500 |
| 2023 | 145 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) | 500 |
| 2025 | 370 | 99.1 PLR | 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2025) | 400 |
| 2025 | 36 | 94.1 WJJO | WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2025 | 100 |
Also listed as: Diary Of Jane; Diary of Jane; The Diary Of Jane.
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