Song · Icicle Works
“Understanding Jane” by Icicle Works
From the album If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song (1987)
“Understanding Jane” by Icicle Works appears on 5 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1987 and 2003. It was first released in 1987 on the album If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song. Its best result is #63 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #189 alternative song of 1987 and #3,238 alternative song of all time.
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"Understanding Jane" comes from If You Want to Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song, the album Icicle Works released in 1987, and it's Ian McNabb's song top to bottom: he wrote both the music and the words. Ian Broudie produced it and Pete Coleman recorded it, and the countdowns that picked it up the year it came out were still finding room for it long afterwards.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 63 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 236 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) | 496 |
| 1989 | 300 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) | 500 |
| 2002 | 1270 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 901 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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