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“Jane Says (Live)” by Jane's Addiction
From the album Nothing’s Shocking (1988)
“Jane Says (Live)” by Jane's Addiction appears on 6 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1997 and 1999. It was first released in 1988 on the album Nothing’s Shocking. Its best result is #43 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1998. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #131 alternative song of 1997 and #498 of the '90s.
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Jane's Addiction have lived with "Jane Says" from the very start. It first appeared on the band's 1987 live debut, Jane's Addiction, then got cut again in the studio for Nothing's Shocking in 1988, where Stephen Perkins swapped the original's bongos for steel drums. That remake went out as a promotional single and gave the band their first Alternative Songs chart entry, peaking at number 6.
It's a sweet, loping thing that leans on just two chords for most of its length, and on that first recording the vocal sits lower than it would in later versions. It remains one of their best-known songs and a regular closer at their concerts, and a true live version finally turned up in 1997 on the Kettle Whistle compilation.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 59 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997 | 107 |
| 1997 | 66 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997 | 100 |
| 1997 | 89 | 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO | 105.7 The Point Top 105.7 of 1997 | 106 |
| 1998 | 43 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1998 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 77 | KROQ | KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) | 300 |
| 1999 | 62 | WHFS | WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) | 500 |
Also listed as: Jane Says (live).
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