Song · Janelle Monae
“Django Jane” by Janelle Monae
From the album Dirty Computer (2018)
“Django Jane” by Janelle Monae appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2018 and 2025. It was first released in 2018 on the album Dirty Computer. Its best result is #21 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #177 indie & aaa song of 2018 and #7,883 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Janelle Monáe put out "Django Jane" on February 22, 2018, paired with "Make Me Feel" as the first two singles for her third studio album, Dirty Computer, and it was the curveball of the pair: Monáe trades singing for rapping, name-checks her debut album The ArchAndroid and packs the verses with black feminist themes.
She wrote it with Nana Kwabena and Nate "Rocket" Wonder, who arranged it and played the synthesizers; Kwabena produced, Wonder co-produced and added bass and guitar, and Mick Guzauski mixed. Wynne Bennett sings backup alongside Monáe. She told The Guardian the song was her answer to threats against her rights as a woman, a Black woman and a sexually liberated woman, and that lifting up the marginalized mattered more than her unease about speaking out. The video arrived the same day.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 21 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2018 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 834 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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