Jane (Barenaked Ladies song)

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"Jane"
Single by Barenaked Ladies
from the album Maybe You Should Drive
Released1994
Recorded1994
GenreAlternative rock
Length4:04
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)Stephen Duffy
Steven Page
Producer(s)Ben Mink
Barenaked Ladies singles chronology
"If I Had $1000000"
(1992)
"Jane"
(1994)
"Alternative Girlfriend"
(1995)

"Jane" is a song by

Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits
.

Background

The title character is "Jane St. Clair", named after the intersection of

Ellesmere Road
, which is close to where Page grew up in the Scarborough section of Toronto.

Page admits that the line "No Juliana next to my Evan" "dates [the song] a bit, [but] it still sounds pretty to me today."[1][2]

Personnel

Charts

References

  1. ^ Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits. Liner notes. 2001.
  2. ^ Robbins, Ira. "Barenaked Ladies". Trouser Press. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  3. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2613." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  4. ^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 2600." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  5. ^ "RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1994". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  6. ^ "RPM Top 100 AC Tracks of 1994". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 8, 2019.