Jane (Jefferson Starship song) explained

Jane
Cover:Jane_-_Jefferson_Starship.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Jefferson Starship
Album:Freedom at Point Zero
B-Side:Freedom at Point Zero
Released:October 1979
Genre:Hard rock
Length:4:00
Label:Grunt
Producer:Ron Nevison
Prev Title:Light the Sky on Fire
Prev Year:1978
Next Title:Girl With the Hungry Eyes
Next Year:1980

"Jane" is a song by American rock band Jefferson Starship, released on their 1979 album Freedom at Point Zero. The song peaked on the US Billboard Hot 100 at No. 14 and spent three weeks at No. 6 on the Cash Box Top 100.[1] In Canada, the song peaked at No. 13.[2] Billboard Magazine described "Jane" as "a fiery track paced by stinging guitars and some burning rhythm work."[3] Cash Box described it as "an explosive rocker, with slashing guitars."[4] Record World called it a "driving rocker" and praised Mickey Thomas' vocals.[5] GQ in 2015 said it was a "perfect, complex, trash-gem work of art."

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1979–80)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 72
Canada RPM Top Singles13
New Zealand (RIANZ)18
UK Singles Chart21
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 14
US Cash Box Top 1006

Year-end charts

In popular culture

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 1/12/80. 12 January 1980. 28 January 2020. 22 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200222225120/http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19800112.html. live.
  2. Web site: Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada . Bac-lac.gc.ca . 17 July 2013 . 2016-10-15 . 2016-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161006104120/http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9477a&URLjpg=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2Fobj%2F028020%2Ff4%2Fnlc008388.9477a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9477a . live .
  3. News: Top Single Picks. Billboard Magazine. 2020-07-07. October 27, 1979. 88. 2020-07-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20200708070004/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1979/Billboard%201979-10-27.pdf. live.
  4. News: CashBox Singles Reviews. October 27, 1979. 24. Cash Box. 2022-01-01.
  5. Record World. November 3, 1979. 2023-02-11. Hits of the Week. 1.
  6. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 154.
  7. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 -
  8. Top 100 Singles (1979) . . 2018-02-10 . 2016-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161006074449/http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6855b&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6855b.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6855b . live .
  9. Top 100 Singles (1980) . . 2017-07-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160425051319/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.0272&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062 . 2016-04-25 . dead .
  10. An Ode to Wet Hot American Summer's Absurd Theme Song . Lange . Maggie . August 3, 2015 . . September 29, 2018 . September 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180929233336/https://www.gq.com/story/wet-hot-american-summer-jane-jefferson-starship-great . live .