Songs About Jane
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June 25, 2002 |
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J Records , A&M / Octone Records |
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running time |
45.50 minutes |
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Studio (s) |
Rumbo Recorders ( Los Angeles ) |
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Songs About Jane is the debut album by the American band Maroon 5 . The title is taken from the name of Adam Levine's ex-girlfriend , Jane Herman. The album was released in June 2002, but it only became well known two years later, which is why it entered the German charts on March 22, 2004.
Emergence
After all band members, with the exception of one, already belonged to the Californian group Kara's Flowers , Levine, Carmichael, Madden and Dusick signed under the name Maroon 5 with the independent label Octone Records , which partly sells under BMG . The band then recorded Songs About Jane at Rumbo Recorders in Los Angeles . The producer was Matt Wallace , who already worked for Train , Blues Traveler and Third Eye Blind . According to Adam Levine, every single song was written under the influence of marijuana.
“During the time between our record deals, I spent a lot of time in New York, where I was exposed to a metropolitan hip-hop culture that could never have happened to me in Los Angeles before. In New York I got to know new genres which influenced my songwriting a lot. "
Track list
- Harder to Breathe (Jesse Carmichael, Adam Levine ) - 2:55
- This Love (Carmichael, Levine) - 4:26
- Shiver (Carmichael, Levine) - 3:00
- She Will Be Loved (Levine, J. Valentine) - 4:17
- Tangled (Levine) - 3:19
- The Sun (Levine) - 4:09
- Must Get Out (Carmichael, Levine) - 3:58
- Sunday Morning (Carmichael, Levine) - 4:03
- Secret (Carmichael, Levine) - 4:57
- Through with You (Carmichael, Levine) - 3:02
- Not Coming Home (Carmichael, Ryan Dusick, Levine) - 4:23
- Sweetest Goodbye (Levine) - 4:30
Notes on selected pieces
- Harder to breathe
- The first single from the band's debut album was written by Adam Levine out of frustration at the requirements of the record company, who wanted to expand the album even further when the band considered the album to be finished. In Germany, the piece, written by Levine and Jesse Carmichael, only rose to number 79 in the charts, in the USA to 13 and in Great Britain to number 12. Harder to Breathe was sung by the a cappella group Almost Recess on their debut album.
- This love
- The second Maroon 5 single was recorded in Los Angeles in 2002. In Germany as well as in the USA the song reached number five. Two remixes by Kanye West and the Korean group Big Bang have been released . The latter also sang This Love in Japanese, this version was played by Maroon 5 in 2007 on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno . The piece was written again by Adam Levine and Jesse Carmichael. Matt Wallace and Mark Endert produced.
- She will be loved
- She Will Be Loved reached 25th place in Germany and fifth in the USA. The music video showed Kelly Preston and is based on the film The Graduation . The director was Sophie Muller .
- Must get out
- The fifth and last single did not make it into the German charts and only landed at number 167 in the European Top 200. In Great Britain the song reached number 39.
- Sunday morning
- The fourth Maroon 5 single reached the 83rd place in the German and 31st place in the US charts. The song was also released in an acoustic version on Maroon 5's album 1.22.03.Acoustic . The song was heard in the films What Your Heart Desires , Actually ... Love and Cheaper By The Dozen 2 - Two Fathers Going Crazy. The video for Sunday Morning was shot at Abbey Road Studios , where the Beatles recorded their album Abbey Road and had the famous cover photographed on the zebra crossing.
Worldwide placement in the album charts
The best chart position in each case:
| country | placement |
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| Germany | 5 |
| Switzerland | 12 |
| Austria | 7th |
| United States | 6th |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ release date
- ↑ Steve Bloom: Entertainment: Stoners rock the Grammys ( Memento October 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) February 14, 2005