Jane (Jefferson Starship song)

"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."^[6]

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Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1979–80)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[7]	72
Canada RPM Top Singles	13
New Zealand (RIANZ)	18
UK Singles Chart	21
US Billboard Hot 100^[8]	14
US Cash Box Top 100^[1]	6

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)	Rank
Canada ^[9]	172

Chart (1980)	Rank
Canada ^[10]	86

In popular culture

The song was used as the opening music to the 2001 film Wet Hot American Summer^[6] and in the opening sequences of the Netflix prequel series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp.^[6]
The song is used in the opening sequence of 2023 film Cocaine Bear (a reference to Wet Hot American Summer, in which Cocaine Bear's director, Elizabeth Banks, starred).
"Jane" has been used as the official entrance song of professional wrestler Orange Cassidy since 2022. (This usage is also a reference to Wet Hot American Summer, as Cassidy's wrestling persona is partially based upon 'Andy', a character portrayed in the film by Paul Rudd.)

References

^ ^a ^b "Cash Box Top 100 1/12/80". 12 January 1980. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
^ "Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard Magazine. October 27, 1979. p. 88. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. October 27, 1979. p. 24. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. November 3, 1979. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
^ ^a ^b ^c Lange, Maggie (August 3, 2015). "An Ode to Wet Hot American Summer's Absurd Theme Song". GQ. Archived from the original on September 29, 2018. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 154. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ "Top 100 Singles (1979)". RPM. Archived from the original on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
^ "Top 100 Singles (1980)". RPM. Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2017-07-21.

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Studio albums

Jefferson Airplane	Jefferson Airplane Takes Off Surrealistic Pillow After Bathing at Baxter's Crown of Creation Volunteers Bark Long John Silver Jefferson Airplane
Jefferson Starship	Blows Against the Empire (with Paul Kantner) Dragon Fly Red Octopus Spitfire Earth Freedom at Point Zero Modern Times Winds of Change Nuclear Furniture Windows of Heaven Jefferson's Tree of Liberty Mother of the Sun
Starship	Knee Deep in the Hoopla No Protection Love Among the Cannibals Loveless Fascination