Songs About Jane

All but one member of Maroon 5 had been members of a previous Los Angeles rock band called Kara's Flowers, which released an album called The Fourth World in mid-1997 on Reprise Records with little success, and had previously released the independent album We Like Digging?. Kara's Flowers left Reprise Records in 1999, and with the addition of guitarist James Valentine, the five-person band became known as Maroon 5.

The band played showcase gigs in New York City and Los Angeles. Singer and guitarist Adam Levine credited the interim with influencing the band's new style in an interview with VH1. "During the time between our record deals, I spent a lot of time in New York where I was exposed to an urban and hip-hop culture in a way that had never happened to me in L.A. It turned me on to an entirely new genre of music which has had a profound impact on my song writing."

The band signed with Octone Records, a New York independent label with distribution through BMG and an artist development deal with Clive Davis' J Records. The band recorded Songs About Jane at Rumbo Recorders in Los Angeles with producer Matt Wallace,[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p135687|pure_url=yes}} Matt Wallace > Credits] from allmusic who had also produced with Train, Faith No More, and O.A.R. Production was handled primarily by Wallace, with Mark Endert mixing with additional production for "This Love".

Eight of the songs on the album were either written or co-written by Levine and keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, while the former was living in New York. Many of the lyrics for the album are inspired by Levine's relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Jane Herman.{{Cite web |last=Archive-Corey-Moss |title=Maroon 5 Aspire To Inspire Sexuality, Crying |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1457217/maroon-5-aspire-to-inspire-sexuality-crying/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150722155907/http://www.mtv.com/news/1457217/maroon-5-aspire-to-inspire-sexuality-crying/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 22, 2015 |access-date=2022-05-10 |website=MTV News |language=en}} Levine notes, "I saw this girl at a gas station, and I fell in love with her," he says. "I wrote a song about her and played it in the store where she worked. It was an awful song. But she found out about this relatively psychotic boy. She was my muse for years. . . . And then it kind of faded away."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/a-whiter-shade-of-funk-20040610|title=A Whiter Shade of Funk Maroon 5 hit it big by putting a heavy backbeat behind their heartbreak|last=Hoard|first=Christian|date=June 10, 2004|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=2016-09-28}} Levine also confirmed this, saying there was at least one line in every song about her.{{cite web|last=Moss|first=Corey|title=Maroon 5 Aspire To Inspire Sexuality, Crying|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1457217/maroon-5-want-make-cry.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026111459/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1457217/maroon-5-want-make-cry.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 26, 2012|publisher=MTV News|access-date=21 February 2013}}

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The album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions. After the release of the album in mid-2002, the band toured with Michelle Branch and Nikka Costa. They also toured with Matchbox Twenty and Sugar Ray during some of their shows in 2003. In March 2004, the album had reached the top 20 of the Billboard 200, and had reached the top 10 by the end of the year. Songs About Jane also eventually topped the UK and Australian album charts. Songs About Jane was the seventh best-selling album of 2004 in the U.S., with about 2.7 million copies sold.[http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,15643,00.html E! – News] E! Online. Retrieved on 05-22-2007. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060321193956/http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0%2C1%2C15643%2C00.html |date=March 21, 2006 }} In Australia, the album did not chart on the End of Year Charts until 2004, where it reached No. 6. After constant touring, three years after the release of Songs About Jane, it received a Grammy for Best New Artist.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/maroon-5-at-the-corner-of-hollywood-and-heartbreak-20070906|title=Maroon 5 at the Corner of Hollywood & Heartbreak|last=Edwards|first=Gavin|magazine=Rolling Stone |date=2007}} The album reached 5.1 million sales in the United States in August 2015.

The album received acclaim from music critics. Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone praised the album for its "vaguely funky white-soul stylings, tunefulness and vocals" and mentioned "Must Get Out" and "This Love" as the album's standout tracks. AllMusic's MacKenzie Wilson called the album an "impressive rebirth" from Kara's Flowers' "indie outfit", stating: "Songs About Jane is love-drunk on what makes Maroon 5 tick as a band ... they've got grit and a sexy strut, personally and musically." Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian commented that the album "isn't as useless as one would hope ... Songs About Jane is pitched at the Busted market, for which their guitar-mashing and surging harmonies eminently qualify them." In The Village Voice, Mikael Wood wrote that while Adam Levine's "sexual politics occasionally lapse into casual senior-year cruelty", he "more often than not complicates the situation encouragingly."{{cite web |first=Mikael |last=Wood |title=Flyovereasy |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2004-11-30/music/flyovereasy |work=The Village Voice |date=November 30, 2004 |access-date=June 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026123104/http://www.villagevoice.com/2004-11-30/music/flyovereasy |archive-date=October 26, 2012 |url-status=dead }} PopMatters{{'}}s Jason Thompson, however, panned the album, criticizing Levine's likeness to Jay Kay of Jamiroquai. Calling the album "limp at best", he further added: "There's simply nothing here to get excited about. And what about that soul that these guys are boasting about, anyway?".{{cite web |last=Thompson |first=Jason |title=Maroon 5: Songs About Jane |url=http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/m/maroon5-songs.shtml |access-date=June 18, 2009 |work=PopMatters}}

According to Billboard, as of 2022, Songs About Jane is one of the 15 best-performing 21st-century albums without any of its singles being number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite magazine|last=Unterberger|first=Andrew|date=June 23, 2022|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/biggest-albums-21st-century-number-ones/britney-spears-oops-i-did-it-again-2000/|title=15 of the Biggest 21st Century Albums That Never Scored a Hot 100 No. 1 Hit|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 27, 2022}}

The opening track and first single, "Harder to Breathe", released a month after the album released,{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2003-10-12-maroon_x.htm|title=Slow-building single keeps Maroon 5's star rising|last=Gundersen|first=Edna|date=2003-10-12|work=USA Today|access-date=2009-05-06}} slowly started to pick up airplay which helped spur sales of the album. "Harder to Breathe" also made the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts and the singles charts in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.{{cite web|last=Lamb|first=Bill|title=Maroon 5 Songs: The Top 10 Best Hits|url=http://top40.about.com/od/picksofartistsbest/tp/top-10-maroon-5-songs.htm|publisher=About.com|access-date=21 February 2013|archive-date=30 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930211108/http://top40.about.com/od/picksofartistsbest/tp/top-10-maroon-5-songs.htm|url-status=dead}} In an interview with MTV News in August 2002, Maroon 5 vocalist Adam Levine, when asked behind the development of "Harder to Breathe", admitted that the song describes the band's frustration with their label, Octone Records, during the making of their debut album. The band thought they had enough material for a release, but when the label told them to keep writing, Levine wrote this song in frustration at the pressure. "That song comes sheerly [sic] from wanting to throw something. It was the 11th hour, and the label wanted more songs. It was the last crack. I was just pissed. I wanted to make a record and the label was applying a lot of pressure, but I'm glad they did."{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1457217/20020827/maroon_5.jhtml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104044311/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1457217/20020827/maroon_5.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 4, 2013|title=Maroon 5 Aspire To Inspire Sexuality, Crying|last=Moss|first=Corey|date=August 27, 2002|work=MTV News|publisher=MTV Networks|access-date=May 5, 2009}}

The second track, "This Love", was also the second single from the album. It won the band their first Grammy Award, for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 2006 Grammy Awards. In March 2004 the song reached the top 10 of the Australian and United States singles charts. The single's accompanying music video proved to be popular as well, but had to be edited from its original version to avoid being banned from MTV.{{cite web|last=D'Angleo|first=Joe|title=Maroon 5: A Room Of Their Own|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/maroon_5/news_feature_040308/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040402133622/http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/maroon_5/news_feature_040308/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 April 2004|publisher=MTV News|access-date=21 February 2013}} In an interview, Levine revealed that the song was written in the "most emotionally trying time" in his life. He also added, "I was in a relationship that was ending, but I was really excited on the other end because the band was about to go make the record and I was ecstatic to go in the studio. She was literally leaving town within days of me writing the lyrics to 'This Love', so I was in prime emotional condition to write a song with that kind of conflict."{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1477138/20030821/maroon_5.jhtml|title=Tattooed, Request-Line-Ringing Fans Afford Maroon 5 Another Video|last=Moss|first=Corey|date=August 21, 2003|publisher=MTV News|access-date=May 4, 2009|archive-date=February 24, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224125420/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1477138/20030821/maroon_5.jhtml|url-status=dead}} The demo of the song features a guitar solo.{{cite web |last1=Allday |first1=Jassmine |title=Maroon 5; Songs About Jane 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition |url=https://lovemusiclovelife.com/album-reviews/maroon-5-songs-about-jane-10th-anniversary-deluxe-edition/ |website=Love Music, Love Life |access-date=23 July 2023 |date=25 June 2012}}

"She Will Be Loved", the fourth track and third single from the album, also reached similar chart success as the band's previous hits, hitting No. 1 on the Mainstream Top 40 and Adult Top 40 charts, and topping the Australian and Belgian charts and peaking at No. 5 in the United States, the same chart position of previous single and breakthrough hit, "This Love". The song prompted many alternative radio outlets to remove Maroon 5 from their playlists, on the ground that the band's newer songs were too light for alt-rock audiences. These stations continued to play "Harder to Breathe" and "This Love", but Maroon 5's newer hits were played only on pop and adult contemporary stations. As of June 2014, the song has sold more than 3.5 million copies in the United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.defjampromo.com/files/2009/10/BB-Digital-Songs-Chart-Wk.-Ending-6-23-16.pdf|title=Nielsen SoundScan Charts June 23, 2016|work=DefJamPromo|publisher=Nielsen|date=August 3, 2022}}

"Tangled", the fifth track, was never released as a single. It is another song about a broken relationship, but it's from the point of view of the abuser, instead of the abused. Levine was confessing about certain things that he's done in his love life that he may have regretted.{{cite web |last1=Feyre |first1=Ryan |title=From the Record Crate: Maroon 5 – Songs About Jane (2002) |url=https://www.theyoungfolks.com/music/105358/from-the-record-crate-maroon-5-songs-about-jane-2002/ |website=The Young Folks |date=25 June 2017 |access-date=24 August 2022}}{{cite web |title=Songs About Jane |url=https://www.pluggedin.com/album-reviews/maroon5-songsaboutjane/ |website=Plugged In |access-date=24 August 2022}} Writers from Billboard rated the song low on their ranking of the album, saying "While 'Tangled' follows a similar formula to several Jane highlights, the energy here falls short, and could use some of the album's more poppier inflections... The intention is there, but the execution falls flat." Though it wasn't all negative, with some positive views: "Levine does hit some soaring notes as he sings lyrics of regret; so don’t be surprised if you catch yourself mouthing the words."{{cite magazine |last1=Brown |first1=Lisa |title=Every Song From Maroon 5's Debut LP 'Songs About Jane,' Ranked |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/maroon-5-songs-about-jane-anniversary-songs-ranked-7842203/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=24 August 2022}}

The seventh track, "Must Get Out", was released as the fifth and final single from the album. Like many songs on the album, it was written by band members Adam Levine and Jesse Carmichael, while production and mixing was done by Matt Wallace. The band's guitarist James Valentine explained that the downtempo song emulates Andy Summers and The Police.{{cite web|title=Maroon 5's James Valentine: 'Adam Levine Is An Amazing Lead Player'|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/maroon_5s_james_valentine_adam_levine_is_an_amazing_lead_player.html|publisher=Ultimate Guitar Archive|accessdate=October 30, 2015|date=November 20, 2012}} Lyrically, "Must Get Out" expresses a tough period of a relationship,{{cite news|last1=Grant|first1=Lily|title=#ThrowbackThursday Album Review: Maroon 5's "Songs About Jane"|url=http://www.kansan.com/arts_and_features/throwbackthursday-album-review-maroon-s-songs-about-jane/article_2ed5a692-e3fd-11e4-9000-47d9045a5c6b.html|accessdate=October 30, 2015|work=The University Daily Kansas|date=April 16, 2015}} with a dreamy lyrical story, where the band "offers up clever imagery with 'I've been the needle and thread/Weaving figures eights and circles 'round your head' and frank confessions to today's problems, 'The city's made us crazy and we must get out'."{{cite news|last1=Estrada|first1=Olivia|title=14 Songs Maroon 5 Better Play at their Concert Next Week|url=http://preen.inquirer.net/13355/14-songs-maroon-5-better-play-at-their-concert-next-week|accessdate=October 30, 2015|work=Inquirer.net|date=September 5, 2015}} The single failed to chart in the US, but made the Top 30 in the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand.

"Sunday Morning", the eighth track, was released as the fourth single. It did not reach the chart success of the previous singles, but nevertheless became a hit song and garnered positive reviews from critics. Although the song only peaked at number 31 in the US, it topped the charts in Belgium and reached the top forty in Australia, Hungary, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea, and the UK. It was reported that this song was the one that got the band signed to Octone Records, with its executive Ben Berkman calling it "genius". Unlike many other songs on the album, the relationship Levine describes isn’t full of the pain that’s echoed through the rest of the album. Instead, it captures the sweet and tender moments that can outweigh the bad, like waking up next to the one you love on a cold, rainy day.{{cite magazine |last1=Brown |first1=Lisa |title=Every Song From Maroon 5's Debut LP 'Songs About Jane,' Ranked

|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/maroon-5-songs-about-jane-anniversary-songs-ranked-7842203/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=24 August 2022}}

Two songs that did not make the cut for the album did release eventually, with "Woman" appearing on the Spider-Man 2 soundtrack,{{cite web|title=Maroon 5 Turn to Kanye West for 'This Love' Remix; Record Track for Spidey|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1486989/maroon-5-turn-to-kanye-west-for-this-love-remix-record-track-for-spidey/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715011831/http://www.mtv.com/news/1486989/maroon-5-turn-to-kanye-west-for-this-love-remix-record-track-for-spidey/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2015|work=MTV|access-date=September 23, 2018}} and Ragdoll appearing as a B-Side and on the deluxe editions. A demo version of "Woman" appeared from the album's 10th anniversary edition, was featured on the 2013 Victoria's Secret swimwear video.{{cite web|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/fashion/news/a18866/Victorias-Secret-Swim-2013-Angels-Lip-Sync-Maroon-5-Woman-2121/|title=EXCLUSIVE: First look at the latest Victoria's Secret swimwear video ft. Maroon 5's Woman|work=Cosmopolitan UK|date=25 January 2013 |publisher=Hearst UK}} Another song, "That's Not Enough" was recorded for the album, but this recording has not been released. A demo for the song can be found online.{{cite web |last1=Dusick |first1=Ryan |title="Spoke With Kate" |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq5SU_KPmjd/?hl=en |website=Instagram |access-date=17 July 2023 |date=11 April 2023 |quote=I don't remember playing That's Not Enough live, but we did rehearse it and even recorded it for Songs About Jane (a recording I haven't heard in a long time). The recording floating around the internet was a demo we made at Jesse's house before we went into the studio for real.}} The song "Wasted Years", contrary to popular belief, was not written for Songs About Jane, but instead for the band's eventual sophomore album.{{cite web |author1=Beeb |title=Maroon 5 – "Overexposed" Album Review |url=https://www.contest-corner.com/overexposed/ |website=Contest Corner |access-date=23 July 2023 |date=26 June 2012}} The song first appeared on the live album Live – Friday the 13th, and then later the deluxe edition of Overexposed. A demo of the song similar to the demos featured on the 10th Anniversary edition of this album was recorded by Adam Levine and Sam Farrar, but has not been released.{{cite web |last1=Dusick |first1=Ryan |title="Wasted Years" by Maroon 5 |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr0nZZquX1a/?hl=en |website=Instagram |access-date=23 July 2023 |date=17 July 2023 |quote=Yes, Adam and Sam recorded a demo of it, but no, we never recorded it a full band other than playing it live. We played it live a lot though.}}

{{Track listing

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| title1 = Harder to Breathe

| length1 = 2:53

| title2 = This Love

| length2 = 3:26

| title3 = Shiver

| length3 = 2:59

| title4 = She Will Be Loved

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| length4 = 4:17

| title5 = Tangled

| writer5 = Levine

| length5 = 3:18

| title6 = The Sun

| writer6 = Levine

| length6 = 4:11

| title7 = Must Get Out

| length7 = 3:59

| title8 = Sunday Morning

| length8 = 4:04

| title9 = Secret

| length9 = 4:55

| title10 = Through with You

| length10 = 3:01

| title11 = Not Coming Home

| writer11 = {{flat list|

• Levine
• Carmichael
• Ryan Dusick

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| length11 = 4:21

| title12 = Sweetest Goodbye

| writer12 = Levine

| length12 = 4:30

| total_length = 45:54

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{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| headline = Japanese bonus track

| title13 = Ragdoll

| extra13 = Russ Kunkel

| length13 = 5:28

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{{Track listing

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| headline = Japanese special edition bonus tracks

| title14 = This Love

| note14 = Kanye West remix

| extra14 = {{flat list|

• Wallace
• Mark Endert (add.)
• West (remix)

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| length14 = 3:43

| title15 = This Love

| note15 = live acoustic

| length15 = 4:11

| title16 = Harder to Breathe

| note16 = live acoustic

| length16 = 3:10

| total_length =

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{{Track listing

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| headline = Special edition bonus tracks

| total_length =

| title13 = Ragdoll

| extra13 = Kunkel

| length13 = 5:28

| title14 = Harder to Breathe

| note14 = acoustic

| length14 = 2:56

| title15 = This Love

| note15 = acoustic

| length15 = 4:02

| title16 = This Love

| note16 = Kanye West remix

| extra16 = {{flat list|

• Wallace
• Endert (add.)
• West (remix)

}}

| length16 = 3:38

}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| headline = Special tour edition bonus tracks

| title13 = Ragdoll

| extra13 = Kunkel

| length13 = 5:28

| title14 = This Love

| note14 = live in Hamburg

| length14 = 3:48

| title15 = Sunday Morning

| note15 = live in Hamburg

| length15 = 5:39

| title16 = Secret

| note16 = live in Hamburg

| length16 = 7:45

| title17 = She Will Be Loved

| note17 = live in Hamburg

| writer17 = {{flat list|

• Levine
• Valentine

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| length17 = 7:15

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{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| headline = 10th anniversary edition (disc 2)

| title1 = Harder to Breathe

| note1 = demo

| extra1 = {{flat list|

• Jason Lader
• Perry Margouleff

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| length1 = 2:17

| title2 = This Love

| note2 = demo

| extra2 = {{flat list|

• Lader
• Margouleff

}}

| length2 = 3:21

| title3 = Shiver

| note3 = demo

| extra3 = Sam Farrar

| length3 = 3:08

| title4 = She Will Be Loved

| note4 = demo

| extra4 = Farrar

| length4 = 3:08

| title5 = Tangled

| note5 = demo

| extra5 = Farrar

| length5 = 2:44

| title6 = The Sun

| note6 = demo

| extra6 = Farrar

| length6 = 3:22

| title7 = Must Get Out

| note7 = demo

| extra7 = Farrar

| length7 = 3:17

| title8 = Sunday Morning

| note8 = demo

| extra8 = {{flat list|

• Russ Kunkel
• Nathaniel Kunkel

}}

| length8 = 4:12

| title9 = Secret

| note9 = demo

| extra9 = {{flat list|

• R. Kunkel
• N. Kunkel

}}

| length9 = 4:09

| title10 = Through with You

| note10 = demo

| extra10 = {{flat list|

• R. Kunkel
• N. Kunkel

}}

| length10 = 3:20

| title11 = Not Coming Home

| note11 = demo

| extra11 = {{flat list|

• R. Kunkel
• N. Kunkel

}}

| length11 = 3:51

| title12 = Sweetest Goodbye

| note12 = demo

| extra12 = Farrar

| length12 = 3:30

| title13 = Take What You Want

| note13 = demo

| writer13 = Levine

| extra13 = Farrar

| length13 = 2:25

| title14 = Ragdoll

| note14 = original demo/non-LP international B-side

| extra14 = {{flat list|

• R. Kunkel
• N. Kunkel

}}

| length14 = 5:28

| title15 = Woman

| note15 = demo

| writer15 = {{flat list|

• Levine
• Carmichael
• Valentine
• Madden
• Dusick

}}

| extra15 = Farrar

| length15 = 4:06

| title16 = Chilly Winter

| note16 = demo

| writer16 = Levine

| extra16 = Farrar

| length16 = 2:55

| title17 = The Sun

| note17 = alternate mix

| extra17 = Wallace

| length17 = 4:16

| total_length =

}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| headline = Limited edition LP reissue bonus tracks

| title13 = Ragdoll

| note13 = demo

| title14 = Woman

| note14 = demo

| title15 = Take What You Want

| note15 = demo

| title16 = This Love

| note16 = Kanye West remix

| title17 = Hello

| note17 = live

| writer17 = {{hlist|Noel Gallagher|Gary Glitter|Mike Leander}}

| title18 = Wasted Years

| note18 = live

| writer18 = Levine

| title19 = Harder to Breathe

| note19 = live acoustic

| title20 = This Love

| note20 = live acoustic

| total_length =

}}

Credits for Songs About Jane taken from the album's liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|title= Songs About Jane |year= 2002 |type= booklet |publisher= Octone, J |url=http://albumlinernotes.com/Songs_About_Jane.html}}

Maroon 5

• Adam Levine – lead vocals, guitars
• Ryan Dusick – drums, percussion; backing vocals ("Harder to Breathe")
• Jesse Carmichael – keyboards; backing vocals ("Sweetest Goodbye")
• James Valentine – guitars
• Mickey Madden – bass guitar

Additional musicians

• Bruce Smith – programming ("Harder to Breathe", "Tangled")
• John O'Brien – programming ("Shiver", "Sunday Morning")
• Sam Farrar – programming ("She Will Be Loved")
• Rashida Jones – backing vocals ("Tangled", "Secret", "Not Coming Home")
• Mystic – backing vocals ("Sunday Morning")
• Mark K. Schoenecker – horns ("Sunday Morning")

Production

• Matt Wallace – production, mixing
• Mark Endert – additional production and mixing ("This Love")
• Michael Barbiero – mixing ("Harder to Breathe")
• Mike Landolt – engineer
• Posie Muliadi – assistant engineer
• Danny Wright – assistant engineer
• Leon Zervos – mastering
• Cey Adams – art direction
• Gregg Gordon – illustrations
• Bobby Carmichael – photography
• Chris McCann – photography
• Jordan Feldstein – management
• Ben Berkman – A&R
• Jeff Worob, ESQ – legal
• Richard Feldstein – business management
• Carol Kinzel – booking
• Brian Manning – booking
• Matt Waldstein – management consultant
• Neil Zlozower – photography

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Argentina|type=album|artist=Maroon 5|title=Songs About Jane|relyear=2002|award=Platinum|number=2|certref=|note=Re-release}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|award=Platinum|number=8|relyear=2002|certyear=2024|access-date=15 May 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|type=album|artist=Maroon 5|title=Songs About Jane|relyear=2002|award=Gold|access-date=August 16, 2012|relmonth=6}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|type=album|artist=Maroon 5|title=Songs About Jane|relyear=2002|award=Gold|certyear=2005|access-date=August 16, 2012}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|type=album|artist=Maroon 5|title=Songs About Jane|relyear=2002|certyear=2005|award=Gold|access-date=August 16, 2012}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|artist=Maroon 5|title=Songs About Jane|relyear=2002|award=Platinum|number=3|access-date=August 16, 2012}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=album|artist=Maroon 5|title=Songs About Jane|relyear=2004|award=Platinum|access-date=August 16, 2012|source=chart|certyear=2005|id=08}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Finland|type=album|artist=Maroon 5|title=Songs About Jane|relyear=2002|award=Gold|access-date=August 16, 2012|salesamount=19,571}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=album|artist=Maroon 5|title=Songs About Jane|relyear=2002|award=Gold|number=2|access-date=August 16, 2012|certyear=2005|relmonth=6|certmonth=6}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=album|artist=Maroon 5|title=Songs About Jane|relyear=2004|certyear=2005|award=Platinum|access-date=August 16, 2012}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Greece|type=album|artist=Maroon 5|title=Songs About Jane|relyear=2004|award=Gold|access-date=August 16, 2012|id=20070307181531|relmonth=6}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Ireland|type=album|number=2|artist=Maroon 5|title=Songs About Jane|relyear=2002|award=Platinum|certref={{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iRMEAAAAMBAJ&q=ntt&pg=PA66|title=Maroon5Million|magazine=Billboard|page=7|date=6 November 2004|access-date=26 February 2019}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=album|artist=Maroon 5|title=Songs About Jane|relyear=2002|award=Gold|access-date=August 16, 2012|certref={{cite web | url = http://www.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/2004/07/28/Spettacolo/Musica/MUSICA-SONGS-ABOUT-JANE-DEI-MAROON-5-DISCO-DORO_185900.php | publisher = Adnkronos | date = July 28, 2004 | title = Musica: Songs About Jane dei Maroon 5 disco d'oro | language = it | access-date = August 16, 2012}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=album|artist=Maroon 5|title=Songs About Jane|relyear=2003|relmonth=7|award=Platinum|number=2|access-date=31 August 2012|certyear=2005|certmonth=12}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|type=album|artist=Maroon 5|title=Songs About Jane|relyear=2004|award=Platinum+Gold|access-date=25 May 2017|certyear=2016}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|type=album|artist=Maroon 5|title=Songs About Jane|relyear=2002|certyear=2005|award=Platinum|access-date=August 23, 2022}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|type=album|artist=Maroon 5|title=Songs About Jane|relyear=2004|award=Gold|access-date=August 16, 2012|relmonth=6}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|type=album|artist=Maroon 5|title=Songs About Jane|relyear=2002|award=Gold|relmonth=6|id=200517|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101120024847/http://artistas-espectaculos.com/topafp/pt/200517.htm | archive-date = November 20, 2010}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Russia|type=album|artist=Maroon 5|title=Songs About Jane|relyear=2002|certyear=2004|award=Platinum|access-date=August 23, 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Singapore|type=album|artist=Maroon 5|title=Songs About Jane|award=Platinum|relyear=2002|certyear=2020|accessdate=4 January 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=album|artist=Maroon 5|title=Songs About Jane|relyear=2002|award=Gold|access-date=August 16, 2012|certyear=2005|certmonth=44}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|type=album|artist=Maroon 5|title=Songs About Jane|relyear=2002|award=Gold|access-date=August 16, 2012|certyear=2004}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|type=album|artist=Maroon 5|title=Songs About Jane|relyear=2002|award=Gold|access-date=August 16, 2012}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Maroon 5|title=Songs About Jane|relyear=2002|award=Platinum|number=7|id=6099-536-2|certyear=2020|salesamount=2,081,000|salesref={{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/maroon-5s-biggest-singles-on-the-official-chart__25321/#disqus_thread|title=Maroon 5's biggest singles on the Official Chart|last=Copsey|first=Rob|date=14 January 2019|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=28 April 2020}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Maroon 5|title=Songs About Jane|relyear=2002|award=Platinum|number=4|access-date=August 16, 2012|salesamount=5,149,000|salesref=}}{{cite magazine | url =http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6121401/ask-billboard-magics-rude-revives-reggae?page=0%2C1 | title = Ask Billboard: MAGIC!'s 'Rude' Revives Reggae | author =Trust, Gary|magazine=Billboard|date=June 15, 2014}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Europe|type=album|artist=Maroon 5|title=Songs About Jane|relyear=2002|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2004|access-date=August 16, 2012}}

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• {{Official website|http://www.maroon5.com}}
• [http://www.discogs.com/Maroon-5-Songs-About-Jane/master/136485 Songs About Jane] at Discogs

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