"Jane" is a song by American rock band

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, released on their 1979 album '' Freedom at Point Zero''. The song peaked on the US ''

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'' at No. 14 and spent three weeks at No. 6 on the ''

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'' Top 100.

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'' described "Jane" as "a fiery track paced by stinging guitars and some burning rhythm work." ''

'' described it as "an explosive rocker, with slashing guitars." '' Record World'' called it a "driving rocker" and praised Mickey Thomas' vocals. '' GQ'' in 2015 said it was a "perfect, complex, trash-gem work of art."

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In popular culture

* The song was used as the opening music to the 2001 film '' Wet Hot American Summer'' and in the opening sequences of the

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prequel series '' Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp''. * The song is used in the opening sequence of 2023 film '' Cocaine Bear'' (a reference to ''Wet Hot American Summer'', in which ''Cocaine Bears director, Elizabeth Banks, starred). * "Jane" has been used as the official entrance song of professional wrestler Orange Cassidy from 2022 to 2024, and again in 2025. (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.) * “Jane” appeared in the 2009 video game ''Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned'' on the in-game radio station Liberty Rock Radio.

References

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