Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 22 minutes ago

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Remember when Maroon 5 was an actual band? This ranking of the tracks on their debut album “Songs About Jane” examines what their strengths were at the time, as a means of giving an idea as to why so many people (including yours truly) believe they’ve fallen out of touch over the course of the last decade.

Lyrics: tinyurl.com/2szvfbmz

[Videos referenced]
“Top 10 Worst Songs of 2013”: tinyurl.com/2ks4k86b
“Top 10 Worst Songs of 2020”: tinyurl.com/3x93t35w
“What’s Wrong With - Nickelback”: tinyurl.com/2v6yjjx5
“What’s Wrong With - Five Finger Death Punch”: tinyurl.com/nhfh9dmp
“Ranking the Songs on My Favorite Album (Boston Self-Titled)”: tinyurl.com/bdf9b5tp
“Whitesnake Self-Titled Tracks Ranked + Retrospective”: tinyurl.com/yerephxt
“What’s Wrong With - Green Day”: tinyurl.com/awzx935j
“My Top 15 Favorite Joe Satriani Songs”: tinyurl.com/35a567jx
“Top 10 Best Songs of 2022”: tinyurl.com/3k836wj2
“Top 10 Worst Songs of 2017”: tinyurl.com/8h26ahh8
“What’s Wrong With - Korn”: tinyurl.com/bd54dj5y
“Top 10 Best Songs of 2015”: tinyurl.com/2p886jd9
“Deep Discog Dive: Maroon 5” by Mic The Snare: tinyurl.com/5n6v7mp7

[Articles]
Maroon 5 at French Woods: tinyurl.com/2p9dudnd
“John Mayer ’98: Running with the Big Dogs”: tinyurl.com/bdcwk2nh
#8 chords: tinyurl.com/mpadtcmv
Rolling Stone Kiss review: tinyurl.com/y3h29rrc
#7 chords: tinyurl.com/5dfvkjhj
“Why does Friends’ Chandler keep returning to Janice?”: tinyurl.com/3efj979a
“Nerve Injuries Force Ryan Dusick to Leave Maroon 5”: tinyurl.com/8mn7k7n4
Jesse Carmichael’s hiatus: tinyurl.com/47he25kc
Jesse Carmichael rejoins: tinyurl.com/3n2tb9fj
“Maroon 5 Co-Founder Mickey Madden Takes Leave of Absence Following Alleged Domestic Violence Arrest”: tinyurl.com/mu2pytvk
“Maroon 5’s Adam Levine: ‘Rock is Nowhere, Hip-Hop is Better Than Everything Else”: tinyurl.com/bdhsfe5n

[Select clips sampled]
“Top 10 Best Songs of 2012 (A High School Retrospective)”: tinyurl.com/4nzwavsb
“Soap Disco” by Kara’s Flowers: tinyurl.com/p3ufdmfy
“Five Wah Pedals At Once” by Music Is Win: tinyurl.com/3773xbvx
“Why the Jonas Brothers “Sucker” is NOT Funky” by Rick Beato: tinyurl.com/mr3sewrk
“Word Analysis: ‘Ripoffs’”: tinyurl.com/5n8t73fc
“Texas Flood” by Stevie Ray Vaughan Guitar Hero: tinyurl.com/3wcf5xw5
“Adam Levine Super Bowl GUITAR FAIL!” by Steve Terreberry: tinyurl.com/3sp678dy
“How to Set up Your Drums (for beginners)” by Jared Dines: tinyurl.com/ykavnzn7
“Invisible Hippo” by Jim Lang & LilBlueHat: tinyurl.com/329htyc8

Transition clip- "The Diary of Jane" by Breaking Benjamin: tinyurl.com/34cn563d

[Timestamps]
0:00 - There was a time...
2:47 - A compelling backstory
5:59 - Number 12
7:59 - Number 11
11:59 - Number 10
14:55 - Number 9
18:42 - Number 8
21:55 - Number 7
25:41 - Number 6
29:01 - Number 5
31:53 - Number 4
34:48 - Number 3
39:07 - Number 2
43:24 - Number 1
48:37 - What happened?
52:18 - Conclusion

#Maroon5 #AdamLevine #SongsAboutJane

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