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|Length = 46:06 |Label = |Producer = |Last album = ''The Fourth World'' (1997) |This album = ''Songs About Jane'' (2002) |Next album = ''1.22.03.Acoustic'' (2004) |Misc = }} ''Songs About Jane'' is the official debut studio album by American pop rock band Maroon 5, released on June 25, 2002 by Octone and J Records. The album became a sleeper hit with help of five singles that attained chart success, including the ''Billboard'' hit "Harder to Breathe" and international hits "This Love" and "She Will Be Loved". ''Songs About Jane'' was re-released on October 14, 2003 and became a huge international success, topping the album charts in Australia, France, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, and reaching the top 10 in 17 other countries. At the end of 2004, the album reached the top 10 of the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart. It had sold nearly 2.7 million copies by the end of 2004, and over 5.1 million copies in the U.S. by August 2015. It has sold over 9.2 million copies worldwide as of 2015. ==Background== All but one member of the band had been members of a previous Los Angeles band called Kara's Flowers which released an album called ''The Fourth World'' in mid-1997 on Reprise Records with little success. Kara's Flowers left Reprise Records in 1999 and with the addition of guitarist James Valentine became 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,〔(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". All the songs on the album were either written or co-written by Levine while he was living in New York. Much of the lyrics for the album are inspired by Levine's relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Jane. Levine confirmed this, saying there was at least one line in every song about her. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Songs About Jane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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