The Song That Jane Likes

Album: Remember Two Things (1993)
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Songfacts®:

  • Dave Matthews originally wrote and recorded this in 1989, before DMB was formed. While practicing the song at home, he was having trouble coming with a song title. One day, Dave's younger sister Jane said that she liked the song, so Dave decided to call it "The Song That Jane Likes."
  • The song's lyrics reference the time that Dave Matthews worked as a bartender in Charlottesville, Virginia. >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Beau - Phoenix, AZ, for above 2

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  • Eduardo from Curitiba, BrazilTrivia fact: That's the very first song Dave wrote.
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