Songs About Jane is the debut studio album by American pop rock band Maroon 5.

This is the band's only album to feature founding drummer Ryan Dusick (excluding Kara's Flowers releases).

The album was re-released on October 14, 2003, becoming a huge international commercial success, and received acclaim from fans and critics.

It topped the album charts in Australia, France, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, and reached the top-ten in 17 other countries.

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.

Singer and guitarist Adam Levine credited the interim with influencing the band's new style in an interview with VH1.

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.

[5] 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.

"[17] 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.

"[21] PopMatters's Jason Thompson, however, panned the album, criticizing Levine's likeness to Jay Kay of Jamiroquai.

[24] 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.

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.

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.

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.

It did not reach the chart success of the previous singles, but nevertheless became a hit song and garnered positive reviews from critics.

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".

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.

A demo version of "Woman" appeared from the album's 10th anniversary edition, was featured on the 2013 Victoria's Secret swimwear video.