Saving Jane
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Saving Jane is a band from Columbus, Ohio
who are most famous for their hit songs "Girl Next Door
", "Come Down To Me", and "SuperGirl".
Saving Jane's full-length debut, Girl Next Door, was issued in October 2005 on Toucan Cove, and the title track found the band getting major radio air play of the single of the same name. Gaining the attention of major record labels, Republic/Universal Records signed them and they made their debut on the Billboard charts. The single with the same title, "Girl Next Door", peaked at #31 on the Billboard Hot 100
. The video debuted on MTV
's Total Request Live
s countdown on April 24, 2006 at #9. The single "Come Down to Me" was released in late August and went on to sell over 100,000 copies.
In 2006, country singer Julie Roberts
recorded a version of "Girl Next Door" which was released on her album Men and Mascara. (Saving Jane had released their own country remix of the song the previous winter, which was available on iTunes and got exposure on CMT and CMT.com.)
On August 7, 2007, Saving Jane's follow up album to Girl Next Door was released with the title One Girl Revolution. A single with the same title debuted in the summer of 2007. The album, One Girl Revolution was released in 2007, with a re-release version with a new song, "SuperGirl" in the album, SuperGirl in 2008.
, it has three songs, "Immortal", "In Love With a Vampire" and "Immortal (Twilight
Mix)". A new song that was posted on MySpace
titled "Love Will Wait" may appear on an upcoming album.
On June 11, 2010, the band went on hiatus due to disputes with their record label. On October 25, 2010, the single "Worst of Me" was released onto iTunes, which is part of the upcoming new album, "Psycho Ex-Girlfriend" that is due for release in Spring 2011.
Meanwhile, guitarist Pat Buzzard is working as a solo artist and released his first single in August 2008, a cover of Old Crow Medicine Show
's "Wagon Wheel
", which features Brandon Hagan on guitar, bass, banjo, backing vocals, and Marti Dodson on backing vocals.
In November 2010, Union Rose's first song "America's Sweetheart" was premiered on Radio 105.7 WLGC
, and a 4-track-EP was also made available for download on the band's website for free.
in simlish
, and "Supergirl" is used as the theme music for female Indy-Car racing star Danica Patrick
and U.S. Olympic gymnast Nastia Liukin
.
A shortened version of the song "Girl Next Door" is used as the theme song for MTV's
show Tiara Girls.
A shortened version of the song "Imperfection" is used as the theme song for the WE show High School Confidential
.
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
who are most famous for their hit songs "Girl Next Door
Girl Next Door (song)
"Girl Next Door" is the name of a single released in late 2005 by American pop rock band Saving Jane. The song was a top 40 success on Billboard charts.-Content:...
", "Come Down To Me", and "SuperGirl".
2002-2008: Girl Next Door, One Girl Revolution & SuperGirl
What started out as simply a campfire song between strangers soon turned into a musical connection in the form of the Columbus, OH-based alternative pop/rock group Saving Jane. It was at this bonfire that vocalist Marti Dodson (then a junior at Ohio State University) and rhythm guitarist Pat Buzzard first met and subsequently became friends. The pair began writing songs together and when the time came to record their work, local drummer Dak Goodman was recruited to help. The trio found something in each other, and the decision was made to form an actual band. Booking their first show, they took the name Saving Jane from a cartoon Dodson had been doodling one late night at the studio. As the band slowly began making a name for itself around Columbus, an additional lead guitarist, Kris Misevski, and a borrowed bass player from Goodman's cover band rounded out the group. About a year later, tensions within the band lead to the departure of their borrowed bassist, and Jeremy Martin replaced him in 2002. Two years later, as Saving Jane found their style shifting more from acoustic roots to alternative rock, their manager insisted that Dodson be emphasized over the rest of the band; these changes eventually led to the exit of their lead guitarist. In February 2006, Mike Unger stepped down from Saving Jane for family reasons, and Brandon Hagan joined the band as a replacement, while keyboardist Joe Cochran who completed the lineup, left in late 2006. Also as of 2008, Jeremy Martin is no longer with the band. The new bassist is Eric Flores.Saving Jane's full-length debut, Girl Next Door, was issued in October 2005 on Toucan Cove, and the title track found the band getting major radio air play of the single of the same name. Gaining the attention of major record labels, Republic/Universal Records signed them and they made their debut on the Billboard charts. The single with the same title, "Girl Next Door", peaked at #31 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
. The video debuted on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's Total Request Live
Total Request Live
Total Request Live is a television series on MTV that featured popular music videos. TRL was MTV's prime outlet for music videos as the network continues to concentrate on reality-based programming. In addition to music videos, TRL featured daily guests...
s countdown on April 24, 2006 at #9. The single "Come Down to Me" was released in late August and went on to sell over 100,000 copies.
In 2006, country singer Julie Roberts
Julie Roberts
Julie Roberts is an American country music singer. Signed to Mercury Nashville in 2004, Roberts made her debut that year with the single "Break Down Here", a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts and the first track from her self-titled debut album...
recorded a version of "Girl Next Door" which was released on her album Men and Mascara. (Saving Jane had released their own country remix of the song the previous winter, which was available on iTunes and got exposure on CMT and CMT.com.)
On August 7, 2007, Saving Jane's follow up album to Girl Next Door was released with the title One Girl Revolution. A single with the same title debuted in the summer of 2007. The album, One Girl Revolution was released in 2007, with a re-release version with a new song, "SuperGirl" in the album, SuperGirl in 2008.
2009-2010: "Butterflies", Vampire Diaries EP, Psycho Ex-Girlfriend
A new song, "Butterflies" was released on iTunes in 2009. In early 2010, Saving Jane's new EP title, Vampire Diaries EP was released on January 26, 2010 on iTunesITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
, it has three songs, "Immortal", "In Love With a Vampire" and "Immortal (Twilight
Twilight (2008 film)
Twilight is a 2008 American romantic vampire film based on Stephenie Meyer's popular novel of the same name. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, the film stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. It is the first film in The Twilight Saga film series...
Mix)". A new song that was posted on MySpace
MySpace
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titled "Love Will Wait" may appear on an upcoming album.
On June 11, 2010, the band went on hiatus due to disputes with their record label. On October 25, 2010, the single "Worst of Me" was released onto iTunes, which is part of the upcoming new album, "Psycho Ex-Girlfriend" that is due for release in Spring 2011.
Meanwhile, guitarist Pat Buzzard is working as a solo artist and released his first single in August 2008, a cover of Old Crow Medicine Show
Old Crow Medicine Show
Old Crow Medicine Show is an old-time string band based in Nashville, Tennessee. Their music has been called bluegrass, Americana, and alt-country, in addition to old-time. Along with original songs, the band performs many pre-World War II blues and folk songs...
's "Wagon Wheel
Wagon Wheel
The Blue and Gold Wagon Wheel, now known simply as the Wagon Wheel, is awarded to the winner of the annual college football game between the University of Akron and Kent State University....
", which features Brandon Hagan on guitar, bass, banjo, backing vocals, and Marti Dodson on backing vocals.
2010-present: Formation of new band
After Saving Jane disbanded, Union Rose - a new band was formed, with founding members, Marti, Brandon and Nate. Pat has opted out, stating that starting a new band is not the right move for him. Under the new band name, it was decided that their musical style would be more country-orientated, as opposed to Saving Jane's pop-rock sound.In November 2010, Union Rose's first song "America's Sweetheart" was premiered on Radio 105.7 WLGC
WLGC-FM
WLGC-FM is a radio station broadcasting a Country format. Licensed to Greenup, Kentucky, USA, the station's studios are located in Ashland, Kentucky with its transmitter remaining in Greenup. The station broadcasts to the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area...
, and a 4-track-EP was also made available for download on the band's website for free.
Pop culture
"Girl Next Door" has been used on many hit TV shows and also is in The Sims 2The Sims 2
The Sims 2 is a strategic life simulation computer game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It is the sequel to the best-selling computer game, The Sims, which debuted on February 4, 2000. It was first released on September 14, 2004 for Microsoft Windows. A port to Apple Mac OS X...
in simlish
Simlish
Simlish is a fictional language featured in EA Games' Sim series of games. It debuted in SimCopter, and has been especially prominent in The Sims, The Sims 2 and The Sims 3. The Sims development team created the unique Simlish language by experimenting with fractured Ukrainian, French, Latin,...
, and "Supergirl" is used as the theme music for female Indy-Car racing star Danica Patrick
Danica Patrick
Danica Sue Patrick is an American auto racing driver, model and advertising spokeswoman. She is the most successful woman in the history of American open-wheel racing, being the only woman to win in the IndyCar Series as well as holding the highest finish by a woman at the Indianapolis 500 of 3rd...
and U.S. Olympic gymnast Nastia Liukin
Nastia Liukin
Anastasia Valeryevna "Nastia" Liukin is a Russian-American artistic gymnast. She was the 2008 Olympic individual all-around Champion, the 2005 and 2007 World Champion on the balance beam, and the 2005 World Champion on the uneven bars...
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Studio albums
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| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Heat Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
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| 2002 | Something to Hold Onto Something to Hold Onto Something To Hold On To was the first album released by Ohio-based band, Saving Jane, in 2002.The band talks about this album, which appears to be an independent release, on their current myspace bio...
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| 2005 | Girl Next Door
Universal Records Universal Records was a record label owned by Universal Music Group, and it is now owned by Manny Patino and Michael Jackson, and operated as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group.-History:... |
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| 2007 | One Girl Revolution One Girl Revolution One Girl Revolution is the third album released by Ohio based band Saving Jane. The album was released on August 7, 2007. In 2008 the album was rereleased with a new name, SuperGirl, and the addition of a new track.-Tracks:... |
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| 2008 | Supergirl SuperGirl (album) -History:The album was released on June 9, 2008 and features the song "SuperGirl", which is featured on the Danica Patrick website. "SuperGirl" was also named as the official theme song of USA gymnast and Olympic champion Nastia Liukin, when she was contacted by Saving Jane following her listing... |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Extended plays
| Year | Album details |
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| 2009 | Butterflies
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| 2010 | Vampire Diaries (EP)
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Singles
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Hot 100 | U.S. Pop 100 | U.S. Pop Airplay | |||
| 2006 2006 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006.-January:*January 10 – Eric Burdon releases his album Soul of a Man and begins touring with a new band.... |
"Girl Next Door Girl Next Door (song) "Girl Next Door" is the name of a single released in late 2005 by American pop rock band Saving Jane. The song was a top 40 success on Billboard charts.-Content:... " |
Girl Next Door Girl Next Door (album) Girl Next Door is the debut album of pop/rock band Saving Jane. The album, originally released in 2005, was re-released in 2006. The re-release found success with the single "Girl Next Door." It went on to sell over 100,000 copies.- Original :... |
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| "Happy Happy (Saving Jane song) "Happy" is the name of a single released in the year 2006 by pop/rock band Saving Jane.It is a song about the lead singer hearing of an ex's engagement, and has influenced many current chord sequences.... " |
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| "Come Down To Me" | - | - | - | ||
| 2007 2007 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007.-January:*January 1 - George Shearing is knighted for services to music in the Queen's New Year Honours List. Evelyn Glennie becomes a Dame... |
"One Girl Revolution One Girl Revolution One Girl Revolution is the third album released by Ohio based band Saving Jane. The album was released on August 7, 2007. In 2008 the album was rereleased with a new name, SuperGirl, and the addition of a new track.-Tracks:... " |
One Girl Revolution One Girl Revolution One Girl Revolution is the third album released by Ohio based band Saving Jane. The album was released on August 7, 2007. In 2008 the album was rereleased with a new name, SuperGirl, and the addition of a new track.-Tracks:... |
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| 2008 2008 in music 2008 was a huge year in music history with the emergence of pop superstars Lady Gaga and Katy Perry into the mainstream. Also, this is the year that is widely agreed upon by critics as the start of the fall of hip hop from the mainstream and the rise of Synthpop into the mainstream due to acts such... |
"SuperGirl" | SuperGirl SuperGirl (album) -History:The album was released on June 9, 2008 and features the song "SuperGirl", which is featured on the Danica Patrick website. "SuperGirl" was also named as the official theme song of USA gymnast and Olympic champion Nastia Liukin, when she was contacted by Saving Jane following her listing... |
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| "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" | n/a | - | - | - | |
| 2009 2009 in music The following is a list of notable events and releases in 2009 in music. Susan Boyle's album I Dreamed a Dream became the biggest selling album in the world for 2009, selling 8.3 million copies in five weeks; more than any other artist's in the whole year... |
"Butterflies" | Butterflies | - | - | 90 |
| 2010 2010 in music 2010 in music may refer to:*2010 in American music*2010 in Australian music*2010 in British music*2010 in Canadian music*2010 in European music *2010 in Irish music*2010 in Japanese music*2010 in New Zealand music... |
"Worst of Me" | Psycho Ex-Girlfriend | - | - | - |
A shortened version of the song "Girl Next Door" is used as the theme song for MTV's
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
show Tiara Girls.
A shortened version of the song "Imperfection" is used as the theme song for the WE show High School Confidential
High School Confidential
The 45rpm single High School Confidential was the third gold disc for piano rocker Jerry Lee Lewis, released in 1958. A different take of the song featured on the soundtrack of the MGM movie of the same title. In the movie Jerry Lee played the title song in the beginning and end of the movie,...
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