Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 1989
The Ballad of Jayne
Buy The Ballad of Jayne now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = The Ballad of Jayne
| cover =
| alt =
|caption =
| type = single
| artist = L.A. Guns
| album = Cocked & Loaded
| B-side = "The Ballad of Jayne (LP Version)"
| released = 1989
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Glam metal
| length = (7")
(album version)
| label = Polygram Records
| writer =
| producer =
| prev_title = Never Enough
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = I Wanna Be Your Man
| next_year = 1989
| misc =
}}
"'The Ballad of Jayne'" is a 1989 power ballad by American glam metal band L.A. Guns from their 1989 album 'Cocked & Loaded'. The song was said to have been written about Jayne Mansfield. The song reached number 33 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 in 1990 and number 25 on the 'Billboard' Mainstream Rock chart. The song was also slightly successful in the United Kingdom, reaching number 53 in 1991. The song ranked number 93 on VH1's 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the '80s in 2009.
Charts
References
Category:1989 songs
Category:1989 singles
Category:Glam metal ballads
Category:Mercury Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Tom Werman
Category:Vertigo Records singles
Category:L.A. Guns songs
Buy The Ballad of Jayne now from Amazon
<-- Return to songs from 1989