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| Single by Matchbox Twenty | ||||||||
| from the album Yourself or Someone Like You | ||||||||
| Released | November 23, 1997 (US) | |||||||
| Format | CD single / Audio cassette | |||||||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||||||
| Length | 3:46 | |||||||
| Label | Atlantic | |||||||
| Writer(s) | Rob Thomas, Brian Yale, Leslie Goff, John Joseph Stanley | |||||||
| Producer | Matt Serletic | |||||||
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"3 A.M." (written "3 am" on the album and "3 AM" on the single) is the third single and the third track from Matchbox Twenty's debut album, Yourself or Someone Like You. It topped the Canadian RPM record charts in early-1998.[1][2]
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Background and content [link]
This song was written by Rob Thomas, Jay Stanley, John Goff and Brian Yale while performing together in the early 1990s band Tabitha's Secret. The song was allegedly inspired by Thomas's mother's experience with cancer. When Thomas was twelve years old, his mother developed cancer and was told she had six months to live, though by the time he relocated from home at age seventeen she was alive and well. This song is about his frustration and loneliness during this time.
Music video [link]
The video (directed by Gavin Bowden) features the band sitting on sides of a street next to some telephone booths. A supermarket is also shown. The video switches from color video images to black-and-white images. During the introduction and the third verse of the song, Thomas walks in the middle of the street with some construction signs and lights. During the third verse, a car stops with a bare-chested man and a woman inside. The man walks out, revealing a catheter in his chest, and is handed three cigarettes by Thomas. Finally, during the last two choruses, the band is shown playing their instruments ending with an image of Thomas standing next to the telephone booths.
Track listing [link]
3 Track Version
- "3 AM" - 3:46
- "Push" (Acoustic) - 4:19
- "Shame" - 3:35
Chart positions [link]
| Charts | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 31 |
| Canadian RPM Singles Chart | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Alternative 30 | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 64 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay[3] | 3 |
| US Billboard Adult Top 40 | 1 |
| US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 2 |
| US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 3 |
| US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 2 |
See also [link]
- List of RPM number-one singles of 1998 (Canada)
- List of RPM Rock/Alternative number-one singles (Canada)
References [link]
- ^ "Top Singles - Volume 66, No. 18, January 26, 1998". RPM. https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3437&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
- ^ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 66, No. 16, January 12, 1998". RPM. https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3425&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
- ^ Tubthumping Chumbawamba Billboard.com December 27, 1997
External links [link]
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Change of era
Events of the Kashō era
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Plot
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