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Wikipedia article




{{Infobox song

| name = 3AM

| cover = 3amMatchbox 20.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Matchbox 20

| album = Yourself or Someone Like You

| B-side = "Push" (acoustic)

| released =

| recorded = 1996

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Alternative rock

| length = 3:46

| label =

| writer =

| producer = Matt Serletic

| prev_title = Push

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = Real World

| next_year = 1998

| misc =

}}

"'3AM'" (stylized as "'3 am'" on the album and "'3 AM'" on the single) is the third single and the third track from Matchbox 20's debut album, 'Yourself or Someone Like You'. The song topped the Canadian 'RPM' Top Singles chart for two weeks and the US 'Billboard' Adult Pop Songs chart for ten weeks; it was not eligible to chart on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 at the time due to not receiving a physical release in the United States. Outside North America, "3AM" reached number 31 in Australia and became a minor hit in Europe.

Background and content



"3AM" was written by Rob Thomas, Jay Stanley, John Leslie Goff and Brian Yale while performing together in the early 1990s band Tabitha's Secret. The song was first recorded by that band on its debut EP, 'Tabitha's Secret?'. The lyrics are inspired by Thomas as an adolescent having to live with a mother fighting to survive cancer. In 1997, after the other members of Tabitha's Secret left to form Matchbox 20, Goff and Stanley released other early recordings of the band (including 3 A.M.) on 'Don't Play with Matches'.

Music video



The video (directed by Gavin Bowden) was shot at the 99 Cents Only Store at Lankershim Blvd & Whipple St. in North Hollywood, California in September 1997.'Billboard' 4 Oct 1997 It features the band sitting on sides of a street next to some telephone booths. A supermarket is also shown. The video switches between color video clips and black-and-white still 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 Pontiac Trans Am with a bare-chested man and a woman inside stops in front of Thomas. The man gets out, revealing a catheter in his chest, receives three cigarettes from Thomas and then gets back in the Trans Am. Finally, during the last two choruses, the band is shown playing their instruments (presumably in the lobby of a hotel or office building) as rain can be seen falling from a large window behind them. The video ends with an image of Thomas standing next to the telephone booths.

Track listings



'US promo CD'

# "3 AM" (album version) 3:46

'UK 7-inch single'

:A. "3 AM" 3:46

:B. "Push" (acoustic) 4:19

'European and Australian CD single'

# "3 AM" 3:46

# "Push" (acoustic) 4:19

# "Shame" 3:35

Charts



Weekly charts



Year-end charts



See also



* List of 'RPM' Rock/Alternative number-one singles (Canada)

References




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