3AM (Matchbox Twenty song)

"3AM"
Single by Matchbox 20
from the album Yourself or Someone Like You
B-side	"Push" (acoustic) "Shame"
Released	November 23, 1997 (1997-11-23)[1]
Length	3:46
Label	Atlantic Lava Melisma
Songwriter(s)	Rob Thomas Brian Yale John Leslie Goff John Joseph Stanley
Producer(s)	Matt Serletic
Matchbox 20 singles chronology
"Push" (1997) "3AM" (1997) "Real World" (1998)
Music video
"3AM" on YouTube

"3AM" (stylized as "3 am" on the album and "3 AM" on the single) is the third single and the third track from American rock band Matchbox 20's debut album, Yourself or Someone Like You (1996). Written by Rob Thomas, Jay Stanley, John Leslie Goff, and Brian Yale, the song was inspired by Thomas dealing with his mother's cancer as a teenager. The song was officially serviced to US modern rock radio in October 1997 and was given a commercial release outside North America the following month.

"3AM" topped the Canadian RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart for two weeks and the US Billboard Adult Top 40 chart for 10 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. A music video was also made for the song, directed by Gavin Bowden and filmed in Los Angeles.