Cover of From Chaos by 311
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“Amber” by 311

From the album From Chaos (2001)

“Amber” by 311 appears on 49 radio countdowns from 29 stations between 2002 and 2026. It was first released in 2001 on the album From Chaos. Its best result is #2 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #12 alternative song of 2002, #605 alternative song of all time and #144 of the '00s.

49countdowns
29stations
#2best position
0#1 finishes
4top 10 finishes
2002–2026years charted

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"Amber" drifts in from From Chaos, 311's 2001 album, and it's the band at its most laid-back: a sun-warmed reggae rock groove that barely breaks a sweat. Nick Hexum wrote it on his own, inspired by his relationship with the singer Nicole Scherzinger, and he sings it with S.A. Martinez over guitars from Hexum and Tim Mahoney, P-Nut's rubbery bass and Chad Sexton's easy, rolling percussion. The band produced it with Saint and Brian Smith, Alex Rivera engineered, and Saint mixed it.

Scherzinger turns up briefly in the video, splashing around in the ocean with Hexum. It only reached number 13 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks, but it just kept on selling until the RIAA certified it triple platinum, and the band gave its intro a remix for Greatest Hits '93–'03.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Classic Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 8 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002 107
2002 2 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2002 91
2002 22 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002 106
2002 10 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 27 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 100
2002 70 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002 92
2002 13 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 26 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2002 107
2002 57 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002 89
2002 97 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 16 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 21 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002 99
2002 20 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002 105
2002 32 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002 103
2002 36 Radio 104.1 Hartford-New Haven, CT WMRQ Top 104 Songs of 2002 104
2002 21 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 40 Songs of 2002 40
2002 3 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002 103
2002 22 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002 99

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 42 The Buzz The Buzz Top Songs of All-Time (Labor Day 2002, partial) 144
2004 157 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2005 19 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the New Millennium 96
2005 84 The Edge KEDJ Top 103 on Independent Radio 103
2005 166 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 43 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Songs of the Millennium (December 2006) 107
2006 280 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 289 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 289 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 356 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 292 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 133 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 286 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 258 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 263 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2012 22 93.3 WMMR WMMR Top 50 Songs of Summer (2012) 49
2013 263 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 264 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 297 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 304 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 235 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 137 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2021 84 107.7 The End The End Obligatory Top 100 Alternative Songs of All Time (2021) 100
2022 900 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907
2022 363 X96 X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time 500
2022 34 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2023 205 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2023 102 ALT 104.5 ALT 104.5 Top 104 of ALT Time 104
2024 370 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) 400
2024 45 107.7 The End The End Sweet Summer Vibes Countdown (2024) 100
2026 20 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

Charting alongside it in 2002

Best songs of 2002 →
  1. 1By the WayRed Hot Chili Peppers
  2. 2AerialsSystem of a Down
  3. 3ToxicitySystem of a Down
  4. 4You Know You're RightNirvana
  5. 5All My LifeFoo Fighters
  6. 6SweetnessJimmy Eat World

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