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“Creatures (For a While)” by 311

From the album Evolver (2003)

“Creatures (For a While)” by 311 appears on 16 radio countdowns from 15 stations between 2003 and 2004. It was first released in 2003 on the album Evolver. Its best result is #16 on the Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #30 alternative song of 2003, #6,857 alternative song of all time and #315 of the '00s.

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"Creatures (For a While)" was the song 311 sent out ahead of Evolver, their seventh studio album, hitting radio on July 1, 2003, and it's the band at its most muscular. Nick Hexum got the title from an old punk rock poster of a guy and a girl, with a caption about a couple of drinks, a couple of smokes and then a spell of turning into creatures.

Hexum and Tim Mahoney wrote the music, and the riff lands like a body slam, Chad Sexton's drums and P-Nut's bass locked tight underneath while Hexum and S.A. Martinez trade the vocals they wrote together. The band produced it with Saint, who also mixed. Critics liked it, Dan Weiss among them, and it is often counted among 311's best.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2003	43	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003	107
2003	34	91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana	91X Top 91 Songs of 2003	91
2003	39	Live 105 San Francisco, CA	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003	106
2003	50	Q101 Chicago, IL	Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003	101
2003	29	WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003	100
2003	35	K-Rock New York, NY	K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2003	92
2003	36	WFNX Boston, MA	WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2003	100
2003	19	89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON	89X Top 89 Songs of 2003	89
2003	63	CD101 Columbus, OH	CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003	101
2003	16	Y100 Philadelphia, PA	Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003	100
2003	32	The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2003	99
2003	49	Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA	Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003	105
2003	75	WBCN Boston, MA	WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003	104
2003	19	102.1 The Edge Dallas-Fort Worth, TX	KDGE Top 102 Songs of 2003	102
2003	37	Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart)	Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2003	100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
2004	259	Y100	Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004)	300

Also listed as: Creatures (For Awhile); Creatures (for a While); Creatures (For A While); Creatures for a While.

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