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“I'll Be Here Awhile” by 311
From the album From Chaos (2001)
“I'll Be Here Awhile” by 311 appears on 19 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 2001 and 2014. It was first released in 2001 on the album From Chaos. Its best result is #15 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #65 alternative song of 2001 and #3,559 alternative song of all time.
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"I'll Be Here Awhile" closes out From Chaos, the 2001 album by 311, and it's a song Nick Hexum had been carrying around for years: he wrote it at twenty and didn't record it until he was thirty, looking back on the wild, reckless life he'd been living. That distance gives it an easy, sun-warmed glow, a reggae-rock sway with Hexum and S.A. Martinez sharing the vocals, Tim Mahoney's guitar chiming beside Hexum's, P-Nut's bass rolling underneath and Chad Sexton keeping the beat light.
The band produced it with Saint, who also mixed it, and Brian Smith. A couple of its lines were borrowed wholesale from the 77s, the Christian rock outfit, whose "The Lust, The Flesh, The Eyes, and the Pride of Life" had appeared on their 1987 record.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 38 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001 | 107 |
| 2001 | 15 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2001 | 91 |
| 2001 | 57 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001 | 106 |
| 2001 | 64 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 | 101 |
| 2001 | 102 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 2001 | 107 |
| 2001 | 72 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2001 | 89 |
| 2001 | 49 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 | 101 |
| 2001 | 31 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2001 | 99 |
| 2001 | 38 | 99X Atlanta, GA | 99X Top 99 Songs of 2001 | 99 |
| 2001 | 68 | 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL | 97X Top 97 Songs of 2001 | 97 |
| 2002 | 98 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002 | 107 |
| 2002 | 62 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1469 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1529 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1528 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1559 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 1626 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 1676 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1744 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
Also listed as: I'll Be Here A While; I'll Be Here a While.
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