2AM (song)

Last updated
"2AM"
Bear Hands 2AM.png
Single by Bear Hands
from the album You'll Pay For This
ReleasedFebruary 17, 2016
Format Digital download
Genre Experimental rock, psychedelic rock
Length
  • 4:56(album version)
  • 4:33(radio edit)
Label Spensive Sounds
Songwriter(s) Ted Feldman, Val Loper, TJ Orscher, Dylan Rau
Bear Hands singles chronology
"Agora"
(2014)
"2AM"
(2016)
"Marathon Man"
(2016)

"2AM" is a song by American experimental rock band Bear Hands. The song was released in early 2016 as the promotional single from the band's third album, You'll Pay for This , and peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart.

Bear Hands

Bear Hands is an American post-punk and indie rock band, consisting of Dylan Rau, Val Loper (bass), Ted Feldman (guitar), and TJ Orscher (drums). Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, United States, and formed in 2006, the band signed with Cantora Records in 2010 upon the release of its single, "What a Drag".

<i>Youll Pay for This</i> album by Bear Hands

You'll Pay for This is the third album by experimental rock outfit Bear Hands. It is their last album to feature guitarist Ted Feldman, who left the band in January of 2018.

<i>Billboard</i> (magazine) American music magazine

Billboard is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style, and is also known for its music charts, including the Hot 100 and Billboard 200, tracking the most popular songs and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows.

Contents

Commercial performance

The song was the third song by the band to chart, reaching number 12 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart.

Alternative Songs is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the 40 most-played songs on alternative and modern rock radio stations. The chart was introduced as a companion to the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and its creation was prompted by the explosion of alternative music on American radio in the late 1980s. During the first several years of the chart, it regularly featured music that did not receive commercial radio airplay anywhere but on a few modern rock and college rock radio stations. This included many electronic and post-punk artists. Gradually, as alternative rock became more "mainstream", the Alternative Songs and Mainstream Rock Songs charts began featuring more of the same songs. However, the formats would differentiate themselves by the late 2000s. Today, the Alternative Songs chart favors more indie rock, indie pop, and synth-pop bands while the Mainstream Rock Songs chart favors more hard rock and heavy metal music.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Canada Rock ( Billboard ) [1] 37
US Rock Airplay ( Billboard ) [2] 20
US Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 12

Year-end charts

Chart (2016)Position
US Alternative Songs (Billboard) [4] 35

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United StatesFebruary 17, 2016 Digital download Spensive Sounds

Related Research Articles

Pop punk is a genre of rock music that combines influences of pop music with punk rock. Fast tempos, prominent electric guitars with distortion, and power chord changes are typically played under pop-influenced melodies and vocal styles with lighthearted lyrical themes including boredom and teenage romance.

The Hand That Feeds single by Nine Inch Nails

"The Hand That Feeds" is a song by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, With Teeth (2005). It is the highest charting song by Nine Inch Nails on all charts except for US Modern Rock Tracks, where it stayed at number one for five weeks, because the single that followed, "Only", stayed at number one for two more weeks (non-consecutively), and the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at number 31, bested only by the group's 1999 single "The Day the World Went Away", which peaked at number 17 but did not chart anywhere else in the US and never had any popular success, making it one of their less popular singles. It is, to date, Nine Inch Nails' only single to hit the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart, as well as their highest-charting single on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, peaking at number two. It was also a crossover hit, crossing over to pop radio as their first top 40 radio hit since "Closer" and "Hurt" in 1994 and 1995, respectively, peaking at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

This Is a Call 1995 single by Foo Fighters

"This Is a Call" is the first major single released by the Foo Fighters from their self-titled debut album. It was released in 1995.

Burden in My Hand single

"Burden in My Hand" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, "Burden in My Hand" was released on September 18, 1996, as the second single from the band's fourth studio album, Down on the Upside (1996). The song topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, where it spent five weeks at number one. The song was included on Soundgarden's 1997 greatest hits album, A-Sides.

Bleed Together 1997 single by Soundgarden

"Bleed Together" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, "Bleed Together" was first released in the United States on Soundgarden's post-breakup greatest hits album, A-Sides (1997). It had previously appeared as a B-side on some foreign copies of the band's 1996 single, "Burden in My Hand". It was released as a single in November 1997 in support of A-Sides, and was the first single released by Soundgarden, after the band's breakup in April 1997. The song peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

Wasteland (10 Years song) 10 Years song

"Wasteland" is a single released by alternative metal band 10 Years in 2005. It is their debut single from their first major release, The Autumn Effect. The song reached number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart in February 2006 during its twenty-seventh week on the chart, making it one of the slowest-rising number-one singles in the chart's history. It also spent an unprecedented ten weeks at the number two position on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. In December 2017, the RIAA gave "Wasteland" a gold certification for selling 500,000 copies.

Needtobreathe Band that plays Rock music

Needtobreathe is an American Christian rock band from Seneca, South Carolina, United States. The band is composed of Bear Rinehart, Bo Rinehart, Seth Bolt and Josh Lovelace. To date they have released six studio albums: Daylight (2006), The Heat (2007), The Outsiders (2009), The Reckoning (2011), Rivers in the Wasteland (2014), and Hard Love (2016).

The Neighbourhood American alternative rock band

The Neighbourhood is an American rock band formed in Newbury Park, California, in 2011. The band is composed of vocalist Jesse Rutherford, guitarists Jeremy Freedman and Zach Abels, bassist Mikey Margott, and drummer Brandon Alexander Fried. After releasing two EPs, I'm Sorry... and Thank You, The Neighbourhood released its first full-length album I Love You. on April 23, 2013, via Columbia Records. The same year, the EP "The Love Collection" was released; and in November 2014, a mixtape titled #000000 & #FFFFFF. A second album, Wiped Out! was released in October 30, 2015. In March 9, 2018 a self-titled third studio album came out, preceded by the release of two EPs: Hard on September 22, 2017, which briefly charted on the Billboard 200, and To Imagine on January 12, 2018. After the release of the album, the tracks from the extended plays not included on the final tracklisting were collected in another EP, "Hard to Imagine".

The Heinrich Maneuver 2007 single by Interpol

"The Heinrich Maneuver" is a song by American rock band Interpol. It was released as the lead single from their third studio album, Our Love to Admire (2007), on May 7, 2007. The cover features a Serval cat. The song's title is a play on the Heimlich Maneuver and an allusion to the novel White Noise by Don DeLillo.

Savior (Rise Against song) 2009 single by Rise Against

"Savior" is a song by American rock band Rise Against, featured on their fifth studio album Appeal to Reason (2008). In contrast to the social and political topics normally discussed in Rise Against songs, "Savior" is about forgiveness and broken relationships. It is a punk rock song, with a "frenetic pace" that John Hanson of Sputnikmusic described as reminiscent of tracks from the band's 2003 album Revolutions per Minute. It was released as Appeal to Reason's third single on June 3, 2009.

Young the Giant American indie rock band

Young the Giant is an American rock band that formed in Irvine, California, in 2004. The band's line-up consists of Sameer Gadhia, Jacob Tilley (guitar), Eric Cannata (guitar), Payam Doostzadeh, and Francois Comtois (drums). Formerly known as The Jakes, Young the Giant was signed by Roadrunner Records in 2009, and they released their eponymous debut album in 2010. The band's first three singles, "My Body", "Cough Syrup", and "Apartment", all charted on the US Alternative Songs chart.

Giants (Bear Hands song) 2013 single by Bear Hands

"Giants" is a song by American experimental rock band Bear Hands. The song was released in late 2013 as the lead single from the band's second album, Distraction, and peaked at number eight on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. The song is featured in the 2014 ice hockey video game NHL 15.

Agora (song) 2014 single by Bear Hands

"Agora" is a song by American experimental rock band Bear Hands. The song was released in early 2014 as the second single from the band's second album, Distraction, and peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart.

The discography of American rock band Bear Hands consists of three studio albums, two extended plays (EPs), and eight singles. Bear Hands was formed in 2006 while band members Dylan Rau met Ted Feldman attended Wesleyan University, and were later joined by Loper and Orscher through their previous bands, who were involved in the local hardcore punk scene.

Highly Suspect

Highly Suspect is an American rock trio from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The band was founded by twin brothers Rich and Ryan Meyer and their best friend Johnny Stevens. After starting as a bar cover band, they relocated to Brooklyn, New York, where they recorded The Worst Humans EP with producer Joel Hamilton. The band's first studio album, Mister Asylum, was released on July 17, 2015, earning Highly Suspect a nomination for Best Rock Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards. The song "Lydia" was also nominated for Best Rock Song. Their second studio album, The Boy Who Died Wolf, was released on November 18, 2016. Two singles have been released from the album, "My Name Is Human", which topped the Billboard US Mainstream Rock Songs chart, and "Little One", which peaked at number 2 on the same chart.

First (Cold War Kids song) single by Cold War Kids

"First" is a song by American indie rock band Cold War Kids. The song was written by the band and produced by Lars Stalfors and Dann Gallucci. It was the second and final single off their fifth album Hold My Home (2014) and was released on February 17, 2015. The song garnered a positive reception from music critics.

Band of Horses discography

The discography of American rock band Band of Horses consists of five studio albums, one live album, two extended plays (EPs), and 14 singles. Formed in 2004 in Seattle by Ben Bridwell, their self-released Tour EP (2005) was made available at shows and at Sub Pop's website. The band's debut full-length album, Everything All the Time, followed in 2006 and reached the charts in Norway and Sweden. Their second album, Cease to Begin was released in 2007 and charted at number 35 on the US Billboard 200. "Is There a Ghost", the first single from the album, peaked at number 34 on the US Alternative Songs chart and number 30 in Denmark.

Revolution Radio (song) 2017 Green Day single

"Revolution Radio" is a song by American punk rock band Green Day. It was released on May 16, 2017, as the third and final single from their twelfth studio album as the title track. The song's music video was released on June 12, 2017.

References

  1. "Bear Hands Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  2. "Bear Hands Chart History (Rock Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  3. "Bear Hands Chart History (Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  4. "Alternative Songs – Year-End 2016". Billboard. Retrieved December 15, 2017.