"I'll Be Here Awhile" is a single by alternative rock band 311. It is the 12th and closing track on their album ''

From Chaos ''From Chaos'' is the sixth studio album by 311, released on June 19, 2001. It was their first album to be released through Volcano Entertainment, and their first to be recorded through their own recording studio, The Hive in North Hollywood, C ...

''. Lead singer

Nick Hexum Nicholas Lofton Hexum (born April 12, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter and rapper, currently the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the multi-platinum alternative rock band 311 and The Nick Hexum Quintet. Early life Born in Madison, ...

originally wrote it when he was twenty, hence the line in the refrain "Twenty years of age, " though Hexum was thirty when he recorded it. He comments on the interview included on the disc of ''From Chaos'' that he was living a wild and crazy life at that young age. The lyrics "And if a person, place, or thing can deliver/ I will quiver with delight" are taken directly from "The Lust, The Flesh, The Eyes, and the Pride of Life" a song by the

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group

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which had appeared on their 1987 self-titled album. "I'll Be Here Awhile" reached number 15 on the

Modern Rock Tracks Alternative Airplay (formerly known as Modern Rock Tracks between 1988 and 2009, and Alternative Songs between 2009 and 2020) is a music chart published in the American magazine ''Billboard'' since September 10, 1988. It ranks the 40 most-playe ...

chart in 2001.

Track listing

#"I'll Be Here Awhile" #"I'll Be Here Awhile" (Acoustic)

Charts

References

2001 singles 311 (band) songs Songs written by Nick Hexum Songs written by SA Martinez 2001 songs Volcano Entertainment singles {{2000s-rock-song-stub