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- Album
- From Chaos
- Released
- 2001
- Genres
- reggae rock, funk rock, rap rock
- Length
- 3:27
- Tempo
- 166 BPM
- Label
- Volcano
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About this song
The song is a relaxing, mid-tempo reggae-pop track with a memorable lead guitar hook played by guitarist Tim Mahoney. Many people have speculated that singer Nick Hexum wrote it in homage to his then-fiancée Nicole Scherzinger, who later formed The Pussycat Dolls, though in a 2015 interview Hexum neither confirmed nor denied this.
What it's about
Hexum has described the song's central idea as an analogy: amber light is soft and gentle on the eyes, so calling someone's energy amber is a way of complimenting them.
Summary written with AI, based on the song's page on Genius.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 2 other songs, like “when you wanna put it in a song and it goes like by DORIS (Rapper)”.
- Covered 3 times, including “Amber by Vitamin String Quartet”.
- Written by Nick Hexum.
- Produced by Ron Saint-Germain and 311.
- Recorded at The Hive.