"4 am" is a 1998 alternative rock song by the canadian alternative rock band our lady peace and is the fourth single from their second studio album "clumsy", which was released in 1997. the song was written by raine maida and was produced by arnold lanni. they thought of the name 4 am because they wrote the song at 4:00 am and raine maida's father, anthony maida has the initials "am".