Gwen Stefani - "4 in the Morning"

[Dammn Baby]

One of the few really good songs from The Sweet Escape, this only peaked at #54 on the Hot 100 but managed to fare better in some international territories (#9 in Australia, #22 in the UK).

Interestingly, elements of the video remind me of a George Barris photoshoot in Marilyn Monroe's Brentwood home weeks before she died (photos below). Gwen is a big Marilyn fan and the lyrics of this track would probably have resonated with her.

[Deleted]

My favorite single from that album, but the album as a whole was not good at all.

[Honeymoon]

I really like this but I can see why it wasn't a hit. "Early Winter", which I also love, would've probably made for a better, melancholy yet anthemic pop single after "The Sweet Escape" than this. But outside of those couple songs, her second solo album was hardly equipped with hit after hit.

[Rocky]

It's one of her best singles. The top achievement of her talk-singing style.

[Deleted]

Love that song
but Early Winter is my favorite by her!

[halo19]

I thought the album was alright & I always loved this particular track.

I'm a Martin Gore fanboy so of course I enjoyed "Wonderful Life."

[someguy]

I still really like this song. I thought there were about 6 or 7 really solid tracks on The Sweet Escape, this definitely being one of them. Had this, "The Sweet Escape", "Early Winter" and "Wonderful Life" been the singles, I think the album as a whole would have done a lot better.

[Ezekiel 23:20–21]

This was one of my favorite singles and songs from that album. I was gutted that it underperformed as much as it did.

I also loved Stuart Price's remix. I wish he had used more of the vocals.

[Live Your Life]

Great song.

[Deleted]

This song is so beautiful; definitely one of my favorites from her.

[LBTrocks]

I like it. Very melodic. Catchy, yet mournful. It's a well put together song.

[Glove Slap]

I loved this from the first listen and I remember following its run here and wanting it to hit so so SO bad :( . I spun her sophomore album into the ground that year.

Today with more objectivity, I can see why it didn't take, but it's still my personal favorite of her singles.

[Khia]

I love this song. Gwen has had some amazing singles, but this is probably my favorite (and even one of my favorites of the decade). "Early Winter" isn't too far behind.

[Dreams]

This is by far my favorite by Gwen and in my top 10 from 2006 (a weak year musically for me though).

Excellent ballad.

[jen]

This was solid but I always preferred the Thin White Duke Remix

[Zeebz]

I loved this back in the day. It's still one of my absolute favorites from her and I find myself coming back to it more than most of her bigger songs. It has no burn rate, although the same can't be said for most of the rest of The Sweet Escape. It's a shame that this one didn't smash.

[Willow Rinadoobee Breakfast]

One of her best songs, and it should've been a bigger hit.

[Unhinged]

One of her best. Love it.

[Sambalada]

This is THE best song Gwen Stefani has ever released, including her work with No Doubt.

The sound of the song is just peaceful and sincere, Gwen's vocals never sound better

[Deleted]

This is arguably her most underrated single.

[Janhova's Witness]

Omg im cry 💕 Love this so much

[HamedM1 💔]

This and Early Winter truly deserved to do so much better on the charts

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

Love it.

[Dreams]

I love this song so much still.
that little instrumental outro is just 😚💘😘

[dbhmr]

Yeah, this is great. The melody is gorgeous.

[Ling-Ling]

When Gwen used her powers for good and not evil she could really make some fantastic stuff. She wrote the hell out of this one too. The verses lead to a great pre-chorus, then to an even better pre-chorus and then to a very good hook.

[Marooned@Midnight]

This song is magic…and I had forgotten all about it! One of her best.