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Some Nights (song)
"Some Nights" is a song by American indie rock band Fun. It was released on June 4, 2012, as the second single and the title track from their second studio album of the same name. The song was written by Jeff Bhasker, Nate Ruess, Andrew Dost, and Jack Antonoff. Musically "Some Nights" is an indie pop song with elements of power pop and afrobeat while the lyrics depict the protagonist having an existential crisis.
In the United States, "Some Nights" was a sleeper hit, spending approximately seven months on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 before reaching a peak of number three for six non-consecutive weeks beginning the week of September 29, 2012. The song became Fun's second single to enter the chart's top ten, as well as their second song to be certified platinum in the US, after their previous single, "We Are Young". "Some Nights" was also successful in countries around the world.
==Composition and lyrical interpretation==
Musically, "Some Nights" is an indie pop song with strong, festive elements of power pop and afrobeat and influences from folk rock. It is written in the key of C major at a tempo of 108 beats per minute. A line in their lyrics, "this is it boys, this is war", recalls the English version of Nena's 1983 hit "99 Luftballons". Lyrically, the song expresses the existential angst of a young protagonist who is a long way from home.〔(A Band Called Fun., With a Period ) - New York Times (Released March 10, 2012. Accessed January 5, 2013)〕 Lead singer Nate Ruess explained to Mesfin Fekadu of the ''Associated Press'': "I'm always thinking about, 'Who am I and why did I do something like that?' And I think then it harkens back to my family, and I have such a strong tie to them and it's always therapeutic to sing about them."〔(Some Nights by Fun. ) - Songfacts (accessed January 23, 2013)〕 Ruess came up with the song and album title while on tour in Scotland; he wrote the song based on the title. Lyrically, the song is about "just being someone different on any given night."
There has been some confusion with the fans as the lyric "Some terrible nights" was mistaken for "...lies". Members of Fun. confirmed on November 18, 2012 on their Twitter and Facebook accounts that "it's NIGHTS not LIES."〔(OurNameIsFun: your weekly reminder... ) - Twitter (sent November 18, 2012)〕〔(your weekly... ) - Fun's Facebook page (posted November 18, 2012)〕 Many critics have noted significant similarities between "Some Nights" and Simon and Garfunkel's "Cecilia."〔() - FUN: Some Nights sounds like Simon and Garfunkel: Cecilia (accessed September 20, 2013)〕 Ruess commented that Simon's ''Graceland'' (1986) was an influence on the song in an interview with ''Billboard''.〔
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