Fun. | Some Nights (Single)

by **rp662** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:04 pm

Billboard:

What's Next for Fun.? Next Single Has Paul Simon Roots

With "We Are Young," the first single from its sophomore album holding the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for a fifth week, fun. hopes to keep the momentum going with its successor, the title track from the "Some Nights" album.

Frontman Nate Ruess tells Billboard that it was a case where the title actually came before the song. "I think we were somewhere in Scotland, touring, and I told the guys, 'Hey, check it out. I want to call the album 'Some Nights,'" Ruess recalls. "I had no idea where that came from, but they were like, 'That is a fantastic name for an album!' So I had to start figuring out what that meant for me and write a song about it."

Ruess says he settled into a lyrical idea about "just being someone different on any given night," while he drew on a variety of sources for the musical end of the song. "I was thinking about 'Graceland,' the Paul Simon album, for some reason. I had the chorus for the song and I didn't know what I was going to do with the verse, and I remember writing down, 'This will be the best song you've ever written' and was like, 'Alright. I guess I kind of have to challenge myself...' As soon as I felt it was an entire song I showed it to the guys and they were just like, 'We got it, let's go,' which was really exciting. That was the case for the entire album, too; I never had to explain myself. But ('Some Nights') was the first song that really happened for, and it kind of showed me that we were moving as one for the whole album."

Ruess knows "Some Nights" has a formidable task following up the Janelle Monae-featuring "We Are Young," however. Clearly "stoked" by the single's success and the band's raised profile because of it, he's quick to give props to fun.'s new association with Fueled By Ramen for breaking the song in a big way.

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by **Supernatural** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:02 pm

YES !!!

by **Noahh** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 12:02 am

Woo!! Can't wait to hear this. It better be damn good, since We Are Young is brilliant!

by **jonasmileynlt** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 3:27 am

Noahh wrote:Woo!! Can't wait to hear this. It better be damn good, since We Are Young is brilliant!

The song is already out

by **pcdm3** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 4:13 am

jonasmileynlt wrote:
Noahh wrote:Woo!! Can't wait to hear this. It better be damn good, since We Are Young is brilliant!
The song is already out

And it sucks..

by **Blondini** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 7:42 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXaytzyHSrc

"Clean" version (there's a f word in it)

Sounds like Hall and Oates jamming with Ben Folds. OK but i think they're one-hit wonders on this basis.

by **NothingFails** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:28 pm

I like the chorus to it... for some reason the chorus sounds like early country Olivia Newton-John

by **Titan3510** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:51 am

It's aight.

Nothing special IMO

Website · by **LonelyDreamer** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:01 pm

Not as good as 'We Are Young', but I like it!

It sounds like a Disney song... 8-)

Makes me think of Timon and Pumbaa. :lol:

by **JimJim** » Sun May 06, 2012 4:51 am

This is really underwhelming, a fairly poor follow-up :-?

by **Loki0012** » Sun May 06, 2012 9:13 am

It is shit! literally

by **Noahh** » Sun May 06, 2012 11:24 pm

In love with this lately!

I guess I'm the only one who really likes this?!

by **rp662** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:33 pm

30 second music video PREVIEW.

The video is set to premiere June 4th on MTV.

by **CrazyCrazy** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:36 pm

Right I read about Paul Simon who is amazing in the description thingy, will have to listen now!

by **LAHouK** » Thu May 31, 2012 2:13 am

I love how the song begins and how it starts building up but I don't like the last minute of it, it just slows down.

by **Blondini** » Thu May 31, 2012 5:23 pm

Preview only works in US.

by **Loki0012** » Thu May 31, 2012 8:41 pm

LAHouK wrote:I love how the song begins and how it starts building up but I don't like the last minute of it, it just slows down.

at the auto - tune part, who are they trying to be T-PAIN? :lol:

by **Benjamin** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:01 pm

This song is very Mika. I can also hear a bit of Queen in it.
Not as good as 'We Are Young', but still a nice track.

by **JSparksFan** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:08 pm

I actually like this. It's not as bombastic as "We Are Young" but it's still a fine tune.

by **Merci** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:07 pm

Video!

the video is really good! it made the song seems more energetic to me! and I loved the civil war concept

by **Brad** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:10 am

Loved this song for a while now.

by **toni_pest** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:13 am

This is pretty good, similair to WAY though.

by **NoAngel** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:23 am

toni_pest wrote:This is pretty good, similair to WAY though.

Too similar, so I don't find it interesting...

by **Merci** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:33 am

I don't hear the similarities, this is more 'aggressive'

by **topopMAC1** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 11:29 pm

Up from #46 to #13 this week in Australia.