Who recorded the 2013 hit "Some Nights"?

The 2013 hit “Some Nights” was recorded by the American pop-rock band fun. The song was released as the title track of the group’s second studio album, Some Nights, which arrived in 2012.

The band’s lineup featured lead vocalist Nate Ruess, guitarist Jack Antonoff, and bassist Andrew Dost. “Some Nights” was written by the trio with producer Jeff Bhasker, whose production helped blend the group’s theatrical pop-rock sound with hip-hop-inspired beats and layered vocal arrangements.

Although the single was released in 2012, it remained a major radio hit into 2013. It followed fun.’s breakthrough single “We Are Young,” featuring Janelle Monáe, and reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. A common mix-up is confusing the song with the album title: both are called Some Nights, but the recording artist is fun., styled with a lowercase name and period.

Fun. later went on hiatus in 2015 and never released another studio album after Some Nights. The song remains one of the band’s defining recordings.