The Nights Explained

The Nights
Cover:Avicii Nights Artwork.png
Type:single
Artist:Avicii
Ep:The Days / Nights EP
Recorded:2014
Length:2:56
Prev Title:Divine Sorrow
Prev Year:2014
Next Title:Waiting for Love
Next Year:2015

"The Nights" is a song by Swedish DJ and record producer Avicii, featuring uncredited vocals from singer/songwriter Nicholas Furlong. On 1 December 2014, it was released as a digital download by PRMD Music and Universal Island on Avicii's The Days / Nights EP, then on 11 January 2015 in the United Kingdom.[1] The song peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart and number one on the UK Dance Chart. On 23 January 2015, Avicii released "The Nights (Avicii by Avicii)", his own remix of the song.[2] The song appears on the UK version of Avicii's second studio album Stories (2015).

Background

Furlong noted that he began writing the song as an ode to his father. The inspiration for the "pirate-y fight song" sound came to him while at a bar in Ireland. Furlong sent the original idea, titled "My Father Told Me", to Arash Pournouri, Avicii's manager. Pournouri recognised an immediate draw to the track, saying that the song had that same sense of euphoria which characterises so much of Avicii's music. In an interview with Yahoo! Music, Pournouri said: "It made absolute sense to work on it with Nick...[Avicii and I just needed] to make it more 'us' and that's what [we] did."

Music video

On December 15, 2014, the official music video for "The Nights" was released on YouTube. The video was produced, directed by, and stars "professional life liver" Rory Kramer, who filmed an exuberant recollection of his own life on roller coasters, surfing, snowboarding, skateboarding, balloon flying, as well as making a four-door convertible out of a Toyota.[3] [4]

Credits and personnel

Recording

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2014–2024)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Lebanon (Lebanese Top 20)[5] 18
Slovenia (SloTop50)[6] 10
Chart (2021–2022)! scope="col"
Peak
position
South Korea (Circle)[7] 164

Year-end charts

Chart (2015)! scope="col"
Position
Australia (ARIA)[8] 45
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[9] 49
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[10] 59
Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[11] 96
CIS (Tophit)[12] 39
France (SNEP)[13] 162
Germany (Official German Charts)[14] 81
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[15] 33
Hungary (Single Top 40)[16] 70
Italy (FIMI)[17] 59
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[18] 61
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[19] 41
Poland (ZPAV)[20] 45
Russia Airplay (Tophit)[21] 42
Slovenia (SloTop50)[22] 24
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[23] 56
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[24] 31
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[25] 61
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[26] 30
Ukraine Airplay (Tophit)[27] 67
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[28] 21
Chart (2021)! scope="col"
Position
Portugal (AFP)[29] 150
Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Position
Global Excl. US (Billboard)[30] 147

Notes and References

  1. Web site: iTunes - Music - The Nights - Single by Avicii. iTunes. 11 January 2015 .
  2. Web site: Avicii Remixes Avicii's Latest Single - Your EDM. Your EDM Staff. Your EDM. January 2015 .
  3. Web site: Avicii - The Nights (Official Video). 15 December 2014 . . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/UtF6Jej8yb4 . 2021-12-21 . live. 2015-01-01.
  4. Web site: See It First: Avicii's Euphoric New Video, 'The Nights'. 15 December 2014 . 2015-01-01.
  5. Web site: The Official Lebanese Top 20 - Avicii. The Official Lebanese Top 20. 2015-04-15.
  6. Web site: SloTop50 Slovenian official singles weekly charts. Slovenian. 5 February 2018. 5 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180105180508/http://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2015&week=12. dead.
  7. Web site: Circle Digital Chart – Week 31 of 2022. Circle Chart. ko. August 11, 2022.
  8. Web site: ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2015. Australian Recording Industry Association. 6 January 2016.
  9. Web site: Jahreshitparade Singles 2015. austriancharts.at. 3 January 2020.
  10. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 2015. Ultratop. 6 October 2019.
  11. Web site: Rapports Annuels 2015. Ultratop. 6 October 2019.
  12. Web site: CIS Year-End Radio Hits (2015). . 12 August 2019.
  13. Web site: Top de l'année Top Singles 2015. SNEP. fr. 9 July 2020.
  14. Web site: Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts. German . . offiziellecharts.de . 6 January 2016.
  15. Web site: Dance Top 100 - 2015. 6 October 2019. Mahasz.
  16. Web site: Single Top 100 - eladási darabszám alapján - 2015. 22 November 2019. Mahasz.
  17. Web site: Classifiche "Top of the Music" 2015 FIMI-GfK: La musica italiana in vetta negli album e nei singoli digitali. Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Italian. January 13, 2016. April 23, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160423075020/http://www.fimi.it/news/classifiche-top-of-the-music-2015-fimi-gfk-la-musica-italiana-in-vetta-negli-album-e-nei-singoli-digitali. dead.
  18. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Single 2015. MegaCharts. Dutch. 6 October 2019.
  19. Web site: Top Selling Singles of 2015. Recorded Music NZ. 2015-12-25.
  20. Web site: Airplay – podsumowanie 2015 roku. Polish. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. December 30, 2015.
  21. Web site: Russian Top Year-End Radio Hits (2015). . 12 August 2019.
  22. Web site: SloTop50: Slovenian official year end singles chart. slotop50.si. 18 July 2015. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303131109/http://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Letne-lestvice/?year=2015. dead.
  23. Web site: Top 100 Songs Annual 2015. Productores de Música de España. es. 9 May 2022.
  24. Web site: Årslista Singlar – År 2015. Sverigetopplistan. Swedish. 6 October 2019.
  25. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2015 – hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. 6 October 2019.
  26. Web site: The Official Top 40 Biggest Songs of 2015 revealed. . 4 January 2016.
  27. Web site: Ukrainian Top Year-End Radio Hits (2015). . 12 August 2019.
  28. Hot Dance/Electronic Songs – Year-End 2015. Billboard. 21 August 2019.
  29. Web site: Top 1000 Singles + EPs Digitais: Semanas 01 a 52 de 2021 . pt. Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. 12 May 2022.
  30. Billboard Global Excl. U.S. – Year-End 2022. Billboard. 3 December 2022.

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