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A night out that begins with apologies and ends with the promise of being carried home. Nate Ruess sets the scene in a crowded bar, friends getting high in the bathroom, a lover waiting across the room, the weight of a past mistake hanging between them. The song describes a wild night out and the necessity for good friends to be there at your worst and completely drunk, the chorus a defiant rallying cry built on youth and the recklessness it permits.
Janelle Monáe appears in the bridge, her voice threading through the repeated plea to be carried home, the arrangement swelling around her. The production balances the grandiosity of the hook with the intimacy of the verses, Ruess moving from confession to proclamation without losing the thread of vulnerability that runs through the lyric.
Released as the lead single from 'Some Nights', the track spent six weeks at number one on the Hot 100 from mid-March to late April 2012, propelling the band to mainstream success. The song became their breakthrough, the kind of chart performance that redefines a career in real time.
"We Are Young" is a track by fun., from the album Some Nights, released 20th September 2011. Full lyrics are available below.
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