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One Direction

Night Changes

Release date: 17th November 2014

From FOUR (The Ultimate Edition)
Track 7
3:47
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About This Track

A ballad from the group's 2014 album 'FOUR (The Ultimate Edition)', written by all five members alongside Jamie Scott, Julian Bunetta and John Ryan. The song adopts a second-person address, observing a young woman preparing for a night out against her mother's judgement, the red dress a small act of defiance. The verses follow her through anticipation and motion, heart racing, doubts circling, the moon breaking through her hair as she drives too fast towards something she won't forget.

The chorus shifts to a broader meditation on time and impermanence, asking whether it drives you crazy how quickly nights slip past, how dreams dissolve when you wake. But the refrain offers reassurance: even as circumstances shift, the bond between speaker and listener remains constant. The final verse returns to the opening image, the red dress now a reminder of innocence lost, the cycle of change acknowledged but not feared. Released as a single in November 2014, the track became one of the most popular on the album.

"Night Changes" is a single by One Direction, from the album FOUR (The Ultimate Edition), released 17th November 2014. The track is 3:47 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about One Direction.

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Lyrics

Night Changes

Going out tonight, changes into something red
Her mother doesn't like that kind of dress
Everything she never had, she's showing off

Driving too fast, moon is breaking through her hair
She's headin' for something that she won't forget
Having no regrets is all that she really wants

We're only getting older, baby
And I've been thinking about it lately
Does it ever drive you crazy
Just how fast the night changes?

Everything that you've ever dreamed of
Disappearing when you wake up
But there's nothing to be afraid of
Even when the night changes
It will never change me and you

Chasing her tonight, doubts are running 'round her head
He's waiting, hides behind a cigarette
Heart is beating loud and she doesn't want it to stop

Moving too fast, moon is lighting up her skin
She's falling, doesn't even know it yet
Having no regrets is all that she really wants

We're only getting older, baby
And I've been thinking about it lately
Does it ever drive you crazy
Just how fast the night changes?

Everything that you've ever dreamed of
Disappearing when you wake up
But there's nothing to be afraid of
Even when the night changes
It will never change me and you

Going out tonight, changes into something red
Her mother doesn't like that kind of dress
Reminds her of the missing piece of innocence she lost

We're only getting older, baby
And I've been thinking about it lately
Does it ever drive you crazy
Just how fast the night changes?

Everything that you've ever dreamed of
Disappearing when you wake up
But there's nothing to be afraid of
Even when the night changes
It will never change, baby
It will never change, baby
It will never change me and you

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Track details

From FOUR (The Ultimate Edition)

3:472014Single
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FOUR (The Ultimate Edition)
FOUR (The Ultimate Edition)
One Direction
17th November 2014
Track number
7
Release year
2014
  1. 2Ready to Run
    3:16
  2. 6Fool's Gold
    3:31
  3. 7Night Changes
    3:47
  4. 8No Control
    3:20

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