"We Own the Night" is a song by British-Irish

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The Wanted The Wanted are a British-Irish boy band consisting of group members Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness and Nathan Sykes and, until his death in 2022, Tom Parker (singer), Tom Parker. The group was formed in 2009 and signed a worldw ...

, released as the fourth single from their third studio album, ''

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'' (2013). The single was released on 11 August 2013, with an impact date of 1 September 2013. The song was written and produced by Nasri and

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of The Messengers along with

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Music video

The music video directed by Frank Borin premiered on 11 August 2013, at a total length of three minutes and thirty-seven seconds. It features The Wanted in a pub, dancing with their friends and drinking alcohol.

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is seen sitting at the piano, Tom Parker is seen playing the acoustic guitar,

Max George Maximillian Albert George (born 6 September 1988) is an English singer, best known as the lead singer of the boy band The Wanted. George started his career as a footballer, playing for Preston North End. After an injury ended his football ca ...

is seen socialising with a group of girls, and

Jay McGuiness James "Jay" McGuiness (born 24 July 1990) is a British singer, songwriter and actor best known as a vocalist with boy band The Wanted. In 2015, partnered with Aliona Vilani, he won the 13th series of BBC's ''Strictly Come Dancing''. In recent ...

and

Siva Kaneswaran Siva Michael Kaneswaran ( ta, சிவ மைக்கல் கணேசுவரன்) (born 16 November 1988) is an Irish singer best known for being a member of the boy band The Wanted. Early life Kaneswaran grew up in Corduff Blanchar ...

are at the bar, talking to the barmaid and dancing. The video has since gathered over 48 million views on

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Track listing

* Digital download # "We Own the Night" (Main) – 3:25 * "We Own the Night" – the RemixesBeatport: DJ & Dance Music, Tracks & Mixes
/ref> # "We Own the Night" (Chainsmokers Extended) – 4:20 # "We Own the Night" (Chainsmokers Instrumental) – 4:19 # "We Own the Night" (Dannic Extended) – 5:09 # "We Own the Night" (Dannic Radio Edit) – 2:58 # "We Own the Night" (Dannic Instrumental) – 5:09 # "We Own the Night" (Ivan Gomez Extended Mix) – 6:51 # "We Own the Night" (Ivan Gomez Radio Edit) – 3:37 # "We Own the Night" (Ivan Gomes Instrumental) – 6:53

Chart performance

"We Own the Night" debuted at number ten on the

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, becoming the band's ninth top ten single and their fourth consecutive from ''

''. At ''

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'' on 6 September 2013, it was performed by all five members of the group and it became

's first song to chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the

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since their song " I Found You" back in December 2012 and January 2013, peaking at 94 and 51, making it their fourth and sixth entry into the Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian Hot 100 respectively. It also peaked at number 40 in Australia and number 13 in the Republic of Ireland.

Charts

References

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