Nights

Nights is the ninth track from Frank Ocean's second studio album Blonde (2016). The song has two parts that differ in tone: the first half of the song is described as more "rap-heavy" and upbeat, whereas the second is more "somber and slow." It has been noted that this transition happens at precisely 30 minutes into the 60 minute album.

An earlier version of the song (dubbed "Night.s" after an alternate title was discovered in 2017) features an alternate second verse and post-chorus that are not present in the final version of the song. The leak is rumored to have come from Frank showing his song to Kendrick Lamar, who also recorded for the song (in a different leak) but his contributions were also left out on release.

Fans long speculated that Lamar had writing credits for the song (which somehow were not included in the album's liner notes), but Frank said in an Instagram comment in late 2021, "Kenny didn't write on Nights."

Credits
From the album's liner notes :


 * (C. Breaux, J. Thornalley, M. Uzowuru)
 * Production: Frank Ocean, Joe Thornalley, Michael Uzowuru and Buddy Ross
 * Arrangement: Frank Ocean, Buddy Ross, Jon Brion and Joe Thornalley
 * Guitars: Frank Ocean and Spaceman
 * Drum Programming: Michael Uzowuru and Joe Thornalley
 * Keyboards: Buddy Ross, Joe Thornalley and Jon Brion