On March 7 , 2012 , Fun 's single " We Are Young " reached the No . 1 spot on the '' Billboard '' Hot 100 chart . This makes Fun the first multi-member rock band to have a No . 1 '' Billboard '' debut on the Hot 100 since Nickelback 's " How You Remind Me " . On April 11 , 2012 , Billboard.com announced that Fun 's " We Are Young " also made Digital Sales history . As the song was at the No . 1 spot on the '' Billboard '' Hot 100 for a sixth consecutive week , it has become the first , and at this time only , song that has ever gained 300,000 downloads for seven weeks straight . The music video for the album 's third single , " Carry On " , was released in October 2012 and was the third song from '' Some Nights '' to enter the '' Billboard '' Hot 100 . The group performed " Some Nights " and " Carry On " on '' Saturday Night Live '' on November 3 , and then performed " We Are Young " on the 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards on November 11
2012 MTV Europe Music Awards
2012 MTV Europe Music Awards
Fun (band)