Lagu itu menjadi hits dan menduduki puncak tangga lagu di berbagai negara, termasuk Inggris, Amerika Serikat, dan Kanada. "Night Changes" menjadi salah satu lagu andalan dalam album keempat One Direction yang dirilis 17 November 2014 bertajuk "Four".
Lagu itu bercerita tentang perubahan yang tak terhindarkan dalam hidup. Lirik lagu "Night Changes" menyampaikan pesan tentang pentingnya menghargai setiap momen dalam hidup karena perubahan bisa terjadi kapan saja.
Video musik "Night Changes" oleh One Direction yang disutradarai oleh Ben Winston memvisualisasikan lirik lagu dengan setiap anggota One Direction digambarkan sedang menjalani kencan romantis yang berbeda-beda. Video musik tersebut telah mencapai lebih dari 853 juta kali pemutaran di kanal Youtube One Direction, sejak diunggah pada 21 November 2014, dan telah disukai lebih dari 8 juta penonton.
Lirik lagu "Night Changes" sebagai berikut:
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 heading 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 it 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 changesBut there's nothing to be afraid of
It will never change, baby
It will never change, baby
It will never change me and you