About The Night We Met

The Night We Met" is a song recorded by American band Lord Huron for their second studio album, Strange Trails (2015). Following its inclusion in the American television series 13 Reasons Why (2017), "The Night We Met" entered the record charts in several countries, including in Australia, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It also was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for combined sales and streaming figures exceeding one million units.

The song is written and produced by Ben Schneider, and mixed by Rick Parker. "The Night We Met" was recorded at Russian Recording, USA, and Whispering Pines. The song quickly got a huge amount of success after being featured in 13 Reasons Why, and it was "subsequently confirmed platinum nearly two years after it was released". The song has been streamed over 700 million times. "The Night We Met" immediately turned into the band's most well known song. The song is used in the season finale of The Originals, season 2, when Rebekah takes on a new body and parts ways with Marcel. It also appears in 13 Reasons Why episode 5 when the main character, Clay, and Hannah dance together. Refinery29 described it as "a time machine to him and Hannah at their happiest". After being featured in the series, the song garnered a band deal with Republic Records.