One Direction is an English-Irish pop-band.The Band is composed of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson.From the forming of the band in 2010 to 2015 Zayn Malik was also one of the members of the band.They were proclaimed 2012's "Top New Artist" by Billboard. The band's Where We Are Tour in support of Midnight Memories and Four, was the highest-grossing concert tour in 2014, and the highest-grossing tour ever by a vocal group, generating $282 million. In 2014, Billboard named One Direction Artist of the Year.Lets see top 10 songs of the band :
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Written By :Rami Yacoub,Carl Falk,Savan Kotecha
The song is from the album "Take Me Home".In an interview one of lyricists Kotecha stated"The whole idea is that you have that nostalgic night out, so people who are older can listen to it too. None of us are naive enough not to know what kids do. It’s important not to patronise the youth of today, we’re not gonna be writing about ‘oh let’s just hold hands for a while’ you know? They need their music to connect. A lot of songs are about sex and you have to be realistic about it."about the song.Its an upbeat bubblegum pop song.
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Written By :Rami Yacoub,Carl Falk,Savan Kotecha
"What Makes You Beautiful" is a power pop song.It entered the UK Singles Chart at number 1 on 18 September 2011.The music video for "What Makes You Beautiful" was directed by John Urbano.One Direction performed "What Makes You Beautiful" for the first time on Red or Black? on 10 September 2011.The song was mixed by Serban Ghehena. The music video has received more than 840 million Vevo and YouTube views.
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Written by:Wayne Hector, John Ryan, Ed Drewett, Julian Bunetta
It was released on 22 March 2013 by Syco and as the lead single from the group's third studio album, Midnight Memories.The song debuted and peaked at number two on both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100.The video broke the Vevo 24-hour record with 12.3 million views.The group performed the song live for the first time on 30 July 2013 at the SAP center in San Jose, California during their Take Me Home Tour concert.
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Written by:Savan Kotecha, Carl Falk and Rami Yacoub,
"One Thing" is a song from One Direction's debut studio album, Up All Night (2011)."One Thing" garnered mostly positive reviews from music critics, who generally commended the track's catchiness. the upbeat pop rock number was written as two different songs. As both tracks had elusive attributes, the trio decided to merge the two into one song.One Direction performed "One Thing" live for the first time at Capital FM's Jingle Bell Ball on 4 December 2011, at the The O2 Arena.On 21 September 2012, "One Thing" was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.As of November 2013, the song had sold 1,486,000 copies in the US.
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Written By:Julian Bunetta Jamie Scott John Ryan Louis Tomlinson Liam Payne Niall Horan Harry Styles Zayn Malik
It was released on 6 November 2013 by Syco Music and Columbia Records as the second single from the group's third studio album, Midnight Memories (2013)."Story of My Life" is an acoustic folktronica song with neofolk elements.The song is written and recorded in E-flat major. According to musicnotes.com, the song runs at 120 beats per minute.On 31 October 2013, the song debuted at number one on the Irish Singles Chart, becoming One Direction's fourth number-one single in Ireland.It has sold 2.8 million digital copies in the U.S. as of June 2016.
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Written By:Fiona Bevan and Ed Sheeran
"Little Things" is a song from their second studio album, Take Me Home (2012)."Little Things" is a mid-tempo pop and folk ballad about the insistence that flaws are what make a person unique. The single was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on 9 May 2013, denoting shipments of 1,000,000 copies.The track debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 18 November 2012, becoming One Direction's second number-one hit in the United Kingdom. A reviewer of The Huffington Post favoured "the low-key, laid-back" approach to the video and concluded that the "intimate feel of the video perfectly accompanies the songs' sweet lyrics".
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written By: Louis Tomlinson ,Wayne Hector, John Ryan, Ed Drewett and Julian Bunetta
"Steal My Girl" is the lead single from their fourth studio album Four (2014)."Steal My Girl" ranked number three on the UK Singles Chart.The song's co-writer Louis Tomlinson stated the song is a "feel good song and it’s not too far away from the last album (Midnight Memories)."
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Written By:Julian Bunetta Jamie Scott John Ryan
"Drag Me Down" is a song from their fifth studio album, Made in the A.M."Drag Me Down" is marked as One Direction's first single since Zayn Malik's departure in March 2015.One Direction gave their first performance of the song on their On the Road Again Tour in Indianapolis on 31 July 2015.The band also performed the song on several television programmes including The Ellen DeGeneres Show,[17] The Jonathan Ross Show[18] and Alan Carr: Chatty Man. It broke the record on Spotify for most streamed track in one day, earning 4.75 million global streams.The song also debuted at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, the second-highest debut of the year.
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Written By:Rami Yacoub Shellback Carl Falk Savan Kotecha Kristian Lundin Albin Nedler Kristoffer Fogelmark
"Kiss You" is a song for their second studio album, Take Me Home. The music video received 10.4 million views in a 24-hour period and positive commentary from reviewers, who appreciated its carefree, jubilant nature."Kiss You" had sold 207,000 digital downloads in the US by 18 January 2013.The accompanying music video, directed by Vaughan Arnell, who had previously directed One Direction's music videos for "Live While We're Young" and "Little Things", was designed to showcase the group's comedic timing.As part of its promotion, One Direction performed the song on televised programmes and during their worldwide Take Me Home Tour.
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Written By:Harry Styles Louis Tomlinson Jesse Shatkin Jacob Kasher John Ryan Maureen Anne McDonald Julian Bunetta
The song "Perfect" is the second single from their fifth studio album Made in the A.M. "Perfect" debuted at number two. In the United States, the song became the band's second consecutive top-10 hit from their Made in the A.M. album and sixth overall when "Perfect" debuted at number 10 on the Billboard issue dated 7 November 2015, after "Drag Me Down" debuted at number three.The group performed "Perfect" for the first time at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland on 16 October 2015.In November 2015, the band performed the song in front of Prince Harry at the Royal Variety Performance and Ed Power from The Telegraph listed the performance as "the fifth standout moment of the night."
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1.Live While We're Young:
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Written By :Rami Yacoub,Carl Falk,Savan Kotecha
The song is from the album "Take Me Home".In an interview one of lyricists Kotecha stated"The whole idea is that you have that nostalgic night out, so people who are older can listen to it too. None of us are naive enough not to know what kids do. It’s important not to patronise the youth of today, we’re not gonna be writing about ‘oh let’s just hold hands for a while’ you know? They need their music to connect. A lot of songs are about sex and you have to be realistic about it."about the song.Its an upbeat bubblegum pop song.
2.What Makes You Beautiful:
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Written By :Rami Yacoub,Carl Falk,Savan Kotecha
"What Makes You Beautiful" is a power pop song.It entered the UK Singles Chart at number 1 on 18 September 2011.The music video for "What Makes You Beautiful" was directed by John Urbano.One Direction performed "What Makes You Beautiful" for the first time on Red or Black? on 10 September 2011.The song was mixed by Serban Ghehena. The music video has received more than 840 million Vevo and YouTube views.
3.Best Song Ever:
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Written by:Wayne Hector, John Ryan, Ed Drewett, Julian Bunetta
It was released on 22 March 2013 by Syco and as the lead single from the group's third studio album, Midnight Memories.The song debuted and peaked at number two on both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100.The video broke the Vevo 24-hour record with 12.3 million views.The group performed the song live for the first time on 30 July 2013 at the SAP center in San Jose, California during their Take Me Home Tour concert.
4.One Thing:
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Written by:Savan Kotecha, Carl Falk and Rami Yacoub,
"One Thing" is a song from One Direction's debut studio album, Up All Night (2011)."One Thing" garnered mostly positive reviews from music critics, who generally commended the track's catchiness. the upbeat pop rock number was written as two different songs. As both tracks had elusive attributes, the trio decided to merge the two into one song.One Direction performed "One Thing" live for the first time at Capital FM's Jingle Bell Ball on 4 December 2011, at the The O2 Arena.On 21 September 2012, "One Thing" was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.As of November 2013, the song had sold 1,486,000 copies in the US.
5.Story Of My Life:
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Written By:Julian Bunetta Jamie Scott John Ryan Louis Tomlinson Liam Payne Niall Horan Harry Styles Zayn Malik
It was released on 6 November 2013 by Syco Music and Columbia Records as the second single from the group's third studio album, Midnight Memories (2013)."Story of My Life" is an acoustic folktronica song with neofolk elements.The song is written and recorded in E-flat major. According to musicnotes.com, the song runs at 120 beats per minute.On 31 October 2013, the song debuted at number one on the Irish Singles Chart, becoming One Direction's fourth number-one single in Ireland.It has sold 2.8 million digital copies in the U.S. as of June 2016.
6.Little Things:
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Written By:Fiona Bevan and Ed Sheeran
"Little Things" is a song from their second studio album, Take Me Home (2012)."Little Things" is a mid-tempo pop and folk ballad about the insistence that flaws are what make a person unique. The single was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on 9 May 2013, denoting shipments of 1,000,000 copies.The track debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 18 November 2012, becoming One Direction's second number-one hit in the United Kingdom. A reviewer of The Huffington Post favoured "the low-key, laid-back" approach to the video and concluded that the "intimate feel of the video perfectly accompanies the songs' sweet lyrics".
7.Steal My Girl:
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written By: Louis Tomlinson ,Wayne Hector, John Ryan, Ed Drewett and Julian Bunetta
"Steal My Girl" is the lead single from their fourth studio album Four (2014)."Steal My Girl" ranked number three on the UK Singles Chart.The song's co-writer Louis Tomlinson stated the song is a "feel good song and it’s not too far away from the last album (Midnight Memories)."
8.Drag Me Down:
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Written By:Julian Bunetta Jamie Scott John Ryan
"Drag Me Down" is a song from their fifth studio album, Made in the A.M."Drag Me Down" is marked as One Direction's first single since Zayn Malik's departure in March 2015.One Direction gave their first performance of the song on their On the Road Again Tour in Indianapolis on 31 July 2015.The band also performed the song on several television programmes including The Ellen DeGeneres Show,[17] The Jonathan Ross Show[18] and Alan Carr: Chatty Man. It broke the record on Spotify for most streamed track in one day, earning 4.75 million global streams.The song also debuted at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, the second-highest debut of the year.
9.Kiss you:
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Written By:Rami Yacoub Shellback Carl Falk Savan Kotecha Kristian Lundin Albin Nedler Kristoffer Fogelmark
"Kiss You" is a song for their second studio album, Take Me Home. The music video received 10.4 million views in a 24-hour period and positive commentary from reviewers, who appreciated its carefree, jubilant nature."Kiss You" had sold 207,000 digital downloads in the US by 18 January 2013.The accompanying music video, directed by Vaughan Arnell, who had previously directed One Direction's music videos for "Live While We're Young" and "Little Things", was designed to showcase the group's comedic timing.As part of its promotion, One Direction performed the song on televised programmes and during their worldwide Take Me Home Tour.
10.Perfect:
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Written By:Harry Styles Louis Tomlinson Jesse Shatkin Jacob Kasher John Ryan Maureen Anne McDonald Julian Bunetta
The song "Perfect" is the second single from their fifth studio album Made in the A.M. "Perfect" debuted at number two. In the United States, the song became the band's second consecutive top-10 hit from their Made in the A.M. album and sixth overall when "Perfect" debuted at number 10 on the Billboard issue dated 7 November 2015, after "Drag Me Down" debuted at number three.The group performed "Perfect" for the first time at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland on 16 October 2015.In November 2015, the band performed the song in front of Prince Harry at the Royal Variety Performance and Ed Power from The Telegraph listed the performance as "the fifth standout moment of the night."
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