The music video, uploaded to YouTube on August 19 , was, at one point, one of the twenty most viewed videos of all time, after garnering more than million views since its premiere.
The song is about a girl who is attractive, yet she doesn't believe it herself, and, as a result, feels insecure when complimented. Critics have questioned whether the song's lyrical content is more harmful to female self esteem than encouraging. Great dating advice.
Remember girls, low self esteem — very attractive to men. It goes deeper! You got it wrong. To prove I'm right I put it in a so-o-ng. It held on to its spot for four weeks. It was the highest first-week UK sales for any song in at the time. On the New Zealand Singles Chart, the single entered at number sixteen, then jumped to number three the following week. It peaked at number two in its fourth and fifth weeks, and spent eleven consecutive weeks in the New Zealand Singles Chart top ten.
The single debuted on the Canadian Hot at number nine, while debuting at number two on the digital songs chart with 19, downloads sold, the biggest debut for a first time charted artist since the Stereos's "Summer Girl" entered at number two in June The single has been certified gold by Music Canada MC for 40, sales.
The single debuted on the Billboard Hot at number twenty-eight, and at number twelve on the Hot Digital Songs Chart, selling , downloads in its first week. It currently peaked at number four in Hot According to Urbano, the video is about " Louis further described the premise by saying, "It's like a group of girls who are friends, but there's one in particular that's really hot, but she actually doesn't know it.
That's the whole point of the song, like she's so hot, but she doesn't realize it The video premiered in the UK on August 19, with a five day countdown leading up to it. On each of the five days preceding the video's premiere, One Direction posted a teaser trailer of the video on YouTube.
Each teaser showed footage from the video and behind the scenes, and one member of the band announcing how many days were left until the video premiere. On February 10, , E! News showed a clip of the music video, but the music video officially premiered in the United States until the next day, February 11, , on Nickelodeon. On 30 October , seven years after premiering, the video surpassed one billion views on Youtube.
It is their first and only video to achieve this. Being the band's debut single, the song has been performed on all of One Direction's tours so far. A surprisingly mature song born from a Tomlinson and Payne writing session, for their fourth album, Four inspired, I know. Yet another pounding, synth-driven track from their debut album, benefiting from some polish on the production but weakened by a bland chorus.
A moment of quiet among the more hyper tracks from Up All Night allows the boys to push themselves vocally. Apparently, this song was written while the boys were being driven around London in a black cab. The band went full-on rock with this one, and it alost works.
The harmonies are great, and the whole song has a slick, Eighties feel. Sadly dumped on an EP, when it would have slotted in nicely on Made in the AM , or could even have replaced a song. An perfectly satisfactory Eighties style power-rock number taking cues from the likes of Bruce Springsteen. A surprising touch of baroque pop with some Queen guitar references for good measure in the vein of Panic! This bonus track from Take Me Home emulates Journey in its big, euphoric chorus — perfect for driving with the top down.
This rousing track from Four was a great choice to close the standard edition of Four with. Another song where the band struggle to pull off some clumsy metaphors, albeit with some lovely vocals from Styles. Another, possibly controversial ranking. A spookily prescient song that in hindsight appears to have predicted Malik would be the first one to walk away. This Randy Newman-inspired number is cheesy and trite as hell, but you'll probably find yourself singing along to the chorus. Not a Michael Jackson cover, but a driving Eighties-inspired song that makes you want to move.
This song is literally just the titles of other songs. Zero marks for originality, full marks for cheek. Kudos for actually managing to make this list of physical flaws sound like it was written by an actual serial killer, though. Folk influences redolent of The Lumineers give this track from Midnight Memories a spirited, uplifting feel. Robbie Williams, is that you? Another one that seems to find little favour in 1D song rankings, but is a complete bop.
A similar sound crops up on his latest solo album, Heartbreak Weather. Extra points for Styles and his Willy Wonka references. Is that a influence I hear?
A defiant song that has 1D paying proper tribute to all the great boybands who came before them. Harry Styles gets top marks for sheer audacity with this blatant riff on a classic song by his ex-girlfriend, Taylor Swift. Perhaps not the most obvious choice for number one, this enormously underrated track from Take Me Home has a title that belies its disarmingly mature approach, from the lyrics to the romantic production filled with sweeping violins and tender guitars.
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