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"What Makes You Beautiful" premiered on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 10 August 2011,<ref name="premiere">{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/s103/the-x-factor/news/a334259/one-direction-premiere-debut-single-what-makes-you-beautiful-listen.html |title=One Direction premiere debut single 'What Makes You Beautiful': Listen |first=Ryan |last=Love |publisher=Digital Spy |date=10 August 2011 |accessdate=5 January 2012}}</ref> and was released by Syco Music in Europe, Australia and New Zealand via [[music download|digital download]] on 11 September 2011.<ref name="AUSiTunes"/> A [[CD single]] was released in the United Kingdom on 12 September,<ref name="UKCD"/> and followed in Australia and Germany on 25 November 2011 and 2 December 2011, respectively.<ref name="AUSCD"/><ref name="GERCD"/>
"What Makes You Beautiful" premiered on [[BBC Radio 1]] on 10 August 2011,<ref name="premiere">{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/s103/the-x-factor/news/a334259/one-direction-premiere-debut-single-what-makes-you-beautiful-listen.html |title=One Direction premiere debut single 'What Makes You Beautiful': Listen |first=Ryan |last=Love |publisher=Digital Spy |date=10 August 2011 |accessdate=5 January 2012}}</ref> and was released by Syco Music in Europe, Australia and New Zealand via [[music download|digital download]] on 11 September 2011.<ref name="AUSiTunes"/> A [[CD single]] was released in the United Kingdom on 12 September,<ref name="UKCD"/> and followed in Australia and Germany on 25 November 2011 and 2 December 2011, respectively.<ref name="AUSCD"/><ref name="GERCD"/>

'What Makes You Beautiful' was written about Niall Horan's girlfriend Ellie Boyers who is pregnant with his baby.


==Composition==
==Composition==

Revision as of 12:07, 11 January 2012

"What Makes You Beautiful"
Song
B-side"Na Na Na"

"What Makes You Beautiful" is the debut single by British-Irish boyband One Direction, who finished third on the seventh series of The X Factor. Written by Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk and Savan Kotecha and produced by Yacoub and Falk, the single was released by Syco Music on 11 September 2011.

"What Makes You Beautiful" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, after setting a Sony Music Entertainment pre-order record and selling 153,965 copies in its first week.[1] The single also topped the Irish and Scottish Singles Charts, and reached the top ten on the Australian and New Zealand Singles Charts and the Flemish Ultratop 50.

Background and release

After coming third in the seventh series of UK music talent show The X Factor in 2010,[2] One Direction was signed to Syco Music.[3] "What Makes You Beautiful" was written by Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk and Savan Kotecha, and was produced by Yacoub and Falk. After recording the song at Cosmos Studios and Kinglet Studios in Stockholm,[4] the band felt relieved to have a song that they were happy to release as their debut single. Band member Liam Payne called the song "perfect",[5] and Harry Styles said "When we were recording in the studio we knew instantly that we wanted this track to be our first single."[6] Styles spoke to MTV News, "I think for us we wanted to release something that wasn't cheesy but it was fun. It kind of represented us, I think it took us a while to find it but I think we found the right song." Payne added, "We always wanted [the single] to be something that people didn't expect and then when we heard it, it wasn't what we expected either so it kind of fitted perfectly."[7]

"What Makes You Beautiful" premiered on BBC Radio 1 on 10 August 2011,[6] and was released by Syco Music in Europe, Australia and New Zealand via digital download on 11 September 2011.[8] A CD single was released in the United Kingdom on 12 September,[9] and followed in Australia and Germany on 25 November 2011 and 2 December 2011, respectively.[10][11]

'What Makes You Beautiful' was written about Niall Horan's girlfriend Ellie Boyers who is pregnant with his baby.

Composition

What Makes You Beautiful
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According to the sheet music published by EMI Music Publishing, "What Makes You Beautiful" is a teen pop song set in common time with a tempo of 120 beats per minute. Written in the key of E major, it follows the chord progression E–A–B; vocal elements range from the note of B3 to G♯5.[12] The opening guitar riff has been noted as similar to that of Grease single "Summer Nights".[13] "What Makes You Beautiful" has a guitar-based chorus; Digital Spy's Robert Copsey likened it to a cross between Pink's "Raise Your Glass" and McFly's "All About You".[13] The middle eight consists of an "oh na na na" hook.[14]

Critical reception

Robert Copsey of Digital Spy gave the song four out of five stars, praising its catchy melody and summarising it as "adorable, completely innocent and bound to cause a stir amongst your mates".[13] Ailbhe Malone of NME commended the song's appeal to the teenage audience and its chord progression for being "simple enough to be played on an acoustic guitar at a house party."[14] CBBC Newsround called it "fun, upbeat and incredibly catchy."[15] Allmusic's Matthew Chisling called it "an effervescent and fresh tween love song".[16] Tanner Stransky of Entertainment Weekly awarded "What Makes You Beautiful" a B+ grade, calling the song "shallow but crushworthy" and writing that the song shows that boy bands are not dying out.[17] Student's Jack Murray rated "What Makes You Beautiful five out of five stars and called it "not only the best pop single of the year so far, but potentially of any X-Factor contestant ever". Murray lauded the songwriting and light production.[18]

Chart performance

United Kingdom and Ireland

"What Makes You Beautiful" debuted atop the Irish Singles Chart of 15 September 2011; its B-side, "Na Na Na" also entered at number twenty-seven.[19] The single topped the Irish Singles Chart for four consecutive weeks[20] The single re-entered the top ten in it's sixteenth week of release[21].and has spent seventeen weeks on top fifty chart.[22] "What Makes You Beautiful" became the fourteenth best-selling single of 2011 on the Irish Singles Chart.[23][24] In the United Kingdom, "What Makes You Beautiful" received the most pre-orders for a Sony Music Entertainment single.[25] It sold 82,000 copies in its first two days, a figure which rose to 100,000 by the third day.[26] The single entered the UK Singles Chart at number one on 18 September 2011, shifting 153,965 copies that week—the highest first-week UK sales for any song in 2011 at the time.[1] The single has spent a total of sixteen weeks in the UK Singles Chart.[27] "What Makes You Beautiful" was the twentieth best-selling single of 2011, moving 540,000 copies.[28] The single also debuted at number one on the Scottish Singles Chart.[29]

International

"What Makes You Beautiful" debuted at number fifteen on the Australian Singles Chart and has since peaked at number seven in its ninth week,[30] and has been certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for selling 140,000 copies.[31] "Na Na Na" also appeared on the Australian Singles Chart of 28 November 2011 at number eighty-four.[32] 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 has spent nine consecutive weeks in the New Zealand top ten.[33] In its fifth week of release it was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ) for 7,500 sales,[34] and in its ninth was certified platinum for 15,000 sales.[35] In the Netherlands, "What Makes You Beautiful" debuted at number seventy-six and peakes at number sixty-three in it's sixth week on the Single Top 100, and has spent a total of six non-consecutive weeks in the chart.[36] The song spent two weeks and peaked on the Swedish Sverigetopplistan: at number forty-nine on the chart dated 23 December 2010.[37] In Flanders, Belgium, the song peaked at number eight on the Ultratop 50, and has spent nine weeks on the chart.[38]

Music video

The music video for "What Makes You Beautiful" was directed by John Urbano. Filmed in on two days in July 2011,[39][40] it premiered on 19 August 2011.[41] On each of the five days preceding the video's premiere, One Direction posted a teaser trailer of the video online. 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.[42] The video opens with the band spending time on a Malibu, California beach intercut with scenes of them driving an orange campervan. During the second verse, a group of three girls joins the band at the beach; in Harry Styles' bridge solo, he intimately sings to one girl individually. During the final choruses the band and girls a shown sitting around a fire, lighting sparklers and taking photographs.[7]

Live performances

One Direction performed "What Makes You Beautiful" for the first time on Red or Black? on 10 September 2011.[43] The band performed "What Makes You Beautiful" after its B-side, "Na Na Na",[44][45] at the BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards on 9 October 2011.[46] One Direction sang "What Makes You Beautiful" to open telethon Children in Need 2011.[47] They performed a medley of "She Makes Me Wanna" and "What Makes You Beautiful" with JLS on the The X Factor's eighth series final on 10 December 2011.[48]

Track listing

  1. "What Makes You Beautiful" – 3:22
  2. "Na Na Na" – 3:05

Credits and personnel

Charts and certifications

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Australia[8] 11 September 2011 Digital download Syco Music
Belgium[53]
Czech Republic[54]
Denmark[55]
Finland[56]
France[57]
Germany[58]
Ireland[59]
Italy[60]
Netherlands[61]
New Zealand[62]
Norway[63]
Portugal[64]
Romania[65]
Spain[66]
Sweden[67]
Switzerland[68]
United Kingdom[69]
United Kingdom[9] 12 September 2011 CD single
Australia[70][10] 4 October 2011 Contemporary hit radio
25 November 2011 CD single
Germany[11] 2 December 2011

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