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Midnight Memories is the upcoming third studio album by British-Irish boy band, One Direction, due to be released on November 25, 2013, via Columbia Records, Syco Music and Sony Music Entertainment. It was leaked on November 18, 2013 much to the delight of fans. The album was described by the band as edgier, and as having a "slightly rockier tone" than their previous efforts. "Midnight Memories" has became the fastest selling pre-order album release in Amazon's fifteen-year history, breaking the record set by their previous release, "Take Me Home". The album was preceded by the release of the singles "Best Song Ever", "Story of My Life".[1]

Composition

The band began working on their third studio album whilst embarking on their second national tour, the Take Me Home Tour. The album was announced simultaneously with the news of the band's third world tour, the Where We Are Tour, which subsequently lead to fans believing the title of the album to be Where We Are.[2] Louis Tomlinson announced that the album would have a more "rockier" sound to it than the band's previous releases. The official title of the album was revealed on September 6, 2013, after Zayn Malik tweeted a short video with Harry Styles writing out the word "Mid" out of a pile of alphabet letters on the floor.[3] Later, at 4pm that day, a full video was posted on Instagram, with Styles spelling out the whole name of the album, Midnight Memories.

The album's tracklisting was supposedly leaked on July 2, 2013, revealing a vocal collaboration with frequent collaborator Ed Sheeran, who previously wrote "Little Things" and "Moments", on the song "All I Have for You". However, it was later confirmed by the band that they had not recorded a collaboration with Sheeran. Aside from the premiere of "Best Song Ever", two other songs rumoured to appear on the album leaked in full online. "Just Can't Let Her Go" and "Diana", both co-written by the band, leaked online within days of one another. Although "Diana" appears on the final tracklisting, "Just Can't Let Her Go" does not. Other tracks recorded for the album which did not make the final cut, confirmed by ASCAP, include "Blame it All on You" and "Whatever She Wants".[4]

The artwork was released early exclusively by The Sun via a tweet from their Twitter account, and was confirmed to the official artwork the following morning by the official One Direction Twitter account in another tweet. The early access was only available to those people who had a membership with the online version of the newspaper. On October 11, the band revealed the final track listing for the album via a "#MidnightMemoriesTrackQuiz" on Twitter. The quiz revealed the names of the tracks with a mixture of hints and filling in the gap style questions. The deluxe edition tracklist was revealed through the release of the deluxe edition on iTunes.[5]

Singles

"Best Song Ever" was released on July 22, 2013 as the official lead single from the album. The track peaked at #2 on the UK Singles Chart. It's music video beat the Vevo record for most viewers within 24 hours on Youtube, clocking in at 12.3 million views, beating the previous record set by Miley Cyrus for "We Can't Stop", which held 10.7 million views in 24 hours.[6] "Story of My Life" was released on October 28, 2013 as the second single from the album.[7] The track premiered on October 25, 2013, playing at 16:00 GST on radio stations across the world.[8] The track peaked at #4 on the UK Singles Chart, despite holding the #1 position on the midweek chart, and continued to lead until Saturday of that week. The video was released on November 3, 2013 at 12:00 EST.

Other Songs

"One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)" was released on February 17, 2013 as the official Comic Relief single for the year, peaking at #1 on the UK Singles Chart and achieving success around the world. Despite this, it becomes the first One Direction not to appear on an album in the band's home country, only appearing on the Japanese edition of the album.

Track listing

The tracklisting was announced via the band's Twitter account on October 11, 2013.[9] Where the bonus tracks appear as additional tracks in international territories, the British release finds them on a separate four-track bonus disc.[10] The Japanese version of the album includes "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)" unlike any other release of the album, as well as two further bonus tracks.[11] An exclusive review of the album posted by the Sun on 17 November listed writing credits of many of the tracks.[12]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Best Song Ever"
Bunetta3:22
2."Story of My Life"
  • Ryan
  • Bunetta
4:05
3."Diana"
 2:55
4."Midnight Memories"Scott[13] 2:50
5."You and I"Scott[13] 3:10
6."Don't Forget Where You Belong"
Danny Jones3:01
7."Strong"
 2:52
8."Happily"
 2:36
9."Right Now"
 3:32
10."Little Black Dress"
  • Tomlinson
  • Payne
 3:45
11."Through the Dark"Scott[13] 2:59
12."Something Great"
Lee3:15
13."Little White Lies"  3:22
14."Better Than Words"Jamie Scott[13] 3:07
Deluxe edition bonus tracks[15]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Why Don't We Go There"
2:57
16."Does He Know?" 3:09
17."Alive" 3:32
18."Half A Heart"
3:12
Japanese edition bonus tracks[16]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
19."One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)"
Julian Bunetta2:37
20."Little Things" (Live version from the Motion Picture This is Us)
Jake Gosling4:12
21."Best Song Ever" (Kat Krazy Remix)
  • Hector
  • Ryan
  • Bunetta
  • Drewett
  • Bunetta
  • Kat Krazy*
3:58

Release history

Country Date Format(s) Edition(s)
Australia[17] 25 November 2013
  • Standard
  • Deluxe
Canada[18]
France[19]
Germany[20]
Italy[21]
United Kingdom[22]
United States[23]
Spain[24] 26 November 2013
Poland[25] 26 November 2013

References

  1. ^ Percival, Ashley (17 October 2013). "One Direction Big Announcement: 'Where We Are' Stadium Tour Confirmed For 2014". The Huffington Post UK.
  2. ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/one-direction-announce-release-date-for-new-album-midnight-memories-20130906
  3. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/23994880
  4. ^ https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx
  5. ^ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/midnight-memories-deluxe/id695318295
  6. ^ Bergman, Jeremy. "One Direction's 'Best Song Ever' Breaks One-Day Vevo Record". Billboard. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  7. ^ "Twitter / zaynmalik: Story of My Life is out on". Twitter. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
  8. ^ "Twitter / onedirection: Happy Friday! Today is a good". Twitter. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
  9. ^ "One Direction 'Midnight Memories' Cover Art, Tracklist Revealed [PHOTO]: Zayn, Harry, Niall, Louis and Liam Announce Twitter 'Track Quiz' Contest for Fans". Mstarz. 11 October 2013.
  10. ^ Lipshutz, Jason (11 October 2013). "One Direction Unveils 'Midnight Memories' Artwork, Track List". Billboard.
  11. ^ https://twitter.com/Savan_Kotecha/status/398295434126323712
  12. ^ a b c "m1dnight treat world excusive review of album". the Sun. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
  13. ^ a b c d e f "Twitter / JamieScottG6: So everyone can stop guessing...I". Twitter. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
  14. ^ "McFly name the song they have written for new One Direction album". Pressparty. 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
  15. ^ "iTunes – Music – Midnight Memories (Deluxe) by One Direction". Apple Inc. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
  16. ^ http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/tracks/B00FH1FQJ2/ref=dp_tracks_all_1#disc_1
  17. ^ Buy Midnight Memories (BONUS A2 POSTER) One Direction, Pop, CD | Sanity
  18. ^ Midnight Memories (Deluxe Case Book Version): One Direction: Amazon.ca: Music
  19. ^ Midnight Memories' - Edition Deluxe: One Direction: Amazon.fr: Musique
  20. ^ Midnight Memories (German Deluxe Edition): Amazon.de: Musik
  21. ^ Midnight Memories: One Direction: Amazon.it: Musica
  22. ^ Midnight Memories: Amazon.co.uk: Music
  23. ^ Amazon.com: Midnight Memories (Deluxe Version): Music
  24. ^ Midnight Memories: One Direction: Amazon.es: Música
  25. ^ http://www.empik.com/midnight-memories-one-direction,p1081883438,muzyka-p:Muzyka
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