One direction songs story of my life

Story of My Life (One Circuit song)

2013 single by One Direction

"Story of My Life" is put in order song recorded by English-Irish youngster band One Direction. It was released on 28 October 2013 by Syco Music and Town Records as the second individual from the group's third discussion group album, Midnight Memories (2013).

Rendering song was written by pin members Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, point of view Louis Tomlinson, along with Statesman Bunetta, Jamie Scott and Crapper Ryan.[1][2][3][4] The lyrics speak most recent a tumultuous relationship leading be given lament and heartbreak.

Composition

"Story put My Life" is an acousticfolktronica song with indie folk elements.[1][5] It runs for four transactions and five seconds. Idolator compared the song to the shop of Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, crucial Mumford & Sons.[1][4] The sticker is written and recorded march in E-flat major.

According to musicnotes.com, the song runs at Cxx beats per minute.[6] This number cheaply was mixed by Joe Zook.

Critical reception

The song was fall over with critical acclaim. Sam Lanksy of Idolator called the melody line "surprisingly great" and noted inner parts was a "mature midpoint" amidst the group's signature "rollicking pop-rock confection[s]" and "dreary ballads".

Lanksy additionally called the song "merciful" and complimented it for make use of alternative-folk influences without "smell[ing] famine spilled beer".[4] Amy Sciarretto be beaten PopCrush gave the song 4 out of 5 stars, profession it a "contemplative, acoustic guitar-driven song" and complimenting it stand for being "more memorable" than low-born of the group's previous mechanism.

Sciarretto noted that the concert would resonate with listeners jurisdiction many different ages and showed that One Direction "isn't efficacious a boy band"; although acclaimed the song was not bring in "crazy catchy" as their antecedent songs.[1] Lauren Wheeler of TheCelebrityCafe.com gave the song 5 jump of 5 stars, noting defer the lyrics were "reflective" splendid "much deeper than some govern their bigger hits." Wheeler additional that the song showed digress One Direction "not only accept range, but also have fullgrown through their music."[7] It bash often cited as one confiscate the band's best songs.

Chart performance

On 31 October 2013, prestige song debuted at number tiptoe on the Irish Singles Rough draft, becoming One Direction's fourth number-one single in Ireland.[8] The melody also debuted at number pooled in New Zealand, becoming both their second number-one debut near single on the New Seeland Singles Chart.[9] It reached installment two in the UK, held in reserve off the top by Lily Allen's cover of "Somewhere Solitary We Know".

In Australia, rank song debuted at number tierce on the ARIA Charts discipline has since been certified Gold.[10]

In the United States, it representational at number six, giving ethics band their fourth U.S. wear yourself out ten single. It has schematic in the top 15 manner 19 weeks, seven of those in the top 10, put forward has become the band's second-highest selling single in the U.S.

after their debut single "What Makes You Beautiful" (2011). Goodness song also reached number give someone a jingle on the Adult Pop Songs chart, becoming One Direction's important number one on a U.S. airplay chart.[11] It has advertise 2.8 million digital copies bear the U.S. as of June 2016.[12]

Following Liam Payne's death interleave October 2024, the song apothegm a surge in sales contemporary streams.

The Official Charts Bevy showed "Story of My Life" place at number 21 victor the UK Midweek Singles Chart.[13] It re-entered the UK Singles Chart Top 100, on 25 October 2024, at number 9.[14]

Music video

Three days before the penalty video was uploaded, three teasers were posted, once each all right.

Band members Zayn Malik wallet Liam Payne also posted practised picture from the video, revamp Malik posting a picture shrink his sister.[15][16]

The set for influence “Story of My Life” sonata video took five days philosopher build. The director of rank music video Ben Winston highest his crew hung up nifty combination of 6000 to 7000 pictures that show an turning of each of the affiliates of One Direction over high-mindedness years.

This music video allows the Directioners (i.e., fans) exceed dive a little bit under into the lives of depiction members. The fans are secondhand to seeing them in honourableness public eye. “Story of Empty Life” allows them to compare with each of the comrades on a more personal be proof against intimate level by looking lapse at their childhood memories.[17]

The gramophone record was directed by Ben Winston, who also directed the recording for their previous single "Best Song Ever".

The video was accidentally published and leaked unhelpful Vevo two days earlier in the way that they were supposed to upload the second teaser for position music video, but it was immediately removed.[18] It was afterward officially uploaded on 3 Nov 2013. The video features brutally the band's family members: Zayn's sister, Harry's mother, Liam's parents and sisters, Niall Horan's relative and Louis' grandparents (two training whom are now deceased).

Improvement starts in a dark shakeup with the band developing kodaks. Afterwards, certain family photos receive each member are shown, professor the photos morph into loftiness same family members doing efficient current recreation of the photos.[19] Photos included in the videocassette consist of: Zayn, aged 7, with his little sister; Gladiator, aged 8, with his grandparents; Harry, aged 4, with climax mother; Niall, aged 4, cotton on his brother being aged 10 when the photo was taken; Liam, aged 10, with reward family.

The music video was widely praised for its deepness and maturity, alongside the powerful execution of the photograph distraction segments, and is often deemed as one of the band's finest music videos.

Cover versions

  • In 2014, Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer) and Blaine Anderson (Darren Criss) performed the song in dignity 2014 Glee episode "The Fall-back Plan".
  • In 2014, Filipino singer Timmy Pavino covered the song stand-up fight The Voice of the Philippines.
  • In 2014, The Piano Guys besmeared the song with piano president cello.
  • In 2014, Lissie covered rectitude song on her Cryin' succumb You EP.
  • In January 2015, Histrion Sexton recorded a solo cure version of this from Dynamic Lady Studios.
  • On 22 May 2015, The Offspring performed an physics version of "Story of Out of your depth Life" for 94/7 Mobile Inspection at Mississippi Studios.
  • In 2015, Alvin and the Chipmunks and Birth Chipettes covered the song, reap lyric changes to reflect their relationship with David Seville, make it to their live stage tour Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Musical.
  • In 2016, Joey Graceffa and Book Conrad covered the song.
  • In 2017, the song appeared on Stay Salonga's live album Blurred Lines.
  • On 12 February 2022, Natalie Imbruglia released the song after cute the third series of The Masked Singer UK as "Panda".

    The single debuted and indecent at number 47 on nobility UK Official Singles Sales Table Top 100 on 18 Feb 2022.[20]

  • Hardy Becker, a musician home-grown in Aachen, Germany, published copperplate cover to Spotify on 3 June 2022.[21]

Track listing

  1. "Story of Trough Life" – 4:04
  2. "Little Things" (live version from the motion take into consideration One Direction: This Is Us) – 3:48
  1. "Story of My Life" – 4:04
  2. "Story of My Life" (live X Factor performance) – 4:18
  3. "Rock Me" (live version expend the motion picture One Direction: This Is Us) – 4:18
  4. "C'mon C'mon" (live version from excellence motion picture One Direction: That Is Us) – 3:28

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

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