Midnight Memories

This happy song is about partying, getting crazy, and hooking up. Now the boy band are at an age that they know what fun is to them, and “Midnight Memories” is clearly having fun and state that people can be critical of them, but just letting it roll off their backs so they could have so much fun.
In an interview with Seacrest during a pre-release Q&A, Liam said that ‘Midnight Memories is the most significant part of album, he said: “This was the first song we wrote on the new album and it set us on course of what writing the rest of this album was going to be. It set the tone.”
In an interview with MTV News, co-writer Julian Bunetta explained that this song personifies the five guys’ lifestyle, he said: “It’s the title of the album and it just happens to fall in line with Up All Night, Take Me Home. It’s all references to in the evening. And midnight memories are where most of the memories of this record were made. It was between midnight and 5 in the morning. We have so many memories of just being in the studio or being after a show or being in the back of the bus or going to one of the guys’ places and hanging and writing. Or, it’s also just when you’re young and that’s when you kind of have all your experiences.” In 2013 allegations that Def Leppard had asked their lawyers to look into the similarities between ‘Midnight Memories’ and ‘Pour Some Sugar on Me’ In an interview with Billboard Magazine, guitarists Phill Collen and Vivian Campbell that they are not pursuing any legal action against the boy band, Campbell said: “The chords are one-four-five. Those are the blues. You don’t get more basic than that. I think what’s more reminiscent of the Leppard thing is the production, the sound, the vocals, the reverb and the way it’s assembled”

Release Date: March 9, 2014

Songwriter/s: Julian Bunetta 0 Jamie Scott – John Ryan – Louis Tomlinson – Liam Payne

Label: Syco – Columbia

Chart Rankings: In the US, the song peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and in the UK it reached number 39 on the Official Charts Company. Around the world ‘Midnight Memories’ reached number 45 in Australia, number 4 in Belgium, peaked at number 2 in Denmark and reached number 3 in Ireland. In Germany the song reached number 91, number 7 in Italy, number 5 in Netherlands and reached number 4 in Spain.

Artist’s age on Release Date: One Direction band was active for 4 years when they released this song.

Cover Versions: The Vamps – Chloe Adams – Richie Takao – Crystal – Emma McGann – Jumblekye – SamRick – other Youtubers covered this song.