"Kiss You" is a song by One Direction. It was the second single from their second album Take Me Home. It was released in the United States on November 16, 2012. It is available on all editions of the album. It was released as their third single in the UK and reached #9 on the official UK charts. The song is also featured in all versions of the Just Dance 2014 video game.
Lyrically, "Kiss You" describes an infatuation with a new romantic partner.
Background[]
"Kiss You" was written by Shellback, Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk, Savan Kotecha, Kristian Lundin, Kristoffer Fogelmark, and Albin Nedler. It was produced by Yacoub, Falk, and Shellback. The recording for the song took place at Kinglet Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, Chalice Studios in Los Angeles, California, and Wendy House Productions in London, England.
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From January 2, 2013, various promotional trailers were released in the build-up to the premiere.
Lyrics[]
Oh, I just wanna take you anywhere that you'd like
We could go out any day, any night
Baby I'll take you there, take you there
Baby I'll take you there, yeah
Oh, tell me, tell me, tell me how to turn your love on
You can get, get anything that you want
Baby just shout it out, shout it out
Baby just shout it out, yeah
And if you
You want me too
Let's make a move
Yeah, so tell me girl if every time we
To-o-uch
You get this kinda, ru-u-ush
Baby say yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
If you don't wanna, take it slow
And you just wanna, take me home
Baby say yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
And let me kiss you
Oh baby, baby don't you know you got what I need
Looking so good from your head to your feet
Come on come over here, over here
Come on come over here, yeah
Oh, I just wanna show you off to all of my friends
Making them drool down their chinny-chin-chins
Baby be mine tonight, mine tonight
Baby be mine tonight, yeah
And if you
You want me too
Let's make a move
Yeah, so tell me girl if every time we
To-o-uch
You get this kinda, ru-u-ush
Baby say yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
If you don't wanna, take it slow
And you just wanna, take me home
Baby say yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
And let me kiss you (5x)
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
Yeah, so tell me girl if every time we
To-o-uch
You get this kinda, ru-u-ush
Baby say yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
If you don't wanna, take it slow
And you just wanna, take me home
Baby say yeah, yeah, yeah
Every time we to-o-uch
You get this kinda, ru-u-ush
Baby say yeah, yeah
If you don't wanna, take it slow
And you just wanna, take me home
Baby say yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
And let me kiss you
Music video[]
Music Video | Information | |
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Released | January 7, 2013 | |
Length | 3:10 | |
Director | Vaughan Arnell | |
Production Co | ||
Choreographer | ||
Filmed | November 2012 | |
Location | Borehamwood, England | |
VEVO views | 391,864,186 (as of June 30, 2017) |
Background[]
"Kiss You" is One Direction's sixth official music video. It was released on their VEVO channel on January 7, 2013. The video sees the band doing photoshoots on sets of famous old films like Jailhouse Rock and Surfer Girl.
Alternate Music Video[]
Due to a large amount of footage for the Kiss You music video, an alternate version was released on their VEVO channel on March 27, 2013.
Performances[]
Live[]
Date | Event | Watch | Country |
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2012 | |||
November 13 | Today | United States | |
December 9 | The X Factor (UK) | England | |
December 20 | The X Factor (U.S.) | United States | |
2013 | |||
August 23 | Today | United States |
Tour[]
"Kiss You" was performed in the Take Me Home Tour, the Where We Are Tour and the On The Road Again Tour.
Credits[]
- Shellback — writing
- Rami Yacoub — writing, production, programming, instruments, bass
- Carl Falk — writing, production, programming, instruments, guitar, background vocals
- Savan Kotecha — writing, background vocals
- Kristian Lundin — writing
- Kristoffer Fogelmark — writing, background vocals
- Albin Nedler — writing, background vocals
- Niall Horan — additional guitar
- One Direction fans — background vocals