Midnight Memories (album)

"Where We Are" redirects here. For the song by the same name, see Midnight Memories (song).

Midnight Memories (album)
Information
Released	November 25, 2013
Recorded	December 2012 – September 2013
Genre	Rock, Folk Rock, Folk Pop, Folk, Rock N Roll, Hard Rock, Pop
Length	47:51
Label	Syco, Columbia
Singles from Midnight Memories (album)
"Best Song Ever" (Released: July 22, 2013) "Story of My Life" (Released: October 28, 2013) "Midnight Memories" (Released: January 24, 2014) "You & I (song)" (Released: April 18, 2014)

Midnight Memories is pop rock band One Direction's  third studio album. It was released on Monday, November 25, 2013 and was available for pre-order from September 9, 2013. It has reached number one in over ninety countries including the United Kingdom and the USA.

Background

The title of the album from the video.

The members of One Direction began work on their third studio album while embarking on their second world 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. Louis announced the album would have a "rockier" sound to it. The track listing for the album was leaked on July 2, 2013. Ed Sheeran, who previously wrote "Little Things" and "Moments", was not featured on the album as earlier reports suggested but did end up collaborating with the band again for their fourth album, FOUR.

The official title of the album was revealed on September 6, 2013, after Zayn tweeted a short video with Harry writing out the word "Mid" out of a pile of alphabet letters on the floor. Later at 4pm, the full video was posted on Instagram with Harry spelling the whole name of the album, Midnight Memories. On September 17, 2013, Niall tweeted that he will be playing guitar on some of the tracks on the album.

Track listing of Midnight Memories.

The artwork was released early exclusively by the popular British newspaper "The Sun" via a tweet from their twitter account and was confirmed 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, 2013, One Direction revealed the track listing for the album via a "#MidnightMemoriesTrackQuiz" on Twitter. It revealed the names of the tracks with a mixture of hints and filling in the gap style questions. The deluxe edition track list was revealed through iTunes.

It was then announced that One Direction would team up with iHeart Radio to have an album release party on November 22, 2013 in Los Angeles. It previewed the songs on the album, with the boys.

On October 17, 2013, via a tweet, it was revealed in a video posted in a news article on the One Direction website that:

• If you had pre-ordered any of the singles from Midnight Memories and you wanted to buy the album then you wouldn't be charged for the track you'd already bought.
• If you had pre-ordered the album you would automatically get a copy of:
  • "Story of My Life" on October 28th
  • "Diana" on November 18th
  • "Midnight Memories" on November 20th
  • "You & I" on November 22nd

A video and an image of the lyrics was posted for the early release of each track. One for "Story of My Life" and one for "Diana".

Story of My Life Out Now!

New Track 'Diana' from Midnight Memories Available Now!

A TV advert was released and seen on YouTube as well as on TV. There were also posters in bus stops and on billboards. There were countdown videos till the day of the album release on November 25th. The album was leaked on November 18, 2013, seven days ahead of its official release.. The band participated in a seven hour long livestream called 1D Day as part of promotion for the album. It was released on November 25, 2013 and a video posted on their channel. It reached number 1 in over 90 countries and all 18 tracks appeared on the iTunes Top 100 chart in America by the end of the day. One Direction announced their 4th single as "You & I" through a 7 second Youtube video on April 11, 2014.

Singles

"Best Song Ever"

"Story of My Life"

"Midnight Memories"

"You & I (song)"

Tour

Main article: Where We Are Tour

Editions

Main article: Editions of Midnight Memories

Standard Editions

Deluxe Editions

Track listing

Standard Edition
#	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Best Song Ever"	Wayne Hector, John Ryan, Haille Walker, Julian Bunetta, Ed Drewett	Julian Bunetta, John Ryan, Matt Rad	3:20
2.	"Story of My Life"	Jamie Scott, John Ryan, Julian Bunetta, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles	Julian Bunetta, John Ryan	4:05
3.	"Diana"	John Ryan, Julian Bunetta, Jamie Scott, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne	Julian Bunetta, John Ryan	3:05
4.	"Midnight Memories"	Julian Bunetta, Jamie Scott, John Ryan, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne	Julian Bunetta, John Ryan	2:56
5.	"You & I"	Hector , Mich Hansen, Bunetta , Harry Johnson, Joseph Belmaati, Alistair Tennant	Julian Bunetta, John Ryan	3:57
6.	"Don't Forget Where You Belong"	Niall Horan, Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter	Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, Tom Fletcher	4:01
7.	"Strong"	Louis Tomlinson, John Ryan, Jamie Scott, and Julian Bunetta	Julian Bunetta, John Ryan	3:04
8.	"Happily"	Harry Styles, Savan Kotecha, and Carl Falk	Carl Falk, Krstian Lundin	2:55
9.	"Right Now"	Ryan Tedder, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson	Ryan Tedder, Jake Gosling	3:20
10.	"Little Black Dress"	Liam Payne , Louis Tomlinson , Julian Bunetta , John Ryan , and John Theodore Geiger	Julian Bunetta , John Ryan , John Theodore Geiger	2:37
11.	"Through The Dark"	Liam Payne , Louis Tomlinson , Jamie Scott , and Toby Smith	Jamie Scott, Toby Smith, John Ryan	3:41
12.	"Something Great"	Harry Styles , Jacknife Lee , and Gary Lightbody (of Snow Patrol)	Jacknife Lee	3:56
13.	"Little White Lies"	Liam Payne , Louis Tomlinson , Julian Bunetta , Ed Drewett , John Ryan , and Wayne Hector	Julian Bunetta, John Ryan	3:17
14.	"Better Than Words"	Liam Payne , Louis Tomlinson , Julian Bunetta , John Ryan , and Jamie Scott	Julian Bunetta, John Ryan	3:27

Deluxe edition bonus tracks
#	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
15.	"Why Don't We Go There"	Hector, Johnson, Kelly, Robson, Horan, Malik, Payne, Styles, Tomlinson	Robson	2:54
16.	"Does He Know "	Bunetta, Ryan, Scott, Tomlinson, Payne	Bunetta, Ryan, Scott	2:59
17.	"Alive"	Bunetta, Ryan, Scott, Tomlinson	Rad, Bunetta, Ryan	2:41
18.	"Half A Heart"	Lindy Robbins, Drewett, Robson	Robson	3:08

Commercial Success

United Kingdom

• Within the first week of its release, Midnight Memories sold more than 237,000 copies, making it the fastest selling album in the UK of 2013, beating Daft Punk's Random Access Memories, with 165,000 copies. It spent two weeks at number one.

• It was also a personal record for One Direction as fastest selling album in the UK,  as it beat Up All Night (139,000 copies week one) and Take Me Home (155,000 copies week one).

• At the end of 2013, it was the highest selling album of 2013, shifting 685,000 copies, after only five weeks since it's release.

• “This tops an amazing year for us!” Liam Payne told OfficialCharts.com.“We're so excited to have the biggest selling album in the UK this year, especially with a record we are all so proud of. We'd like to thank everyone who has bought the album, it really means a lot to us.”

Worldwide

• In August 2014, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) announced Midnight Memories to the biggest selling album of 2013, selling a total of 4 million copies in only 5 weeks, beating Eminem and Justin Timberlake to the top of the chart.

Promotion

Live performances

2013
Date	Event	Song(s)	Watch	Country
November 21, 2013	The X Factor (U.S.)	"Story Of My Life"		United States
November 24, 2013	The X Factor (UK)	"Story Of My Life"		England
December 19, 2013	The X Factor (UK)	"Midnight Memories"		England

2014