List of songs recorded by One Direction

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One Direction in 2012

British-Irish boy band One Direction including Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik have recorded material for five studio albums. Apart from their album songs, the band has released several non-album singles, such as the charity singles "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)" and "God Only Knows".

"Forever Young", which would have been released if they had won The X Factor, was their first unofficial single. [1] "What Makes You Beautiful", was released as their debut single and lead single from their debut studio album, Up All Night (2011). [2] They made history as the first U.K. group to bow at number one on the Billboard 200 with a debut album. [3] "Gotta Be You", [4] "One Thing", [5] and "More than This" were the other three singles from their debut album with the first two being top-ten singles in the UK.

The band's second studio album, Take Me Home , was released in November 2012. The lead single "Live While We're Young" was released on 30 September 2012, [6] and recorded the highest opening week sales figure for a song by a non-US artist. [7] "Little Things" and "Kiss You", the succeeding singles, were also successes.

One Direction's third studio album, Midnight Memories , was released on 25 November 2013. The album was preceded by its lead single "Best Song Ever" and its critically acclaimed second single "Story of My Life". The album was a huge commercial success, debuting at number one on the UK Albums Chart and the Billboard 200. Their fourth studio album, Four , was released on 17 November 2014. It reached number one on the UK Albums Chart and the Billboard 200 following its release.

Their fifth studio album, Made in the A.M. , released on 13 November 2015, was One Direction's final album before the group's indefinite hiatus in January 2016. "Drag Me Down" served as the lead single from the album. [8]

Tracks

Key
Indicates single release
Indicates non-album single
Indicates song written by member(s) of the band
SongArtist(s)Writer(s)Album(s)YearRef.
"18"One Direction Ed Sheeran
Oliver Frank
Four 2014 [9]
"A.M."One Direction Niall Horan
Liam Payne
Harry Styles
Louis Tomlinson
Ed Drewett
John Ryan
Julian Bunetta
Made in the A.M. 2015 [10]
"Act My Age"One DirectionJohn Ryan

Julian Bunetta

Ed Drewett

Four 2014 [9]
"Alive"One DirectionJulian Bunetta
John Ryan
Jamie Scott
Louis Tomlinson
Midnight Memories 2013 [11]
"Another World"One Direction Achraf Jannusi
Bilal Hajji
Eric Sanicola
Geo Slam
RedOne
Teddy Sky
Up All Night 2011 [12]
"Back for You"One DirectionKristoffer Fogelmark
Savan Kotecha
Albin Nedler
Rami Yacoub
Liam Payne
Harry Styles
Louis Tomlinson
Niall Horan
Take Me Home 2012 [13]
"Best Song Ever" One Direction Wayne Hector
John Ryan
Ed Drewett
Julian Bunetta
Midnight Memories 2013 [11]
"Better than Words"One Direction Jamie Scott
Julian Bunetta
John Ryan
Liam Payne
Louis Tomlinson
Midnight Memories 2013 [11]
"C'mon, C'mon"One Direction Jamie Scott
John Ryan
Julian Bunetta
Take Me Home 2012 [13]
"Change My Mind"One Direction Rami Yacoub
Carl Falk
Savan Kotecha
Take Me Home 2012 [13]
"Change Your Ticket"One Direction Niall Horan
Zayn Malik
Liam Payne
Harry Styles
Louis Tomlinson
Sam Martin
Julian Bunetta
John Ryan
Four 2014 [9]
"Clouds"One Direction Zayn Malik
Liam Payne
Louis Tomlinson
Jamie Scott
Julian Bunetta
John Ryan
Four 2014 [9]
"Diana"One Direction Jamie Scott
Julian Bunetta
John Ryan
Liam Payne
Louis Tomlinson
Midnight Memories 2013 [11]
"Does He Know?"One Direction Jamie Scott
Julian Bunetta
John Ryan
Liam Payne
Louis Tomlinson
Midnight Memories 2013 [11]
"Don't Forget Where You Belong"One Direction Tom Fletcher
Danny Jones
Dougie Poynter
Niall Horan
Midnight Memories 2013 [11]
"Drag Me Down" One DirectionJulian Bunetta
Jamie Scott
John Ryan
Made in the A.M. 2015 [10]
"End of the Day"One Direction Liam Payne
Louis Tomlinson
Julian Bunetta
Ed Drewett
Jacob Kasher
Wayne Hector
Gamal "LunchMoney" Lewis
John Ryan
Made in the A.M. 2015 [10]
"Everything About You"One Direction Steve Robson
Wayne Hector
Harry Styles
Liam Payne
Louis Tomlinson
Niall Horan
Zayn Malik
Nandini Srivastava
Up All Night 2011 [12]
"Fireproof"One DirectionJulian Bunetta
Louis Tomlinson
Jamie Scott
Liam Payne
John Ryan
Four 2014 [9]
"Fool's Gold"One Direction Jamie Scott
Maureen McDonald
Niall Horan
Zayn Malik
Liam Payne
Harry Styles
Louis Tomlinson
Four 2014 [9]
"Forever Young"  [note 1] One DirectionBernhard Lloyd
Marian Gold
Frank Mertens
2010
"Girl Almighty"One DirectionJulian Bunetta
John Ryan
S. Pages Mehner
Four 2014 [9]
"God Only Knows"  Brian Wilson, One Direction, and various artistsBBC Music and Friends2014
"Gotta Be You" One Direction Steve Mac
August Rigo
Up All Night 2011 [12]
"Half a Heart"One Direction Steve Robson
Ed Drewett
Lindy Robbins
Midnight Memories 2013 [11]
"Happily"One Direction Savan Kotecha
Carl Falk
Harry Styles
Midnight Memories 2013 [11]
"Heart Attack"One Direction Rami Yacoub
Carl Falk
Savan Kotecha
Shellback
Kristian Lundin
Take Me Home 2012 [13]
"Heroes"  The X Factor finalists 2010 David Bowie
Brian Eno
2010
"Hey Angel"One Direction Ed Drewett
John Ryan
Julian Bunetta
Made in the A.M. 2015 [10]
"History" One Direction Liam Payne
Louis Tomlinson
Ed Drewett
Wayne Hector
Julian Bunetta
John Ryan
Made in the A.M. 2015 [10]
"Home"One Direction Liam Payne
Louis Tomlinson
Jamie Scott
Perfect EP2015
"I Should've Kissed You"One Direction Steve Robson
Ina Wroldsen
Up All Night 2011 [12]
"I Want"One Direction Tom Fletcher Up All Night 2011 [12]
"I Want to Write You a Song"One Direction Ammar Malik
John Ryan
Julian Bunetta
Made in the A.M. 2015 [10]
"I Wish"One Direction Rami Yacoub
Carl Falk
Savan Kotecha
Up All Night 2011 [12]
"I Would"One Direction Tom Fletcher
Danny Jones
Dougie Poynter
Take Me Home 2012 [13]
"If I Could Fly"One Direction Harry Styles
Ross Golan
Johan Carlsson
Made in the A.M. 2015 [10]
"Illusion"One Direction Liam Payne
Niall Horan
Jamie Scott
Julian Bunetta
John Ryan
Four 2014 [9]
"Infinity"One Direction Jamie Scott
John Ryan
Julian Bunetta
Made in the A.M. 2015 [10]
"Irresistible"One Direction Tom Fletcher
Danny Jones
Dougie Poynter
Harry Styles
Liam Payne
Louis Tomlinson
Niall Horan
Zayn Malik
Take Me Home 2012 [13]
"Kiss You" One DirectionCagaanan
Rami Yacoub
Carl Falk
Savan Kotecha
Shellback
Kristian Lundin
Albin Nedler
Kristoffer Fogelmark
Take Me Home 2012 [13]
"Last First Kiss"One DirectionAbin Nedler
Kristoffer Fogelmark
Rami Yacoub
Carl Falk
Savan Kotecha
Liam Payne
Louis Tomlinson
Zayn Malik
Take Me Home 2012 [13]
"Little Black Dress"One DirectionJulian Bunetta
John Ryan
Theodore Geiger
Liam Payne
Louis Tomlinson
Midnight Memories 2013 [11]
"Little Things" One Direction Ed Sheeran
Fiona Bevan
Take Me Home 2012 [13]
"Little White Lies"One DirectionJulian Bunetta
Ed Drewett
John Ryan
Wayne Hector
Liam Payne
Louis Tomlinson
Midnight Memories 2013 [11]
"Live While We're Young" One Direction Rami Yacoub
Carl Falk
Savan Kotecha
Take Me Home 2012 [13]
"Long Way Down"One Direction Louis Tomlinson
Liam Payne
Jamie Scott
John Ryan
Julian Bunetta
Made in the A.M. 2015 [10]
"Love You Goodbye"One Direction Louis Tomlinson
Julian Bunetta
Jacob Kasher
Made in the A.M. 2015 [10]
"Loved You First"One Direction Tebey Ottoh
Julian Bunetta
John Ryan
Tommy Lee James
Take Me Home 2012 [13]
"Magic"One Direction Rami Yacoub
Carl Falk
Savan Kotecha
Take Me Home 2012 [13]
"Midnight Memories" One Direction Jamie Scott
Julian Bunetta
John Ryan
Liam Payne
Louis Tomlinson
Midnight Memories 2013 [11]
"Moments"One Direction Ed Sheeran
Si Hulbert
Up All Night 2011 [12]
"More than This" One Direction Jamie Scott Up All Night 2011 [12]
"Na Na Na"One DirectionIain James
Savan Kotecha
James Murray
Matt Squire
Mustapha Omer
Up All Night 2011 [12]
"Never Enough"One Direction Niall Horan
John Ryan
Julian Bunetta
Jamie Scott
Made in the A.M. 2015 [10]
"Night Changes" One Direction Jamie Scott
Julian Bunetta
John Ryan
Niall Horan
Zayn Malik
Harry Styles
Liam Payne
Louis Tomlinson
Four 2014 [9]
"No Control"One Direction Liam Payne
Louis Tomlinson
Ruth-Anne Cunningham
Jamie Scott
Julian Bunetta
John Ryan
Four 2014 [9]
"Nobody Compares"One Direction Rami Yacoub
Carl Falk
Savan Kotecha
Shellback
Take Me Home 2012 [13]
"Olivia"One Direction Harry Styles
John Ryan
Julian Bunetta
Made in the A.M. 2015 [10]
"Once in a Lifetime"One Direction Jamie Scott
Julian Bunetta
John Ryan
Four 2014 [9]
"One Thing" One Direction Rami Yacoub
Carl Falk
Savan Kotecha
Up All Night 2011 [12]
"One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)"  [note 2] One Direction Debbie Harry
Nigel Harrison
John O'Neill
2013
"Over Again"One Direction Ed Sheeran
Robert Conlon
Alexander Gowers
Take Me Home 2012 [13]
"Perfect" One Direction Harry Styles
Louis Tomlinson
Julian Bunetta
Jesse Shatkin
Jacob Kasher
John Ryan
Maureen Anne McDonald
Made in the A.M. 2015 [10]
"Ready to Run"One Direction Louis Tomlinson
Liam Payne
Jamie Scott
Julian Bunetta
John Ryan
Four 2014 [9]
"Right Now"One Direction Ryan Tedder
Harry Styles
Liam Payne
Louis Tomlinson
Midnight Memories 2013 [11]
"Rock Me"One Direction Lukasz Gottwald
Henry Walter
Peter Svensson
Allan Grigg
Sam Hollander
Take Me Home 2012 [13]
"Same Mistakes"One Direction Steve Robson
Wayne Hector
Harry Styles
Liam Payne
Louis Tomlinson
Niall Horan
Zayn Malik
Up All Night 2011 [12]
"Save You Tonight"One Direction RedOne
BeatGeek
Jimmy Joker
Teddy Sky
Achraf Jannusi
Alaina Beaton
Savan Kotecha
Up All Night 2011 [12]
"She's Not Afraid"One Direction Jamie Scott
John Ryan
Julian Bunetta
Take Me Home 2012 [13]
"Something Great"One Direction Jacknife Lee
Gary Lightbody
Harry Styles
Midnight Memories 2013 [11]
"Spaces"One Direction Liam Payne
Louis Tomlinson
Jamie Scott
Julian Bunetta
John Ryan
Four 2014 [9]
"Stand Up"One Direction Roy Stride
Josh Wilkinson
Up All Night 2011 [12]
"Steal My Girl" One Direction Wayne Hector
John Ryan
Julian Bunetta
Ed Drewett
Louis Tomlinson
Liam Payne
Four 2014 [9]
"Still the One"One Direction Rami Yacoub
Carl Falk
Savan Kotecha
Harry Styles
Liam Payne
Louis Tomlinson
Take Me Home 2012 [13]
"Stockholm Syndrome"One Direction Harry Styles
Julian Bunetta
John Ryan
Johan Carlsson
Four 2014 [9]
"Stole My Heart"One Direction Jamie Scott
Paul Meehan
Up All Night 2011 [12]
"Story of My Life" One Direction Jamie Scott
Julian Bunetta
John Ryan
Harry Styles
Liam Payne
Louis Tomlinson
Niall Horan
Zayn Malik
Midnight Memories 2013 [11]
"Strong"One Direction Jamie Scott
Julian Bunetta
John Ryan
Louis Tomlinson
Midnight Memories 2013 [11]
"Summer Love"One DirectionSteve Robson
Wayne Hector
Lindy Robbins
Harry Styles
Liam Payne
Louis Tomlinson
Niall Horan
Zayn Malik
Take Me Home 2012 [13]
"Taken"One Direction Toby Gad
Lindy Robbins
Harry Styles
Liam Payne
Louis Tomlinson
Niall Horan
Zayn Malik
Up All Night 2011 [12]
"Tell Me a Lie"One Direction Kelly Clarkson
Tom Meredith
Shep Solomon
Up All Night 2011 [12]
"Temporary Fix"One Direction Niall Horan
Wayne Hector
TMS
Made in the A.M. 2015 [10]
"They Don't Know About Us"One Direction Tebey Ottoh
Tommy Lee James
Peter Wallevik
Tommy P Gregersen
Take Me Home 2012 [13]
"Through the Dark"One Direction Jamie Scott
Toby Smith
Liam Payne
Louis Tomlinson
Midnight Memories 2013 [11]
"Truly, Madly, Deeply"One DirectionTrevor Dahl
Toby Gad
Lindy Robbins
Take Me Home 2012 [13]
"Up All Night"One Direction Savan Kotecha
Matt Squire
Up All Night 2011 [12]
"Walking in the Wind"One Direction Harry Styles
Julian Bunetta
Jamie Scott
John Ryan
Made in the A.M. 2015 [10]
"What a Feeling"One Direction Liam Payne
Louis Tomlinson
Mike Needle
Daniel Bryer
Jamie Scott
Made in the A.M. 2015 [10]
"What Makes You Beautiful" One Direction Rami Yacoub
Carl Falk
Savan Kotecha
Up All Night 2011 [12]
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go"One Direction Harry Styles
Julian Bunetta
Ruth-Anne Cunningham
Theodore Geiger
Ali Tamposi
Four 2014 [9]
"Why Don't We Go There"One Direction Steve Robson
Claude Kelly
Wayne Hector
Louis Tomlinson
Midnight Memories 2013 [11]
"Wishing on a Star"  The X Factor Finalists 2011 featuring JLS and One DirectionBillie Rae Calvin2011
"Wolves"One Direction Niall Horan
Liam Payne
Will Champlin
Andrew Haas
Ian Franzino
Made in the A.M. 2015 [10]
"You & I" One Direction Jamie Scott
Julian Bunetta
Niall Horan
John Ryan
Midnight Memories 2013 [11]

Notes and references

Notes
  1. The song is a cover of the Alphaville song that was released as the band's winning single.
  2. The song is a medley of Blondie's "One Way or Another" (1979) and The Undertones' "Teenage Kicks" (1978).
References
  1. Humphreys, Geraint. "Listen to One Direction's shelved winner's single 'Forever Young'". Pop Sirens. Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  2. Copsey, Robert (16 August 2011). "One Direction release latest 'What Makes You Beautiful' video teaser". Digital Spy .
  3. Caulfield, Keith. "One Direction Makes History With No. 1 Debut on Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  4. Graham, Daniella (19 October 2011). "One Direction fans go wild for new single Gotta Be You". Metro. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  5. McGarry, Lisa (14 February 2012). "One Direction's new single One Thing was released this week...have you bought it yet?". Unreality TV. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012.
  6. "One Direction Announce Brand New Single 'Live While We're Young' Out 30th September 2012". Contactmusic. 23 August 2012.
  7. Tina Hart (21 October 2012). "One Direction achieve fastest-selling single by a UK act in the US". Music Week. United Kingdom: Intent Media. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  8. "One Direction Shares First Track Without Zayn Malik, 'Drag Me Down'". Billboard. U.S. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Four (inlay cover). One Direction. Syco Records. 2014.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Made in the A.M. (Deluxe Edition)". iTunes. 13 November 2015.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Midnight Memories (inlay cover). One Direction. Syco Records. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Up All Night (inlay cover). One Direction. Syco Records. 2011.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Take Me Home (inlay cover). One Direction. Syco Records. 2012.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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