Midnight Memories

Midnight Memories
Midnight Memories
Studio album by One Direction
Released	25 November 2013
Recorded	December 2012–September 2013
Genre	Pop; pop rock;
Length	1 hour
Label	Columbia; Syco;
Producer	Julian Bunetta; Carl Falk; Tom Fletcher; Theodore Geiger; Danny Jones; Jacknife Lee; Dougie Poynter; Matt Rad; John Ryan; Jamie Scott; Toby Smith; Ryan Tedder;
One Direction chronology
Singles from Midnight Memories
	"Best Song Ever"; Released: 22 July 2013; "Story of My Life"; Released: 28 October 2013; "Midnight Memories"; Released: 9 March 2014; "You & I"; Released: 18 April 2014;

Midnight Memories is the third studio album by English-Irish boy band One Direction. It was released on November 25, 2013, by Columbia Records, Syco Music, and Sony Music. The album has a slightly more rock-influenced sound compared to their earlier albums.^[1]

It became the fastest-selling album in Amazon UK history, breaking the record set by their previous album Take Me Home (2012).^[2] In the United States, it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, making One Direction the first group ever to have their first three albums debut at number one there.^[3] Even though it was released late in the year, Midnight Memories became the best-selling album of 2013 worldwide, with four million copies sold, according to the IFPI.^[4] The album was promoted with four singles: "Best Song Ever," "Story of My Life," "Midnight Memories," and "You & I."

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Best Song Ever"	Wayne Hector John Ryan Ed Drewett Julian Bunetta	Bunetta Ryan Matt Rad	3:20
2.	"Story Of My Life"	Bunetta Jamie Scott Ryan Louis Tomlinson Liam Payne Niall Horan Harry Styles Zayn Malik	Bunetta Ryan	4:05
3.	"Diana"	Bunetta Scott Ryan Tomlinson Payne	Bunetta Ryan	3:04
4.	"Midnight Memories"	Bunetta Scott Ryan Tomlinson Payne	Lange Bunetta Ryan	2:56
5.	"You & I"	Bunetta Scott Ryan	Bunetta Ryan	3:57
6.	"Don't Forget Where You Belong"	Tom Fletcher Danny Jones Dougie Poynter Horan	Fletcher Jones Poynter	4:01
7.	"Strong"	Bunetta Scott Ryan Tomlinson	Bunetta Ryan	3:04
8.	"Happily"	Savan Kotecha Carl Falk Styles	Falk Kristian Lundin^[a]	2:55
9.	"Right Now"	Ryan Tedder Tomlinson Payne Styles	Tedder Jake Gosling^[b]	3:20
10.	"Little Black Dress"	Bunetta Ryan Teddy Geiger Tomlinson Payne	Bunetta Ryan Geiger	2:37
11.	"Through The Dark"	Scott Toby Smith Tomlinson Payne	Scott Smith Ryan^[c]	3:41
12.	"Something Great"	Jacknife Lee Gary Lightbody Styles	Jacknife Lee	3:56
13.	"Little White Lies"	Hector Ryan Drewett Bunetta Tomlinson Payne	Bunetta Ryan	3:17
14.	"Better Than Words"	Bunetta Scott Ryan Tomlinson Payne		3:28
Total length:				47:51

The Ultimate Edition^[5]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
15.	"Why Don't We Go There?"	Steve Robson Claude Kelly Hector Tomlinson	Robson	2:54
16.	"Does He Know?"	Bunetta Scott Ryan Tomlinson Payne	Bunetta Ryan Scott^[a]	2:59
17.	"Alive"	Bunetta Scott Ryan Tomlinson	Bunetta Ryan Rad	2:41
18.	"Half A Heart"	Robson Drewett Lindy Robbins	Robson	3:08
Total length:				59:36

Japanese edition^[6]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
19.	"One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)"	Deborah Harry Nigel Harrison John O'Neill	Bunetta Ryan^[d]	2:39
20.	"Little Things" (live version from the motion picture This Is Us)	Ed Sheeran Fiona Bevan	Jake Gosling	3:47
21.	"Best Song Ever" (Kat Krazy Remix)	Hector Ryan Drewett Bunetta	Bunetta Ryan Rad Kat Krazy^[c]	3:06
Total length:				68:55

Notes

^{^[a]} signifies a vocal producer
^{^[b]} signifies an additional vocal producer
^{^[c]} signifies an additional producer
^{^[d]} signifies a co-producer

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

One Direction

Liam Payne – vocals
Harry Styles – vocals
Louis Tomlinson – vocals
Zayn Malik – vocals
Niall Horan – vocals

Additional musicians

Julian Bunetta – background vocals (tracks 1–3, 7, 10, 13), instrumentation (1, 5, 7), all instruments (2–4, 13, 14), drums (10)
John Ryan – background vocals (tracks 1–3, 7, 10, 13, 14), instrumentation (1, 5, 7), all instruments (2–4, 11, 14), acoustic guitars (5), guitars (10)
Damon Bunetta – background vocals (tracks 1–3, 7, 13), all instruments (4)
Ian Franzino – background vocals (tracks 1, 2)
Matt Rad – bass, guitar, keyboards, programming, gang vocals (track 1)
Stefan Litrownik – drums (track 1)
Petros Anastos-Prastacos – gang vocals (track 1)
Ruth-Anne Cunningham – background vocals (track 1)
Jamie Scott – background vocals (tracks 2, 3, 11), all instruments (2, 4, 11)
Peter Bunetta – background vocals (track 2), all instruments (4)
Christine Wu – strings, string arrangement (tracks 2, 5)
Daniel Weiner – backing vocals (tracks 3, 7, 13)
Jaco Caraco – guitars (track 7)
Carl Falk – acoustic guitars, electric guitars, instrumentation, programming (track 8)
Chris Patrick – bass (track 8)
Ilya Toshinskiy – banjo, mandolin track (8)
Savan Kotecha – additional backing vocals (track 8)
Ryan Tedder – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, piano, drums, drum programming, instrumentation (track 9)
Teddy Geiger – bass, background vocals (track 10)
Toby Smith – all instruments (track 11)
Jacknife Lee – drums, bass, guitars, percussion, keyboards (track 12)
Chris Thornberry – piano (track 12)
Davide Rossi – strings (track 12)

Technical

Tom Coyne – mastering
Serban Ghenea – mixing (tracks 1, 8)
Joe Zook – mixing (tracks 2–4, 9, 11, 13)
Ash Howes – mixing (tracks 5–7, 14)
Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing (track 12)
Julian Bunetta – engineering (tracks 1–5, 7, 10, 13, 14)
John Ryan – engineering (tracks 1–5, 7, 10, 13, 14)
Matt Rad – engineering (track 1)
Petros Anastos-Prastacos – engineering (track 1)
Alex Oriet – engineering (tracks 2, 11), vocal engineering (1, 3, 8, 12, 14)
Ben "Bengineer" Chang – engineering (tracks 2, 11), vocal engineering (3, 8, 14)
Ryan Tedder – engineering (track 9)
Tim Thomas – engineering (track 9)
Sam Miller – engineering (track 11)
Matt Bishop – engineering (track 12)
Jacknife Lee – engineering (track 12)
John Hanes – mix engineering (tracks 1, 8)
Kristian Lundin – vocal recording, vocal editing (track 8)
Ryan Lipman – mix engineering assistance (tracks 2–4, 9, 11, 13)
Geoff Swan – mixing assistance (track 12)
Ian Franzino – engineering assistance (tracks 1–5, 7, 10, 13, 14)

Visuals

RJ Shaughnessy – photography
Calvin Aurand – photography
Fluidesign – design

References

↑ "One Direction Make Their 'Big Announcement'". HuffPost UK. 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
↑ Adejobi, Alicia. "One Direction's 'Midnight Memories' Becomes Fastest-Selling Album In 15 Years On Amazon". EntertainmentWise. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
↑ Caulfield, Keith (2013-12-04). "One Direction Scores Historic Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
↑ "One Direction top 2013 global album chart". BBC News. 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
↑ "iTunes – Music – Midnight Memories (The Ultimate Edition) by One Direction". Apple Inc. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
↑ "Japanese edition". Amazon JP.

[1] "One Direction Make Their 'Big Announcement'". HuffPost UK. 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2025-07-02.

[2] Adejobi, Alicia. "One Direction's 'Midnight Memories' Becomes Fastest-Selling Album In 15 Years On Amazon". EntertainmentWise. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2025-07-02.

[3] Caulfield, Keith (2013-12-04). "One Direction Scores Historic Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2025-07-02.

[4] "One Direction top 2013 global album chart". BBC News. 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2025-07-02.

[iTunes_deluxe-5] "iTunes – Music – Midnight Memories (The Ultimate Edition) by One Direction". Apple Inc. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.

[6] "Japanese edition". Amazon JP.

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