Midnight Memories

Midnight Memories
Studio album by
One Direction
Released25 November 2013 (2013-11-25)
RecordedDecember 2012–September 2013
Genre
Length1 hour
Label
Producer
One Direction chronology
Take Me Home
(2012) 		Midnight Memories Four
(2014)
Singles from Midnight Memories
  1. "Best Song Ever"
    Released: 22 July 2013
  2. "Story of My Life"
    Released: 28 October 2013
  3. "Midnight Memories"
    Released: 9 March 2014
  4. "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. TitleProducer(s) Length
1. "Best Song Ever"  
  • Bunetta
  • Ryan
  • Matt Rad
 3:20
2. "Story of My Life"  
  • Bunetta
  • Ryan
 4:05
3. "Diana"  
  • Bunetta
  • Ryan
 3:04
4. "Midnight Memories"  
  • Lange
  • Bunetta
  • Ryan
 2:56
5. "You & I"  
  • Bunetta
  • Ryan
 3:57
6. "Don't Forget Where You Belong"  
  • Fletcher
  • Jones
  • Poynter
 4:01
7. "Strong"  
  • Bunetta
  • Ryan
 3:04
8. "Happily"  
  • Falk
  • Kristian Lundin[a]
 2:55
9. "Right Now"  
  • Tedder
  • Jake Gosling[b]
 3:20
10. "Little Black Dress"  
  • Bunetta
  • Ryan
  • Geiger
 2:37
11. "Through the Dark"  
  • Scott
  • Smith
  • Ryan[c]
 3:41
12. "Something Great"  Jacknife Lee 3:56
13. "Little White Lies"  
  • Bunetta
  • Ryan
 3:17
14. "Better Than Words"  
  • Bunetta
  • Ryan
 3:28
Total length:
 47:51
The Ultimate Edition[5]
No. TitleProducer(s) Length
15. "Why Don't We Go There?"  Robson 2:54
16. "Does He Know?"  
  • Bunetta
  • Ryan
  • Scott[a]
 2:59
17. "Alive"  
  • Bunetta
  • Ryan
  • Rad
 2:41
18. "Half a Heart"  Robson 3:08
Total length:
 59:36
Japanese edition[6]
No. TitleProducer(s) Length
19. "One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)"  
  • Bunetta
  • Ryan[d]
 2:39
20. "Little Things" (live version from the motion picture This Is Us)Jake Gosling 3:47
21. "Best Song Ever" (Kat Krazy Remix)
  • 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

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

  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.
  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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