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| Length = 3:18 | Label = | Writer = | Producer = | Last single = "Heroes" (2010) | This single = "What Makes You Beautiful" (2011) | Next single = "Gotta Be You" (2011) | Misc = }} "What Makes You Beautiful" is a song by English-Irish boy band One Direction. It served as their debut single and lead single from their debut studio album, ''Up All Night'' (2011). Written by Savan Kotecha and producer Rami Yacoub, the song was released by Syco Records on 11 September 2011. The uptempo power pop〔 track features a prominent guitar-based chorus and riff. The middle eight consists of a "na na na" hook while the opening guitar riff is similar to that of the song "Summer Nights" from the Broadway musical and motion picture ''Grease'' as well as interpolations of The McCoys's 1965 single "Hang on Sloopy" . "What Makes You Beautiful" was a commercial success, reaching number one in several countries. It has been certified double-platinum in the US after selling 2,060,303 units since February 2012. The single peaked at number four on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number one on the UK singles chart. The song won the 2012 Brit Award for Best British Single and was generally complimented by contemporary music critics, who highlighted the appeal to the teenage audience and the pop sensibility. It debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart after setting a Sony Music Entertainment pre-order record and selling 153,965 copies in its first week. The single also topped the Irish and Scottish Singles Charts, and reached the top ten on the Australian and New Zealand Singles Charts, Flemish Ultratop 50, Canadian Hot 100, Japan Hot 100 and the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The accompanying music video, directed by John Urbano, depicts One Direction spending time on a beach in Malibu, California. The music video was uploaded to YouTube on August 19, 2011 and has accumulated more than 700 million views since it premiered. The clip garnered the group three MTV Video Music Awards at the 2012 ceremony. One Direction performed the song live on televised shows, at awards ceremonies, and on four of their major concert tours: Up All Night Tour (2011–12), Take Me Home Tour (2013), Where We Are Tour (2014) and On the Road Again Tour (2015). Artists including the Piano Guys have covered "What Makes You Beautiful". ==Background and production== After being formed and finishing third in the seventh series of ''The X Factor'' in 2010, they first formed as solo singers but soon got placed as a band on 23 July 2010 〔The big book of one direction〕 One Direction were signed to Syco Music, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment. "What Makes You Beautiful" was written by Savan Kotecha and Carl Falk, and was produced by Yacoub and Falk. Instrumentation was completed by Falk and Yacoub. Serban Ghenea handled the audio mixing, Tom Coyne the audio mastering, and John Hanes the mix engineering, for which Phil Seaford served as the assistant.〔 Discussing the song's conception, Kotecha said: After recording the song at Cosmos Studios and Kinglet Studios in Stockholm, Sweden,〔 the band felt relieved to have a song that they were happy to release as their debut single. Band member Liam Payne called the song "perfect", and Harry Styles said, "When we were recording in the studio we knew instantly that we wanted this track to be our first single."〔 Styles spoke to MTV News, "I think for us we wanted to release something that wasn't cheesy but it was fun. It kind of represented us, I think it took us a while to find it but I think we found the right song." Payne added, "We always wanted (single ) to be something that people didn't expect and then when we heard it, it wasn't what we expected either so it kind of fitted perfectly." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「What Makes You Beautiful」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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