donald fagen wrote the song what makes you beautiful by one direction.
donald fagen wrote the song what makes you beautiful by one direction.
who wrote the song what makes you beautiful by one direction?
donald fagen
one direction achieved third place in the competition and immediately after the final, their song "forever young", which would have been released if they had won "the x factor", was leaked onto the internet. shortly afterwards it was confirmed that one direction had been signed by cowell to a reported £2 million syco records record contract. recording for their debut album began in january 2011, as they flew to los angeles to work with redone, a record producer. a book licensed by one direction, "one direction: forever young (our official x factor story)", was published by harpercollins in february 2011, subsequently topping "the sunday times" best seller list. the same month, the boy band and other contestants from the series participated in the "x factor" live tour. during the tour, the group performed for 500,000 people throughout the uk. after the tour concluded in april 2011, the group continued working on their debut album. recording took place in stockholm, london and los angeles, as one direction worked with producers carl falk, savan kotecha, steve mac, and rami yacoub, among others.
one direction
one direction performed "one thing" live for the first time at capital fm's "jingle bell ball" on 4 december 2011, at the o arena. the group performed "one thing" and "what makes you beautiful" on "dancing on ice" on 5 february 2012. in the united states, one direction performed the song along with "more than this" and "what makes you beautiful" for the first time on "the today show" at the rockefeller center on 12 march 2012. an estimated 15,000 fans descended on the plaza. on 7 april 2012, one direction performed "what makes you beautiful" and "one thing" and appeared in a comedy sketch with sofia vergara on comedy television show "saturday night live". the group played "what makes you beautiful" and "one thing" and presented an award for "most popular new female talent" at the 54th logie awards on 15 april 2012. on 6 september 2012, one direction performed "one thing" at the 2012 mtv video music awards. it was included on the set list of the group's headlining sold-out show at madison square garden on 3 december 2012. additionally, one direction performed the song on four of their major concert tours: up all night tour (2011–12) and take me home tour (2013).
one thing (one direction song)