2012Released
3:20

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The first single from One Direction's second album sees the quintet teaming up again with songwriters Savan Kotecha, Rami Yacoub and Carl Falk. The trio penned the boy band's first two US hit singles, "What Makes You Beautiful" and "One Thing." The press release describes the song as "pop perfection," before adding it's, "an immediate, energy packed song mixing rock undertones with smooth harmonies, about living for the moment." "Live While We're Young" was released on September 30, 2012.

The song was made available for pre-order at midnight on 24 August 2012, through the iTunes Store. It became the fastest-selling pre-order single in history, topping the advance sales charts in 40 countries, including the UK, Australia, Brazil, France and Spain.

The song's music video was filmed on August 23 and 24, 2012 during a couple of unseasonably chilly days in a Kentish field in southeast England. Following on online leak on September 20 of an unauthorized, poor quality version of the clip, Syco/Columbia brought forward the premiere of the single by four days.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Live While We're Young.
DKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
126BPM

Album

The album Live While We're Young is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Live While We're Young.
Syco Music
(P) 2012 Simco Limited under exclusive licence to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited

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