NiallВ was onВ FrenchВ radio 'NJR'В andВ UKВ radio show 'Capital FM' at 4pm BST.LiamВ was on aВ DutchВ radio station,В GermanВ radio station 'swr3' andВ UKВ radio station 'BBC Radio 1' at 3:45pm BST.ZaynВ was onВ DanishВ radio station 'The Voice' at 3:30pm BST (4:30pm CEST)В andВ SpanishВ radio station 'Los 40 Principales' at 6:00pm BST (7:00pm CEST).LouisВ was onВ SwedishВ radio station 'NJR' at 6:30am BST (7:30am CEST)В andВ DutchВ radio stationВ '3FM' at 6:45am BST (7:45am CEST).On October 25, 2013, the boys did interviews on various radio stations worldwide. They song went straight to number 1 on iTunes in 47 countries such as theВ UK,В US,В Australia,В Belgium,В India,В MexicoВ and many other places. The official One Direction YouTube account released a message from the band announcing the single release. The song was released on Monday, October 28th to those who had either bought the EP or had pre ordered the deluxe or the normal edition of Midnight Memories.

The audio for the song was also uploaded onto the official One Direction Vevo account as well as the official One Direction Youtube account. The song premiered at 4pm on stations worldwide such as BBC Radio 1 (UK), The Hits Radio (UK), In:Demand (UK), Captial FM (UKВ ), The End 107.9 FM (USA), NRJ Radio (in bothВ FranceВ andВ Sweden), Planet Radio (Germany), Radio Mix (Brazil), SiriusXM Hits (AmericaВ ) and many others. They did comment that it received more views than ' Best Song Ever' which had 12.3 million views in 24 hours, thus beating a personal record forВ One Direction. The music sharing site VEVO said that the system had crashed due to the high volume of traffic sometime in the 24 hour period and it took nearly 3 days before it was announced that Story Of My Life had received 12.5 million views in 24 hoursВ which meant the record was still held by Miley Cyrus. The video features all of One Direction's actual family members.ДЇans attempted to break the record for 'Most number of views in 24 hours' which was then held by Miley Cyrus' 'Wrecking Ball' music video which had 19.3 million views in 24 hours. Louis's scenes allude to his grandparents deaths. It featured each band member reliving their childhood memories, and interacting with the family members within them. The video differs from the song lyrically, in that it takes the title phrase literally, rather than metaphorically. The official release of the video was on Novemat 4pm (BWT). The video was accidentally uploaded to Vevo early, on November 1st. Until she's broke (until she's broke inside) The fire beneath my feet is burning brightДЄnd I been waiting for this time to come aroundД«ut baby running after you is like chasing the clouds I know that in the morning now I see us in the light upon a hillДЄlthough I am broken, my heart is untamed, still Leave my heart open but it stays right here in its cage

Written on these walls are the colors that I can't change The story of my life (the story of, the story of) Seems to me that when I die these words will be written on my stoneДЄnd time is frozen (the story of, the story of) She told me in the morning she don't feel the same about us in her bones I leave my heart open but it stays right here empty for days Written in these walls are the stories that I can't explain Later the same day, the single artwork was revealed. The official One Direction account then confirmedВ the new single and release date along with the hashtag '#StoryOfMyLifeSingle2'. Louis tweeted an unseen photo from his childhoodВ on October 10, 2013, followed byВ Liam.В NiallВ tweeted his photo next, thenВ HarryВ andВ finally,В Zayn. 'Story of My Life' is anВ acousticВ folktronicaВ song withВ neofolkВ elements.В It runs for a total of four minutes and five seconds.В IdolatorВ compared the song to the works of Ed Sheeran,В ColdplayВ andВ Mumford & Sons.В The song is written and recorded inВ E-flat major. Written by band members Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Liam PayneВ and Louis Tomlinson, along with Julian Bunetta, Jamie Scott, and John Ryan,В the lyrics speak of a tumultuous relationship leading to lament and heartbreak.

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