"What a Feeling"
Promotional single by One Direction
from the album Made in the A.M.
Released11 November 2015
Recorded2015
Length3:21
LabelSyco
Songwriter(s)
  • Liam Payne
  • Louis Tomlinson
  • Daniel Bryer
  • Mike Needle
  • Jamie Scott
Producer(s)Jamie Scott

"What a Feeling" is a song recorded by English-Irish boy band One Direction for their fifth studio album, Made in the A.M. (2015). It was written and produced by Jamie Scott and co-written by band members Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson along with Daniel Bryer and Mike Needle.

The song was released as the album's second promotional single on iTunes Store and Spotify on 11 November 2015. Fans of the band held a so-called streaming party on October 25, 2020, where they all listened to the track during the whole day. The goal was to get the song on the top 100 charts. Thanks to it, the song got over 50 million streams on that day alone.

Payne later told the fans on an Instagram live video that the song was made to be played in a stadium and it was one of his favorites from Made in the A.M.[1][2] The song, along with the rest of Made in the A.M., leaked on the internet after a mishap in security during a listening party.[3]

Reception

While writing for Billboard, Erin Strecker described the song as having "a sweetly thumping bass line and light harmonies," and added, "the tune would feel perfectly at home in the easy, breezy '70s."[2] In Rolling Stone's special Reader's Poll, "What a Feeling" topped #1 as one of the best songs One Direction ever released.[4]

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 77
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] 73
France (SNEP)[7] 150
Ireland (IRMA)[8] 59
Italy (FIMI)[9] 46
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] 94
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 74
UK Singles (OCC)[12] 90
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[13] 9

References

  1. ↑ Pehanick, Maggie (11 November 2015). "Listen to One Direction's Retro New Song, "What a Feeling"". PopSugar. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 Strecker, Erin (11 November 2015). "Listen to One Direction's Breezy New Song 'What A Feeling'". Billboard. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  3. ↑ What a Feeling, June 2016
  4. ↑ Spannos, Brittany (25 November 2015). "Readers' Poll: The 10 Best One Direction Songs". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 12 December 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (21 November 2015). "ARIA Singles: Adele 'Hello' Stays at No 1 For 4th Week". Noise11. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "One Direction – What a Feeling" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "One Direction – What a Feeling" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 47, 2015". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "One Direction – What a Feeling". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "One Direction – What a Feeling" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "One Direction – What a Feeling". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  12. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  13. ↑ "One Direction Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
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