Drag Me Down
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| Single by One Direction | ||||||||
| from the album Made in the A.M. | ||||||||
| Released | 31 July 2015 | |||||||
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| Label | Syco | |||||||
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| Producer(s) | Julian Bunetta | |||||||
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"Drag Me Down" is a song recorded by English-Irish boy band One Direction for their fifth studio album, Made in the A.M. (2015). The song was released worldwide on 31 July 2015 and marked the band's first single since Zayn Malik's departure in March 2015. "Drag Me Down" debuted atop the charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Austria, Australia, and New Zealand. It became the group's first number one single in France and Australia, as well as their fourth number one in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. It debuted at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and won the fan-voted 'Best Video Award' at the 2016 Brit Awards.
"Drag Me Down" is marked as One Direction's first single since Zayn Malik's departure in March 2015. The announcement of the release, with no previous promotion or marketing, was done by Liam Payne on his Twitter handle, followed by the rest of the members on 31 July 2015.
"Drag Me Down" is a midtempo pop rock track written by Julian Bunetta and John Ryan, who wrote and produced several songs on One Direction's previous two albums Midnight Memories (2013) and Four (2014). According to Los Angeles Times's editor Mikael Wood, the production contains springy guitars that recall The Police or "Rude" by Magic!. The song is written in C minor with a tempo of 138 beats per minute.
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