Best Song Ever

"Best Song Ever" is a dance pop/power pop song recorded by the British-Irish boy band One Direction. It was released on 22 July 2013 by Syco and Columbia. The opening and chrous of the song incorporates the power chords also used by The Who's "Baba O'Riley", played by guitarist Pete Townshend (who praised 1D's track). The song became available for pre-order on iTunes on 26 June. After being leaked, the song's audio was uploaded to VEVO on 19 July. The music video was officially released on 22 July. The music video also broke the VEVO record for having the most views in a 24-hour period with 12.3 million, beating Miley Cyrus' record of 10.7 million with "We Can't Stop".

[Verse 1: Harry] Maybe it's the way she walked Straight into my heart and stole it Through the doors and past the guards Just like she already owned it [Pre-Chorus: Zayn] I said, "Can you give it back to me?" She said, "Never in your wildest dreams" [Chorus: All] And we danced all night to the best song ever We knew every line now I can't remember How it goes but I know that I won't forget her 'Cause we danced all night to the best song ever I think it went oh, oh, oh I think it went yeah, yeah, yeah I think it goes [Verse 2: Liam & Harry & Niall] Said her name was Georgia Rose And her daddy was a dentist Said I had a dirty mouth (I got a dirty mouth) But she kissed me like she meant it [Pre-Chorus: Niall] I said, "Can I take you home with me?" She said, "Never in your wildest dreams" [Chorus: All] And we danced all night to the best song ever We knew every line now I can't remember How it goes but I know that I won't forget her 'Cause we danced all night to the best song ever I think it went oh, oh, oh I think it went yeah, yeah, yeah I think it goes [Bridge: Louis & Zayn & Harry] You know, I know, you know I'll remember you And I know, you know, I know you'll remember me And you know, I know, you know I'll remember you And I know, you know, I hope you'll remember how we danced, how we danced 1, 2 - 1, 2, 3 [Chorus: All & (Zayn) & Harry] How we danced all night to the best song ever (How we danced!) We knew every line now I can't remember (We knew every line) How it goes but I know that I won't forget her 'Cause we danced all night to the best song ever We danced, we danced And it goes something like this And we danced all night to the best song ever We knew every line now I can't remember How it goes but I know that I won't forget her (I know that I won't forget her) 'Cause we danced all night to the best song ever (Best song ever!) I think it went oh, oh, oh I think it went yeah, yeah, yeah I think it goes [Outro: Zayn] Best song ever It was the best song ever It was the best song ever It was the best song ever