

The video had held the record for "Most Views Within 24 Hours of Release". On J(the day after the video was released), VEVO tweeted that "Best Song Ever" had gathered 12.3 million views within 24 hours of its release. (We danced, we danced, it goes something like, yeah) How we danced all night to the best song ever You know, I know, you know I'll remember youĪnd I know, you know, I know you'll remember meĪnd you know, I know, you know I'll remember you Said I had a dirty mouth (I got a dirty mouth) Through the doors and pass the guards (ow)Īnd we danced all night to the best song everĬause we danced all night to the best song ever The official audio was posted on One Direction's VEVO channel following the interviews. Most radio stations played the song at around 4pm.Zayn appeared on In Demand Radio (from 8pm).

Liam was on 99.7 (NOW Radio in the morning) 95.8 (Capital FM at 4 pm) 102.7 (On The Ryan Sea crest show on KISS FM at 4p m).Niall was on 102.7 (On The Ryan Sea crest show on KISS FM at 4:30 pm) and NRK (In France at 3p m).Harry was on BBC Radio 1 (at 4pm) Virgin Radio (96 at 8pm).The band did interviews and appeared on various radio shows July 19th, to promote it. The radio premiere of the song was on July 19, 2013. The whole song leaked onto Tumbler and YouTube on July 17, 2013. The song was released accidentally by iTunes who downloaded it onto a users iPod as opposed to just pre-ordering it. The official single cover was released through the use of the hashtag #BestSongEverCover' on Twitter on July 3, 2013, at 7 pm (GMT) The next day, June 26th, the song had gone to number 1 on iTunes in various countries such as the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Holland, Denmark, Spain, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Belgium and many more. The official release date was Jwith the physical CD released on August 19th. One Direction announce new single - "Best Song Ever" Some fans suggest that the song that One Direction was talking about in "Best Song Ever" was actually "Baba O' Riley" and that the song was actually a tribute to the iconic band, The Who. Pete Townsend, however, aid all they did was use the same 3 chords used by musicians since Chuck Berry and mentioned he and Roger Daltrey won't sue them. Shortly after the success of the song, Fans of 1960s mod rock icons The Who demanded 1D to be sued for ripping off the intro of their song "Baba O' Riley". Louis Tomlinson ended the video by saying "Hope you like it!" In the video, Liam Payne mentioned that the official movie trailer for This Is Us was going live in "about half and hour" and if you watched it you "might just catch a little snippet" of the song. The video confirmed that the song would be available to pre-order at midnight (GMT on June 25th). The song was first revealed via a short announcement video tweeted by Niall Horan on June 25, 2013.
