"Live While We're Young" is a song by English-Irish boy band One Direction, released as the lead single from their second studio album Take Me Home (2012). Written by Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk and Savan Kotecha and produced by Yacoub and Falk, it was released by Syco Records on 28 September 2012. Falk, Kotecha, and Yacoub had collaboratively helmed One Direction's previous hits, "What Makes You Beautiful" and "One Thing". The track is an uptempo, upbeat pop song which includes elements of dance pop and bubblegum pop. The song utilises rock undertones, vocal harmonies, hand claps, prominent electric guitar riffs, and repetitive synthesizers.
While it faced criticism for its opening guitar riff bearing
similarities with The Clash's 1982 single, "Should I Stay or Should I
Go", reviewers who favoured the song, completed the omnipresence and the
happiness in it. Additionally, the song's lyrics faced negative reception since
it was interpreted as a thinly veiled euphemism for sexual intercourse. A
commercial success, the song became a top ten hit in fifteen countries, while
reaching the top of the charts in New Zealand and Ireland. In the United
States, "Live While We're Young" debuted at number three on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart, marking the second-highest bow among all UK acts,
outpaced only by Elton John's number one arrival with "Candle in the Wind
1997" and recorded the highest one-week opening sales figure for a song by
a non-US artist.
Following an unauthorized internet leak, the song's
accompanying music video was officially released on 20 September 2012, four
days earlier than the intended release date. Directed by Vaughan Arnell, it has
a camping, water festival theme, with the group's activities considered
"scampering". The clip was generally well received by critics, many
of whom commended its jubilant, abrasive nature. Upon release, it broke the
Vevo record for having the most views in a 24-hour period with 8.24 million,
besting the previous record which had been set by Justin Bieber's
"Boyfriend" (8.00 million). Bieber subsequently regained the record
with his music video for "Beauty and a Beat" (10.6 million).
One Direction performed "Live While We're Young"
in a series of live appearances such as televised shows The X Factor USA and
The Today Show, and on their worldwide Take Me Home Tour (2012). The track was
featured in a Pepsi television commercial for the United States, and in the
opening scene of the 2012 Miss Universe competition, and it was performed on an
episode of Glee titled "Thanksgiving".
Could this be a beginning of the end for the boy band One Direction?! A fresh statement now indicates the group are dealing with the management for their impression, just after managers surprisingly hitting the music group. Sayings an insider who advises Harry, Zayn, Liam, Louis and Niall are trying to hold their good impression.
“One Direction have become the most important pop stars on the planet today along with that’s a great deal of stress to deal with. Whatever these people do is scrutinised as well as evaluated through the media as well as the people - and the young boys are finding the situation difficult to manage. “ They created a large fan following along with their new song release Live while we're young. The lyrics is sung by every other teenager on the street.
“But they’ve recently set under tight guidelines through administration to avoid anything to damage their clean impression.” Based on the sources, management have taken an extreme move of banning the boys from openly sleeping with fans, consuming alcohol or having cigarettes in public areas. Most of us guess Harry's certainly unhappy with them.
The source additionally states the band is sick and tired of their relationship being exposed and filled in the papers and magazines. Additional issues mentioned by the management surprisingly include: Zayn turning him out and unable to deal with his star lifestyle.
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