My Favorite One Direction Songs and Why

In two days, I will be attending the One Direction concert in Minneapolis. I am very very excited and in celebration of that I'm writing this blog post! One Direction was a favorite band of mine since middle school. They aren't really my favorite band anymore, I like them still, but I just like other bands more. Anyway, I am still lucky enough to go to the concert and I am very excited!

*Note: Not in any order!

My Favorite One Direction Songs and Why

1. Moments (Up All Night; 2012): This is probably in my top 3 One Direction songs. It's on their first album, so they are still trying to find their sound and what kind of music they want to be known for, but this song is good. It's really good. It's a classic pop ballad, but I LOVE IT. This song will probably always be one of my favorites.

2. What Makes You Beautiful (Up All Night; 2012): A classic. This song can come on the radio and I will automatically start singing along. Doesn't matter where I am or who I am with. This song can always make me dance and always make me smile.

3. I Would (Take Me Home; 2012): This song makes me so happy. They released the album Take Me Home in the fall of 2012 and it came out right before I went on a family ski trip to Colorado. My cousin and I spent the entire week blasting this album and singing along. We even made some hilarious lyric videos to Rock Me and She's Not Afraid that I still have to this day.

4. She's Not Afraid (Take Me Home; 2012): This song is probs my favorite off of Take Me Home, which is saying something because Take Me Home is probably my favorite One Direction album as a whole. This song just makes me happy, like all the other songs I talk about do, but this one reminds me of Colorado and my cousins and I love it.

5. Alive (Midnight Memories; 2013): This song reminds me of She's Not Afraid on Take Me Home, but like an upgrade, kind of. Don't get me wrong, She's Not Afraid is amazing, but this song is too. It's kind of different than anything else they had made at this point and you can tell they are starting to find their sound.

6. Does He Know? (Midnight Memories; 2013): Great song. This is a mix between Alive and She's Not Afraid, so of course I love this song. A lot. You can always count on me loving this song and the day I stop is the day I die.

7. Happily (Midnight Memories; 2013): Harry Styles wrote this song, and me, being obsessed with him when this album came out, I immediately fell in love. It wasn't until almost a year after it was released that I listened to this song for the song and actually liked it. It's a great song and very well executed.

8. Why Don't We Go There (Midnight Memories; 2013): I really like this song. It's more of a upbeat ballad then just an upbeat song. I don't know if that made any sense, but I really really really love this song. It makes me extremely happy.

9. Strong (Midnight Memories; 2013): This is my friend Sam's favorite song off this album, and she is usually the one that I go to One Direction concerts with. Anyway, I really like this song because it reminds me of Sam. And I love Sam.

10. Don't Forget Where You Belong (Midnight Memories; 2013): I like this song because it talks about home. I believe that home will always welcome you with open arms. Home never remembers your mistakes and Home doesn't pay attention to your flaws and focuses on who you are. We all belong somewhere, and that somewhere is going to become our home. And whenever we leave out home, home will always welcome us back. However, the home that we grew up in will always welcome us back, and I think that is what this song is talking about.

11. Through the Dark (Midnight Memories; 2013): I really love this song too. It's another one of those pop ballads and it makes me happy. It also had such good vocals in it that it's hard to not love this song. Those boys truly have great voices and this song showcases that.

12. Act My Age (Four; 2014): Favorite song off of Four, hands down. (Girl Almighty is a close second though). This song just makes me dance. Whenever I can't handle doing homework or sitting any longer I blast this song and just dance. It's like 3 minutes long, but those 3 minutes of dancing get out enough energy to help me get through sitting for hours more. Plus, the intro to this song though.

13. Change Your Ticket (Four; 2014): This is Lilly's favorite song off of Four, so it reminds me of her. She would always play this song and dance along to it, so now when it plays I think of her and it makes me happy. Plus, who doesn't love Lilly?

14. Where Do Broken Hearts Go (Four; 2014): This is my friend Lucy's favorite song off of Four, so it reminds me of her. It makes her happy when it plays, so it makes me happy. Plus, Lucy and I dance like idiots to this song and it's a fucking blast.

15. Girl Almighty (Four; 2014): A close second to Act My Age. This song makes me want to dance and it's so upbeat and lively and it makes me so happy. Plus, it's different then a lot of their other songs and that's cool.

-Laur

"Hey, it's alright / Does it make you feel alive? / Don't look back / Live your life / Even if it's only for tonight." -Alive, One Direction