Fireproof

Album: Four (2014)
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Songfacts®:

  • This was the first song to be made available following the announcement of the release of the guys' Four album on September 8, 2014. Directioners were able to download the track for free from One Direction's official website for a limited period of 24 hours.
  • The song was written by Louis and Liam with frequent One D songwriters John Ryan, Jamie Scott and Julian Bunetta. The same quintet also penned several songs on Midnight Memories together including the title track.
  • The song was downloaded 1,089,278 times in the limited 24 hours it was made available to fans. This meant it broke the world record for the most downloaded free track in history.
  • Jamie Scott told MTV News this is one of his two favorite songs on Four, "because it harks back to an era of music that I absolutely love." (The other one is "Fool's Gold").

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