One Thing

About this song

"One Thing" was released as the second international and third Great Britain single from One Direction's debut album, Up All Night. It was originally written as two separate songs before the two were combined into one. The track has a B-side, "I Should Have Kissed You", which appears on special editions of the album. It reached the top ten in the UK, Ireland, and Scotland, their third consecutive top ten entry in each country, and charted in the top forty in several other countries including the US. The song has been certified Silver in the UK and Platinum in the US.

What it's about

The song is about an infatuation with someone who has a special "one thing" that is never identified.

Summary written with AI, based on the song's page on Genius.

Fun facts

• Sampled in 1 other song.
• Covered 7 times, including “One Thing (2011) by KIDZ BOP Kids”.
• Written by Carl Falk, Rami and Savan Kotecha.
• Produced by Rami and Carl Falk.
• Recorded at Kinglet Studios.