"What a Feeling" is a song recorded by English-Irish boy band One Direction for their fifth studio album, Made in the A.M. (2015). It was written and produced by Jamie Scott and co-written by Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Daniel Bryer and Mike Needle. The song was released as the album's second promotional single on iTunes Store and Spotify on 11 November 2015. Fans of the band held a so-called streaming party on October 25, 2020, where they all listened to “What a Feeling” the whole day. The goal was to get the song on top 100 charts. The song got over 50 million stream on that one single day. Liam Payne (band member and co writer) told the fans, and an Instagram live video, that the song was made to be played in a stadium and it was one of his favorites from Made in the A.M.[1][2] The song, along with the rest of Made in the A.M., leaked on the internet after a mishap in security during a listening party.[3]
"What a Feeling" | |
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Promotional single by One Direction | |
from the album Made in the A.M. | |
Released | 11 November 2015 |
Recorded | 2015 |
Length | 3:21 |
Label | Syco |
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Producer(s) | Jamie Scott |
While writing for Billboard, Erin Strecker described the song as having "a sweetly thumping bass line and light harmonies," and added, "the tune would feel perfectly at home in the easy, breezy '70s."[2] In Rolling Stone's special Reader's Poll, "What a Feeling" topped #1 as one of the best songs One Direction ever released.[4]
Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[5] | 77 |
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] | 73 |
France (SNEP)[7] | 150 |
Ireland (IRMA)[8] | 59 |
Italy (FIMI)[9] | 46 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] | 94 |
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[11] | 74 |
UK Singles (OCC)[12] | 90 |
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[13] | 9 |
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Singles | |
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