Drag Me Down

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This article is about the One Direction song. For The Boomtown Rats song, see In the Long Grass.
"Drag Me Down"
File:One Direction - Drag Me Down (Official Single Cover).png
Single by One Direction
from the album Made in the A.M.
Released 31 July 2015[1]
Format
Genre
Label Syco
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Julian Bunetta
One Direction singles chronology
"Night Changes"
(2014)		 "Drag Me Down"
(2015)		 "Perfect"
(2015)
Music video
"Drag Me Down" on YouTube

"Drag Me Down" is a song recorded by English-Irish boy band One Direction for their fifth studio album, Made in the A.M. (2015).[4] The song was released worldwide on 31 July 2015. The track marked their first single since Zayn Malik's departure in March 2015. "Drag Me Down" debuted atop the charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Austria, Australia, and New Zealand upon its release. It became the group's first number one single in France and Australia, as well as their fourth number one in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. It debuted at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It won the British Artist Award at the 2016 Brit Awards.

Background and release

"Drag Me Down" is marked as One Direction's first single since Zayn Malik's departure in March 2015.[5] The announcement of the release, with no previous promotion or marketing, was done by Liam Payne on his Twitter, followed by the rest of the members on 31 July 2015.[1]

Composition

"Drag Me Down" is a midtempo pop rock track. According to Los Angeles Times's editor Mikael Wood, the production contains springy guitars that recall The Police or "Rude" by Magic!.[2][6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Billboard 3.5/5 stars[3]
Digital Spy 3.0/5 stars[7]

Jason Lipshutz of Billboard gave the song three and a half out of five stars and commented "For those worried that a four-member incarnation of the group can't get the job done, "Drag Me Down" assuages those fears by keeping the overall quality level high".[3] Lewis Corner of Digital Spy gave the song three out of five stars review and stated that "Drag Me Down" is "one of their most pop-centric releases to date".[8] Past member Zayn Malik took to social media and praised the single, stating that he was proud of the band.

Commercial performance

The song sold 349,000 digital copies in the US and had 17.7 million streams worldwide in its first week of release.[9] It broke the record on Spotify for most streamed track in one day, earning 4.75 million global streams.[10]

In the United States, "Drag Me Down" debuted at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, the second-highest debut of the year, with 349,000 downloads sold in its first week (making it the group's third number-one hit on the Digital Songs chart and the boy band's best sales week for a song.)[11][12]

Live performances

One Direction gave their first performance of the song on their On the Road Again Tour in Indianapolis on 31 July 2015.

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[57] 2× Platinum 140,000
Belgium (BEA)[58] Gold 15,000
Canada (Music Canada)[59] Gold 40,000
Italy (FIMI)[60] Platinum 50,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)[61] Gold 30,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[62] Platinum 15,000
Poland (ZPAV)[63] 3× Platinum 60,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[64] Gold 400,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales/streaming figures based on certification alone

References

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