Kiss You

### Composer(s)

Shellback, Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk, Savan Kotecha, Kristian Lundin, Kristoffer Fogelmark, Albin Nedler

## Singles Chronology

**Kiss You** is a song by One Direction. It was the second single from their second album, *Take Me Home.*It was released in the United States on November 16, 2012. It is available on all editions of the album.

It was released as their third single in the UK and reached #9 on the official UK charts. The song is also featured in all versions of the Just Dance 2014 video game.

Lyrically, "Kiss You" describes an infatuation with a new romantic partner.

## Background

"Kiss You" was written by Shellback, Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk, Savan Kotecha, Kristian Lundin, Kristoffer Fogelmark, and Albin Nedler. It was produced by Yacoub, Falk, and Shellback. Recording for the song took place at Kinglet Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, Chalice Studios in Los Angeles, California, and Wendy House Productions in London, England.

In April 2012, *The Independent* reported that Simon Cowell, the group's manager, had challenged prominent songwriters to compete for space on One Direction's second album. Falk said, "It's important to get their personalities on the music." In addition, the article reported that Syco Records was working on candidates that included Max Martin and Lundin.

"Kiss You" was chosen as the second US single and third international from their second studio album, *Take Me Home*. Liam Payne, a group member, in a November 2012 interview with MTV News, explained why they chose "Kiss You" as the album's second single in the US. Payne was quoted as saying: "With the album, that's the first one that we listened to and we were like, 'Yeah, we love this song'".

"Kiss You" was performed in the *Take Me Home Tour*, the *Where We Are Tour* and the *On The Road Again Tour*.

## Lyrics

**[Zayn]**

Oh, I just wanna take you anywhere that you'd like

We could go out any day, any night

Baby I'll take you there, take you there

Baby I'll take you there, yeah

**[Harry]**

Oh, tell me, tell me, tell me how to turn your love on

You can get, get anything that you want

Baby just shout it out, shout it out

Baby just shout it out, yeah

**[Liam]**

And if you, you want me to

Let's make a move

**[Harry]**

Yeah, so tell me girl if every time we

**[All]**

To-o-uch

You get this kind of, ru-u-ush

Baby say yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

If you don't wanna, take it slow

And you just wanna, take me home

Baby say yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

**[Harry]**

And let me kiss you

**[Zayn]**

Oh baby, baby don't you know you got what I need

Looking so good from your head to your feet

Come on come over here, over here

Come on come over here, yeah

**[Niall]**

Oh, I just wanna show you off to all of my friends

Making them drool down their chinny-chin-chins

Baby be mine tonight, mine tonight

Baby be mine tonight, yeah

**[Liam]**

And if you, you want me to

Let's make a move

**[Zayn]**

Yeah, so tell me girl if every time we

**[All]**

To-o-uch

You get this kind of, ru-u-ush

Baby say yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

If you don't wanna, take it slow

And you just wanna, take me home

Baby say yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

**[Zayn]**

And let me kiss you (x5)

**[All]**

Na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na na

**[Louis]**

Yeah, so tell me girl if every time we

**[All]**

To-o-uch

You get this kind of, ru-u-ush

Baby say yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

If you don't wanna, take it slow

And you just wanna, take me home

Baby say yeah, yeah, yeah

Every time we to-o-uch

You get this kind of, ru-u-ush

Baby say yeah, yeah

If you don't wanna, take it slow

And you just wanna, take me home

Baby say yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

**[Harry]**

And let me kiss you

## Music Video

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### Background

Premiering worldwide on Vevo on 7 January 2013, the music video depicts the band shooting different scenes via a green screen, dressed as sailors, surfers, skiers and jailers. The video features scenes reminiscent of the films *South Pacific*, *To Catch a Thief*, *Jailhouse Rock* and *Beach Blanket Bingo*, as well as the iconic music videos of songs such as The Beach Boys' "Surfer Girl", Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii" and Rammstein's "Mein Land", among others.

### Teasers

From January 2, 2013, various promotional trailers were released in the build-up to the premiere.

## Credits

* Shellback — writing
* Rami Yacoub — writing, production, programming, instruments, bass
* Carl Falk — writing, production, programming, instruments, guitar, background vocals
* Savan Kotecha — writing, background vocals
* Kristian Lundin — writing
* Kristoffer Fogelmark — writing, background vocals
* Albin Nedler — writing, background vocals
* Niall Horan — additional guitar
* One Direction fans — background vocals