Diana (One Direction song)

2013 single by One DirectionTemplate:SHORTDESC:2013 single by One Direction

 Songwriter(s) | * Brona O’Dowd
* Jamie Scott
* John Ryan
* Louis Tomlinson
 Producer(s) | * Julian Bunetta
* John Ryan

"**Diana**" is a song by English-Irish boy band One Direction from their third studio album *Midnight Memories* (2013). It was released on 18 November 2013, a week prior to the album's release.

The song debuted at number two on the Irish Singles Chart on 19 November 2013, the day after it was released; it was one of three One Direction songs in the top 10 that week, along with the album's title track "Midnight Memories" (number three) and "Story of My Life" (number six). One Direction performed the song on all two of their major concert tours: Where We Are Tour (2014) and On the Road Again Tour (2015).

## Background

The song was written by Julian Bunetta, Jamie Scott, John Ryan and band members Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne.Template:Citation needed In an interview with *MTV News*, when Bunetta was asked if the song was named after someone called Diana, he replied "Can't tell! It's definitely about somebody, maybe one day somebody will tell. But we can't tell. I think that the lyric probably pertains to what a lot of the fans are going through and feel... People feel like they're alone and that's what their escape is, Twitter and [finding] people that also relate to them, and everyone finding each other from different parts of the world that are going through the same things." He went on to say, "[I think] it was a kind of a pretty accurate depiction of the loneliness someone can feel in such a huge world and someone saying 'Hey, I feel you. I know you're there. I notice you; it's OK. You're not alone'."

Tomlinson told Perez Hilton's Danielle Sacco for Perez TV that, "We [were] actually working with a few different names for the chorus, and the top name originally was 'Joanna', which is actually quite close to my mum's name, and it felt a little weird so we changed it to Diana."

## Chart performance

The day after its release, the song debuted at number two on the Irish Singles Chart, where it was one of three One Direction songs from *Midnight Memories* in the top 10, along with the album's title track "Midnight Memories" (number three) and "Story of My Life" (number six). Diana debuted on the *Billboard* Hot 100 at number 11 on 7 December and dropped off the chart the following week.

## Charts

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 Switzerland Digital Song Sales (*Billboard*) | 6

## References

1. ↑ Scott, Jamie (12 October 2013). Twitter / Jamie ScottG6: So everyone can stop guessing...I co wrote 2,3,4,5,7,11 and 14 That's half i think... This album is gonna be EPIC. #MidnightMemories. Twitter. Retrieved on October 27, 2013.
2. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"One Direction Release New Song 'Diana' Ahead Of Launching Third Album 'Midnight Memories'". Capital FM. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
3. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Vena, Jocelyn (25 November 2013). "One Direction's Midnight Memories: Go Inside Their Late-Night Recording Sessions". *MTV News*. MTV. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
4. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Hilton, Perez (21 November 2013). "EXCLUSIVE! One Direction Dishes Secret Deets On The Making Of Their New Hit Diana!". Perez TV. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
5. ↑ ARIA Digital Tracks Chart. ARIA Charts (25 November 2013). Retrieved on November 29, 2013.
6. ↑ Greece Digital Songs: Dec 7, 2013. *Billboard*. Retrieved on December 7, 2013.
7. ↑ 3fm Mega Top 50 : 30/11/2013 (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
8. ↑ Portugal Digital Songs - December 7, 2013. *Billboard*. Retrieved on March 14, 2014.
9. ↑ One Direction Chart History (Switzerland Digital Song Sales). *Billboard*.

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