Diana

**Diana** is the third track on One Direction's third studio album, *Midnight Memories*. It was released on 18 November 2013, a week prior to the album's release.

Lyrically, the song describes a person who appears to be famous, and who helps the narrator understand themselves better. The narrator sees themselves as a saviour for Diana. The other songwriters involved have confirmed the track is about a specific person, but would not reveal who she is.

The song has a distinct 1980s tone and resembles to Aha's "Take On Me". It was performed on the *Where We Are Tour* and the *On The Road Again Tour*.

## Background

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."

## Lyrics

**[Zayn]**

(Yeah, yeah, yeah)

Diana

(Yeah, yeah, yeah)

**[Liam]**

Front pages all your pictures

They make you look so small

How could someone not miss you at all?

**[All]**

(Oh-ah-oh)

**[Harry]**

I never would mistreat ya

No I’m not a criminal

I speak a different language

But I still hear your call

**[All]**

Diana let me be the one to

Light a fire inside those eyes

You been lonely

You don’t even know me

But I can feel you crying

Diana let me be the one to

Lift your heart up and save your life

I don’t think you even realise

Baby you’d be saving mine

**[Zayn]**

Diana

**[Niall]**

It’s only been four months but

You’ve fallen down so far

How could someone mislead you at all?

**[All]**

(Oh-ah-oh)

**[Louis]**

I wanna reach out for ya

I wanna break these walls

I speak a different language

But I still hear you call

**[All]**

Diana let me be the one to

Light a fire inside those eyes

You been lonely

You don’t even know me

But I can feel you crying

Diana let me be the one to

Lift your heart up and save your life

I don’t think you even realise

Baby you’d be saving mine

**[Harry]**

We all need something

This can’t be over now

If I could hold ya

Swear I’d never put you down

**[All]**

Diana let me be the one to

Light a fire inside those eyes

You been lonely

You don’t even know me

But I can feel you crying

Diana let me be the one to

Lift your heart up and save your life

I don’t think you even realise

Baby you’d be saving mine

**[Zayn]**

(Oh-ah-oh)

Diana,

(Oh-ah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

Diana,

**[Harry]**

Baby you’d be saving mine

(Oh-ah-oh)

Diana,

(Oh-ah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

Diana,

Baby you’d be saving mine

## 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.

## References

1. ↑ ONE DIRECTION'S *MIDNIGHT MEMORIES*: GO INSIDE THEIR LATE-NIGHT RECORDING SESSIONS
2. ↑ One Direction Dishes Secret Deets On The Making Of Their New Hit *Diana*!