One Direction - Best Song Ever Video, Review, and Lyrics

Review

One Direction do seem to enjoy indulging in references to classic rock and punk music. "Live While We're Young" brought back memories of the Clash's "Should I Stay Or Should I Go," and the band covered Blondie's classic "One Way Or Another." Now the opening for the new single "Best Song Ever" is a dead ringer for the Who's "Baba O'Riley (aka Teenage Wasteland)," and for fans of British punk, that single cover for "Best Song Ever" might look familiar. There is more than a passing similarity to the cover of the Jam's 1980 album Sound Affects. Fortunately, One Direction does choose to pay homage to truly outstanding music.

Once we are past the opening memory of the Who, Harry Styles leads us straight into the song with words of awestruck romance. The title appears in the chorus as a memory of the "best song ever" providing the soundtrack for a night dancing with an unforgettable girl. The production here is beefed up giving a pleasing rock feel to the track while remaining pure boy band pop. Liam Payne gets the best and silliest line of the song singing, "Said her name was Georgia Rose, and her daddy was a dentist..." "Best Song Ever" is designed to bring smiles to the faces of pop fans across generations. The "you know I know" bridge provides additional moments of unabashed fun.

"Best Song Ever" serves as both part of the promotion for the One Direction film One Direction: This Is Us due to hit theaters August 29, 2013 and the lead single for the upcoming third album by the group titled Where We Are. It works well in both contexts consolidating the best of past music by One Direction into one song. Playfulness, charm, and a bit of the cheeky populate "Best Song Ever." The group's multitude of fans will deservedly rejoice.

Lyrics

Harry:
Maybe it's the way she walked
Straight into my heart and stole it
Through the doors and past the guards
Just like she already owned it

Zayn:
I said can you give it back to me
She said never in your wildest dreams

All:
And we danced all night to the best song ever
We knew every line
now I can't remember
how it goes but I know
that I won't forget her
'Cause we danced all night to the best song ever
I think it went
oh oh oh
I think it went
yeah yeah yeah
I think it goes, oh

Liam:
Said her name was Georgia Rose
And her daddy was a dentist

Harry:
Said I had a dirty mouth (I got a dirty mouth)
But she kissed me like she meant it

Niall:
I said can I take you home with me
She said never in your wildest dreams

All:
And we danced all night to the best song ever
We knew every line
now I can't remember
how it goes but I know
that I won't forget her
'Cause we danced all night to the best song ever
I think it went
oh oh oh
I think it went
yeah yeah yeah
I think it goes, oh

Louis:
You know, I know, you know
I will remember you
I know, you know, i know
You'll remember me

Zayn:
You know, I know, you know
I'll remember you
I know, you know
I hope you'll remember how we danced
How we danced

Harry:
1, 2, 1, 2, 3

All:
And we danced all night to the best song ever
We knew every line
now I can't remember
how it goes but I know
that I won't forget her
'Cause we danced all night to the best song ever

Then we we danced all night to the best song ever
We knew every line
now I can't remember
how it goes but I know
that I won't forget her
'Cause we danced all night to the best song ever
I think it went
oh oh oh
I think it went
yeah yeah yeah
I think it goes, oh

Zayn:
Best song ever
It was the best song ever
It was the best song ever
it was the best song ever