Drag Me Down

This article is about the One Direction song. For The Boomtown Rats song, see In the Long Grass.

"Drag Me Down"
Single by One Direction
from the album Made in the A.M.
Released31 July 2015 (2015-07-31)[1]
GenrePop rock[2][3]
Length3:12
LabelSyco
Songwriter(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 as the lead single for their fifth studio album, Made in the A.M. (2015).[4] The song was released worldwide on 31 July 2015 and was the band's first single since Zayn Malik's departure earlier that same year. "Drag Me Down" debuted atop the charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Austria, Australia, and New Zealand. 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 and won the fan-voted 'Best Video Award' at the 2016 Brit Awards.[5]

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  2. ^ Spanos, Brittany. "One Direction Plot Post-Zayn Future With New Song 'Drag Me Down'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
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  4. ^ Goodman, Jessica (22 September 2015). "One Direction announce album name, Made In The A.M.". Entertainment Weekly. United States. Retrieved 22 September 2015 – via Time Inc.
  5. ^ "One Direction win Best Video at Brits in fans vote". ITV News. Retrieved 24 October 2016.