rami yacoub from sweden wrote the song what makes you beautiful by one direction.
who from sweden wrote the song what makes you beautiful by one direction?
rami yacoub
take me home is the second studio album by english-irish boy band one direction, released on 9 november 2012 by syco music and columbia records. as a follow-up to one direction's internationally successful debut album "up all night" (2011), "take me home" was written in groups and has an average of just under five songwriters per track. largely recorded and composed in sweden during 2012, savan kotecha, rami yacoub and carl falk, who composed one direction's hits, "what makes you beautiful" and "one thing", spent six months in stockholm developing songs for the album, and were able to shape melodies around the members' tones.
take me home (one direction album)
one direction performed "one thing" live for the first time at capital fm's "jingle bell ball" on 4 december 2011, at the o arena. the group performed "one thing" and "what makes you beautiful" on "dancing on ice" on 5 february 2012. in the united states, one direction performed the song along with "more than this" and "what makes you beautiful" for the first time on "the today show" at the rockefeller center on 12 march 2012. an estimated 15,000 fans descended on the plaza. on 7 april 2012, one direction performed "what makes you beautiful" and "one thing" and appeared in a comedy sketch with sofia vergara on comedy television show "saturday night live". the group played "what makes you beautiful" and "one thing" and presented an award for "most popular new female talent" at the 54th logie awards on 15 april 2012. on 6 september 2012, one direction performed "one thing" at the 2012 mtv video music awards. it was included on the set list of the group's headlining sold-out show at madison square garden on 3 december 2012. additionally, one direction performed the song on four of their major concert tours: up all night tour (2011–12) and take me home tour (2013).
one thing (one direction song)