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"It&amp;#039;s pretty difficult to pinpoint the best day of your entire life, isn&amp;#039;t it? That one day where everything was perfect, you were sassing about all over the store without a care in the world and thought &amp;#039;You know what? This being alive thing&amp;#039;s actually alright.&amp;#039; But August 19th, 2011 genuinely was ours. Why? Because One Direction premiered the What Makes You Beautiful video and nothing. else. mattered. Yup\u2014three years ago today Harry, Liam, Louis, Zayn, and Niall invented beaches, single-handedly saved music video shirtlessness, and brought VW California SE camper vans to the mainstream, when they chucked WMYB in the direction of our eyeballs, and this obviously needs addressing. Since the first time we saw the What Makes You Beautiful video was essentially the moment our lives became worthwhile, we thought we&amp;#039;d take a look back at what made it so bloody amazing. Not even just the video...the actual song in general. Let&amp;#039;s go! 1. The &amp;#039;du-du-du-dudu-chchchchch&amp;#039;. Iconic tbh. 2. The video, obviously. Because we don&amp;#039;t even think we understood what sexy was until this happened. 500 million+ views later and it&amp;#039;s still introducing new generations of Directioners to feels they never even thought possible. Thank you, universe. For everything. 3. The lyric video. IT WAS ALL WE HAD FOR A WHILE ALRIGHT. WORDS ON A SCREEN. THE STRUGGLE WAS REAL.      4. The artwork. Shout out to Niall&amp;#039;s teeth and Liam&amp;#039;s hair, yo.  5. The performances. Er...      Okaaay yeah, let&amp;#039;s concentrate on this one.      6. The b-side. Na Na Na: The Single That Never Was.      7. The covers. From The 1975 to loads of cute kids in their rooms on YouTube. This is the CULTURAL IMPACT, y&amp;#039;all.      8. Just the fact this happened over the course of three years, really. 9. The behind the scenes. &amp;quot;Louis is just a bit scared of going fast.&amp;quot; If you say so, Harry. If you say so.      Oh, shall we watch it again?      How are you celebrating 3 years of WMYB? What&amp;#039;s your favorite 1D song so far? Share in the comments below! MORE: 1D&amp;#039;s Most Hilariously Epic Tour #Fails One Direction&amp;#039;s Hottest Moments One Direction Dish About Their New Perfume, The Best Part Of Being In A Band, And What Makes A Girl Sexy! Image Credits: Giphy.com (2); Columbia Records Originally Posted On: Sugarscape "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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