After being formed and finishing third in the seventh series of The X Factor in 2010, they first formed as solo singers but soon got placed as a band on 23 July 2010 [REF][REF] One Direction were signed to Syco Music, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment [REF].
After recording the song at Cosmos Studios and Kinglet Studios in Stockholm, Sweden,[REF] the band felt relieved to have a song that they were happy to release as their debut single.