"18" is a song by English-Irish
boy band
A boy band is loosely defined as a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation. Generally, boy bands perform Love song, love songs marketed towards girls and young ...
One Direction from their fourth studio album ''
Four''. The song was released on November 17, 2014 and was written by English singer
Ed Sheeran and Oliver Frank.
The song attained international success as it is certified gold in Australia and silver in the UK.
Background
English singer
Ed Sheeran spoke about writing the song for
One Direction in an interview saying, "I kinda wrote it from their perspective." He also mentions, "I'm really happy with the record that I wrote for them. It's the first record I've actually specifically written for them."
The track runs at 124
BPM and is in the key of
F# Minor. The song was recorded at Enemy Dojo, The Mountains,
Los Angeles.
As of 2014, "18" sold 4,922 copies in the UK and 38,610 copies in the US.
Personnel
Credits for "18" adapted from
Genius.
Musicians
One Direction
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Niall Horan
Niall James Horan ( ; born 13 September 1993) is an Irish singer-songwriter. He rose to prominence as a member of the boy band One Direction, formed in 2010 on the singing competition ''The X Factor''. The group released five albums and went ...
– vocals
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Zayn Malik – vocals
*
Liam Payne – vocals
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Harry Styles
Harry Edward Styles (born 1 February 1994) is an English singer, songwriter, and actor. His musical career began in 2010 as a solo contestant on the British music competition series ''The X Factor (UK TV series), The X Factor''. Following hi ...
– vocals
*
Louis Tomlinson
Louis William Tomlinson (; born Louis Troy Austin; 24 December 1991) is an English singer and songwriter. He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction. Tomlinson began his career appearing in television dramas before he auditioned ...
– vocals
Additional musicians
*Oliver Frank - writing
*Luke Potashnick - guitar
*Matt Rad - drum programming, keyboard, producer
*Steve Robson - bass, producer
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Ed Sheeran - writing
Production
*Ian Dowling - engineering
*Șerban Ghenea - mixing
*John Hanes - mixing
*Sam Miller - engineering, producer
Charts
Certifications
References
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One Direction songs
2014 songs
Songs written by Ed Sheeran
Song recordings produced by Matt Rad
Song recordings produced by Steve Robson