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About What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction
What Makes You Beautiful is credited to One Direction on What Makes You Beautiful - Single. This catalogue edition runs 3:19 and lists the song as track 1 of 2. The linked edition is dated 2011-09-11.
Catalogue artist credit: One Direction.
Catalogue title: What Makes You Beautiful. Genre: Pop. The date above belongs to the linked edition; it is not a claim about the original release or the video upload date.
Recording & video versions
The What Makes You Beautiful - Single edition is the recording reference for this page. Use its source link for the album version, or the YouTube player for the separately identified video.
Selected video: One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful (Official Video). Published by OneDirectionVEVO. Video length: 3:26.
Playback checked on 2026-10-19. Video edits and album recordings can have different running times.
Artist Information
One Direction
What Makes You Beautiful and Best Song Ever foreground the bright, energetic side of this selection. Story of My Life and Night Changes give the voices more room. Compare those with Drag Me Down to hear how the arrangement changes around a similarly prominent chorus.
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