But there certainly wasn’t any… it wasn’t supposed to be them walking off, it was just kind of like an, “OK, see you in a bit, guys!” There appeared to be possible ongoing tension about the edited scene, with Turner later tweeting Winston on February 13th: 'You're right, you did film it. Co-director Gabe Turner responded 'It just didn’t look that great. But I don’t know why… Gabe, why did we cut that last shot where they run back together at the end?'. Because actually, they do run back together at the end. I think too much has been read into that ending where they walk off in different directions. On February 1, 2016, Ben Winston revealed in an interview with MTV that the video was not supposed to end with each band member leaving in different directions, stating, 'Well actually, I see that a bit too much has been read into that one. It features footage of the band's journey to success, intercut with scenes of the members singing the lyrics.

The 'History' music video was released unannounced on January 26, 2016. History entered the Billboard Trending Charts at #1. Niall and Louis tweeted with fans about the song and the hashtag #1DHistory trended worldwide. The song became available for download on iTunes and Spotify on November 6, 2015. It is their fourth single to go platinum after ' What Makes You Beautiful', ' Steal My Girl' and ' Story of My Life'. On March 1, 2016, BPI Music announced the single had gone gold and by June, it had gone platinum upon selling 600,000 copies. It reached the top ten in Scotland and Italy and reached #29 in Australia. 'History' peaked at #6 on the BBCRI Official Singles Chart and #5 on the UK & Ireland iTunes Charts. 'Cause the truth is out, I realize that without you here life is just a lieĮntertainment Weekly said the track was a 'hand-clapping, all-together-now celebration of all the band has been through and accomplished alongside their fans.' Chart Success Mini bars, expensive cars, hotel rooms, and new tattoosĪnd the good champagne, and private planes, but they don't mean anything So don't let it go, we can make some more, we can live foreverīut we always find a way to make it out alive We could be the greatest team that the world has ever seen

You and me got a whole lot of history (oh) Now my heart's breaking and I don't know what to do Keep getting the feeling you wanna leave this all behind You've got to help me, I'm losing my mind

One direction history my life