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Olivia by One Direction

TRACK

One Direction

Olivia

Release date: 13th November 2015

From Made In The A.M. (Deluxe Edition)
Track 9
2:58
PopMusicPop/RockRock
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About This Track

A plea for reconciliation dressed in vintage strings and old-school British pop warmth, 'Olivia' finds One Direction adopting a more classicist arrangement than much of their catalogue. The track appeared as the ninth song on their fifth studio album, 'Made In The A.M.', released in November 2015, and carries an unmistakable retro feel; the strings were recorded at Abbey Road, lending the production a period texture that sits somewhere between earnest balladry and widescreen romance. The lyric is direct about regret and devotion. One Direction frame the song as an apology from someone who failed to show enough, now left alone with the consequences. The repeated declaration 'I've been idolizing the light in your eyes' anchors the chorus in straightforward romantic longing, whilst the verses sketch a relationship unravelling in real time, the narrator caught between nightmares and the hope that saying it now might be enough. The arrangement does most of the emotional work, the orchestration giving weight to what could otherwise feel like a standard pop apology. It is a song that leans into sentiment without irony, the kind of uncomplicated declaration that suits a band comfortable enough to borrow from an older playbook.

"Olivia" is a track by One Direction, from the album Made In The A.M. (Deluxe Edition), released 13th November 2015. The track is 2:58 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about One Direction.

About the Artist

One Direction

One Direction

Lyrics

Olivia

Remember the day when we've given up
When you told me I didn't give you enough
And all of your friends were saying I'll be leaving you
She's lying in bed with my t-shirt on
Just thinking how I went about it wrong
This isn't the stain of a red wine, I'm bleeding love

Please believe me, don't you see
The things you mean to me?
Oh, I love you, I love you
I love, I love, I love Olivia

I live for you, I long for you, Olivia
I've been idolizing the light in your eyes, Olivia
I live for you, I long for you, Olivia
Don't let me go
Don't let me go

Say what you're feeling and say it now
'Cause I got the feeling you're walking out
And time is irrelevant when I've not been seeing you
The consequences are falling now
There's something I'm having nightmares about
And these are the reasons I'm crying out to be with you

Please believe me, don't you see
The things you mean to me?
Oh, I love you, I love you
I love, I love, I love Olivia

I live for you, I long for you, Olivia
I've been idolizing the light in your eyes, Olivia
I live for you, I long for you, Olivia
Don't let me go
Don't let me go

When you go and I'm alone
You live in my imagination
The summertime and butterflies
All belong to your creation
I love you, it's all I do
I love you

I live for you, I long for you, Olivia
I've been idolizing the light in your eyes, Olivia
I live for you, I long for you, Olivia
Don't let me go
Don't let me go
Don't let me go

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Track details

From Made In The A.M. (Deluxe Edition)

2:582015
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Album
Made In The A.M. (Deluxe Edition)
Made In The A.M. (Deluxe Edition)
One Direction
13th November 2015
Track number
9
Release year
2015
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    4:00
  2. 2Drag Me Down
    3:12
  3. 3Perfect
    3:50
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    4:09

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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Harry Styles, John The Blind, Julian Bunetta
    Producer
    John The Blind, Julian Bunetta
    Engineer
    Julian Bunetta
    Vocals
    Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan
    Assistant Engineer
    Ian Franzino, Kevin Bayly
    Assistant Mastering Engineer
    Randy Merrill
    Background Vocals
    John The Blind, Julian Bunetta
    Brass
    Andrew Martin, Danielle Ondarza, Tom Evans, Willie Murillo
    Brass Arranger
    Julian Bunetta, Marco Marinangeli
    Cello
    Caroline Dearnley, Chris Worsey, Ian Burdge, Tony Woollard
    Concertmaster
    Perry Montague-Mason
    Conductor
    Gavin Greenaway
    Contractor
    Amy Stewart, Isobel Griffiths
    Instrumentation
    John The Blind, Julian Bunetta
    Mastering Engineer
    Tom Coyne
    Mixing Engineer
    Julian Bunetta
    Strings Arranger
    John The Blind, Julian Bunetta, Marco Marinangeli
    Viola
    Peter Lale, Rachel Bolt, Steve Wright (Violist)
    Violin
    Boguslaw Kostecki, Cathy Thompson, Christina Emanuel, Dai Emmanuel, Daniel Bhattacharya, Gaby Lester, Jackie Hartley, Jim McLeod, John Bradbury, Magnus Johnston, Mark Berrow, Patrick Kiernan
    Vocal Engineer
    Jasper Dent
    ,
    Perry Montague-Mason
    , Simon Baggs
    , Steve Morris (Violinist)
    , Warren Zielinski
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