On 16 October 2015, One Direction released the second single "Perfect" from their fifth studio album, Made in the A.M., and released "Home" as a promotional single along with the purchase of the EP, Perfect, on 22 October.[4] However, the track was leaked a day early on Spotify,[5] which made the song reach number six on the Billboard Twitter Real-Time chart.[6]
Composition
"Home" was written by Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Jamie Scott,[7] while production was handled by Scott, Daniel Bryer and Mike Needle.[8] The song has been described as "an emotional mid-tempo indie-pop track."[1]
Critical reception
Madeline Roth of MTV compared the lyrics to other One Direction song's such as "Don't Forget Where You Belong" and "Through The Dark".[9] Ella Ceron of Teen Vogue stated, "'Home'... hits somewhere between the power ballads 1D already does so well, and the heartbreak anthem that makes us just want to hug our boys."[5]
^"ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select SINGLES DIGITAL - TOP 100 and insert 201544 into search.