Live While We're Young is by the English-Irish boy band from what city?
Live While We're Young "Live While We're Young" is a song by English-Irish boy band One Direction, released as the lead single from their second studio album, "Take Me Home" (2012). Written by Savan Kotecha and its producers, Rami Yacoub and Carl Falk, the number was released by Syco Records on 28 September 2012. Falk, Kotecha, and Yacoub had collaboratively helmed One Direction's previous hits, "What Makes You Beautiful" and "One Thing". The track is an uptempo, upbeat bubblegum pop song which features rock undertones, vocal harmonies, hand claps, prominent electric guitar riffs, and repetitive synthesizers. The chorus of the song is predominantly featured alongside the bridge, and is backed by wordless chants. Its opening guitar riff bears similarities with The Clash's 1982 single, "Should I Stay or Should I Go".
The Mend (band) The Mend are a British boy band consisting of members Kris Evans, Jay Kontzle and Craig Worsley. They originally auditioned for "The X Factor" in 2011, but failed to get any further than bootcamp due to having a management deal. They went on to audition for "Britain's Got Talent" in 2012, and reached the semi-finals but after the public vote was revoked due to the judges' split decision, they failed to go through to the finals. They were then brought back by the judges for the final as a result of a wildcard, and finished in eighth place overall. They released their debut single "Where Were You" on 24 March 2013 independently.