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Their Best Song Ever? One Direction's new release Drag Me Down hits No.1 in 82 countries on first day as surprise launch becomes biggest global success so far


They may be one man down, but One Direction's comeback single as a four piece looks set to be their biggest global success to date.
The surprise track, Drag Me Down, which was released by Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan on Friday morning has already hit no1 in 82 countries.
It caps off a week in which former member Zayn Malik slammed the band as he announced a solo signing to rival label RCA records to finally make what he called 'real music'.
The latest release, which follows November 2014's Night Changes (the last single before Zayn's departure in March 2015), was top worldwide Twitter trend for over ten hours after the band took to their Twitter account with the news.
It has been reported that 22k tweets per minute were being sent by the global fansbase, and 3.2 million tweets had been posted by 3pm.
The four-piece gave their loyal supporters plenty of chance to purchase it because it was dropped on iTunes and Spotify worldwide at 6.30am (UK time).
Radio and online previews followed later but the frenzy had already begun, it seems.
It's a firm show of support for the former X Factor contestants, whose fan base has been divided by Zayn's solo career and the news that 23-year-old Louis is set to become a first-time father in 2016.
Admirers of the boyband were sent into turmoil when it was revealed that Louis was expecting a child with 'close friend' Briana Jungwirth but the release cements his future within the band.
Announcing their latest news on Twitter, Liam, 21, informed fans: 'Bit of a surprise! Check out our new single! It's called Drag Me Down & I hope you love it as much as we do.'
Niall, also 21, tweeted afterwards: 'Finally we get to say this ! have waited a long time but our new single Drag Me Down is out !!!'
One Direction's Official Twitter account then posted a video of the foursome introducing their new song, with Liam saying they had been working 'very, very, very hard' on their forthcoming album since Zayn sensationally quit the band.

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