One Direction Song Sorter
Choose between two One Direction songs at a time and get your personal ranking of all 86 songs. Free, no sign-up, works on your phone.
How the One Direction song sorter works
Ranking a whole discography from memory is hard, so the sorter breaks it into small either-or questions. Each choice is easy, and together they add up to a complete, ordered list of your favorite One Direction songs. Tick only the albums you want, press start, and keep choosing until the list is done.
One Direction songs by the numbers
One Direction has 5 studio albums in this sorter, released over 4 years from 2011 to 2015, with 86 songs in total and about 17 songs per album. The biggest album is Take Me Home with 19 songs and the shortest is Four with 12. Sorting only Made in the A.M. takes about 54 choices, while the full One Direction discography takes about 446. The longest song title in the list is "Backstage at the Apple Music Festival 2015".
86 songs is a comfortable size. Most people finish the full One Direction ranking in one sitting.
| Album | Year | Songs | Choices to sort it alone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up All Night | 2011 | 18 | about 54 |
| Take Me Home | 2012 | 19 | about 58 |
| Midnight Memories | 2013 | 19 | about 58 |
| Four | 2014 | 12 | about 29 |
| Made in the A.M. | 2015 | 18 | about 54 |
Every One Direction album and song in the sorter
86 songs from 5 studio albums.
Up All Night (2011)
What Makes You Beautiful · Gotta Be You · One Thing · More Than This · Up All Night · I Wish · Tell Me a Lie · Taken · I Want · Everything About You · Same Mistakes · Save You Tonight · Stole My Heart · Stand Up · Moments · Another World · Na Na Na · I Should Have Kissed You
Take Me Home (2012)
Kiss You · Little Things · C'mon, C'mon · Last First Kiss · Heart Attack · Rock Me · Change My Mind · I Would · Over Again · Back for You · They Don't Know About Us · Summer Love · She's Not Afraid · Loved You First · Nobody Compares · Still the One · Truly Madly Deeply · Magic · Irresistible
Midnight Memories (2013)
Best Song Ever · Story of My Life · Diana · Midnight Memories · You & I · Don't Forget Where You Belong · Strong · Happily · Right Now · Little Black Dress · Through the Dark · Something Great · Little White Lies · Better Than Words · Why Don't We Go There · Does He Know? · Alive · Half a Heart · One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)
Four (2014)
Steal My Girl · Ready to Run · Where Do Broken Hearts Go · 18 · Girl Almighty · Fool's Gold · Night Changes · No Control · Fireproof · Spaces · Stockholm Syndrome · Clouds
Made in the A.M. (2015)
Hey Angel · Drag Me Down · Perfect · Infinity · End of the Day · If I Could Fly · Long Way Down · Never Enough · Olivia · What a Feeling · Love You Goodbye · I Want to Write You a Song · History · Temporary Fix · Walking in the Wind · Wolves · A.M. · Backstage at the Apple Music Festival 2015
Questions
How does the One Direction song sorter work?
You are shown two songs at a time and choose the one you like more. After enough choices the sorter works out a full ranking of every song you included. It uses a merge sort, so it asks far fewer questions than comparing every pair.
How many choices does it take?
It depends on how many songs you include. Ranking all 86 One Direction songs takes about 446 choices. Untick albums you do not want to shorten it. Your progress is saved on this device, so you can stop and come back.
Which albums are included?
All 5 studio albums, from Up All Night (2011) to Made in the A.M. (2015). Remixes, live versions and demos are left out.
What if I like two songs the same?
Press "I like both the same". The two songs are tied and share a place in your ranking.
Can I share my ranking?
Yes. Save your top 20 as an image, or copy a link that opens your top 30 for anyone you send it to.
Is this an official One Direction tool?
No. It is a free fan-made tool and is not affiliated with One Direction or any label.