One Direction unveils sneak-preview clips of 'Kiss You'

One Direction is unveiling sneak-preview clips of "Kiss You" in the five days leading up to its Vevo premiere on January 7, 2013.

"Kiss You" is the third single from One Direction's second album, "Take Me Home." The album, released in November 2012, was a No. 1 hit in many countries, as was One Direction's first album, "Up All Night."

As previously reported, the "Kiss You" video was shown to One Direction fans during a "Bring 1D" event in New York on December 4, 2012.

The video shows the five members of One Direction (Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson) dressed in various outfit, including sailor uniforms and (in a tribute to the Elvis Presley film "Jailhouse Rock") striped prison clothes.

"Kiss You" reached No. 12 on the U.K. singles chart and No. 95 on the U.S. singles chart, but the release of the music video could boost sales for the song.

One Direction came in third place on "The X Factor" U.K. in 2010 and has since become the biggest global act to emerge from "The X Factor." The group's world tours in 2012 and 2013 sold out quickly, with many of the concerts selling out within minutes.

(Click here to watch a sneak-preview clip of "Kiss You.")

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Carla Hay has been a longtime viewer of talent contests on TV. When she was a writer and editor at Billboard, she was one of the first people in the media to extensively cover "American Idol" and similar TV shows. As an entertainment journalist, she has done hundreds of celebrity interviews,...

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