One Direction 'Story of My Life,' new 'Midnight Memories' song release: 1D vs. Social Distorion vs. Smash Mouth vs. Neil Diamond [LISTEN]

One Direction's new Midnight Memories song "Story of My Life" hit airwaves on Friday, October 25. Check out the premiere below!

Just hours before the "Story of My Life" debut, the boys of One Direction leaked the lyrics on Twitter:

So what do One Directioners think of the new tune? The band's highly-anticipated third studio album Midnight Memories hits stores on November 25, 2013.

This may come as a shock to some fans, but the "story of my life" concept has been around in the music bizz for quite some time. For example, Smash Mouth's first promo single from the 2006 album Summer Girl:

Or Social Distortion's gritty punk rock single from 1990 (my personal fav):

"The Story of My Life" also appeared on Neil Diamond's seventeenth studio album Headed for the Future (1986):

Just to name a few...

So how does One Direction compare to these other "Story of My Life" hits? Sound off in the comments below, Mstars fans!