James Corden Emerges As Writer Of One Direction's Hilarious 'Best Song Ever' Video Intro

When we saw the latest video from our favourite X Factor boy band One Direction this week we were blown away by their hilarious performances mocking Hollywood bigwigs in the opening scenes, exposing themselves as great comedic talents.

But it turns out the boys had the best material to work with recruiting the nation's favourite funny man James Corden to pen the video's intro alongside director Ben Winston teaming up to make our favourite 1D video ever!

 One Direction recruit James Corden to pen their new video for 'Best Song Ever'

On Monday the clip racked up an astonishing 12.3 million views in just one day smashing Miley Cyrus' record for the most watched music video ever in just 24 hours proving to be a massive success for the 'Little Things' band.

James Corden helps One Direction to break VEVO's record for the most viewed video in 24 hours ever 

As a fond friend of the band Harry, Louis and Niall attended the 'Gavin and Stacey' writer's celebtastic wedding last year and now the comedian has joined forces with the gang to cement their place as the biggest boy band in the world.

One Direction released their hotly anticipated new single 'Best Song Ever' this week shooting straight to number two on the iTunes chart within hours of it's release.

The X Factor giants are currently embarking on the US leg of their gigantic 'Take Me Home' world tour before their new movie 'This Is Us' is released in the UK on August 23.