Lower Than Atlantis hold on to 'One Direction song'

Lower Than Atlantis have revealed that they managed to keep hold of a track which had been slated for One Direction's album.

Speaking backstage at Leeds Festival, drummer Eddy Thrower and bassist Dec Hart said that they nearly lost their song Emily.

Eddy Thrower says he did play drums on the One Direction track Why Don't We Go There, although he didn't meet the band.

LTA's lead singer Mike Duce has recently been writing tracks for punk-pop band 5 Seconds of Summer.

Dec and Eddy were speaking to Newsbeat's music reporter Sinead Garvan.

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