McFly
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McFly are an English
pop rock
band who first found fame in 2004. The band consists of Tom Fletcher
(lead vocals
, guitar
and piano
), Danny Jones
(lead vocals and guitar), Dougie Poynter
(backing vocals
and bass guitar
) and Harry Judd
(drums
). They were signed to the Island Records label from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label, Super Records. The band rose to fame after fellow boyband Busted helped launch them by inviting them to tour in March 2004. The band's name originates from Marty McFly
, the protagonist
of the Back to the Future film trilogy. McFly won Best Pop Act at the 2005 BRIT Awards
.
McFly's debut album Room on the 3rd Floor
debuted at number 1 in the UK Album Chart and is certified as double platinum
; this led to the band becoming known as the youngest band ever to have an album debut at number 1 – a title taken from The Beatles
. A month after the album was released, the band had their first UK headlining tour. The band's second album, Wonderland
, also charted at number 1 in the UK, and was released in 2005. Their third album, Motion in the Ocean
, was released on 6 November 2006 and charted at number 6 in the UK. McFly released their All the Greatest Hits
compilation album on 5 November 2007, which charted at number 4 in the UK. The band's fourth studio album, Radio:Active
, was given away for free as a supplement in The Mail on Sunday
on 20 July 2008, before being released in the conventional manner (via physical release) on 22 September 2008. As of November 2010, McFly have had eighteen consecutive top twenty singles, seven of which reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart
and fifteen of which were consecutive top ten singles.
In 2006, McFly appeared in the film Just My Luck, starring Lindsay Lohan
and Chris Pine
. The band played themselves in the film and released a US album, Just My Luck, which was also used as the film's soundtrack. The group have also performed at various charity projects such as Comic Relief
, Children in Need
, Live 8
and Sport Relief
. Another film which McFly released is their own DVD Nowhere Left to Run
. In this film the boys are transported to a far away house to focus more on their new album, but a series of events leads to them plotting to kill one of the members.
McFly were named by frontman Tom Fletcher
after he auditioned for Busted, but lost out on the place to Charlie Simpson
(who later went on to co-found post-hardcore
band Fightstar
). Originally, Fletcher was accepted as part of Busted's line-up; however, the Island
record label went on to reassess the situation, eventually deciding to have the band as a threesome rather than a foursome. Fletcher then apparently stated that "I was in the band for approximately four minutes." He later denied this, saying "I was never in this band. Anyone who says I was is an idiot." Though the record label decided against offering Fletcher a place in Busted, they were intrigued by his songwriting talents and later offered him a place on the Busted's songwriting 'team', alongside band member (and already accomplished songwriter) James Bourne
; Fletcher has since stated that it was Bourne who taught him how to "properly" structure songs, and how to "come up with good, poppy melodies".
During the writing project for Busted's second album, A Present for Everyone
, Fletcher was asked by the record label if he was available to film auditions for a new band, V
. It was at this time that Danny Jones
and Fletcher met for the first time; Jones went to the audition mistaking the band to be an instrumental band, rather than the conventional, all-singing, all-dancing boyband, for which they were intended. Fletcher was impressed with Jones's unique style, and so approached and invited him to write with himself and Bourne. When writing projects for Busted had come to an end, the two began collaborating for their own (as of yet, unnamed) band, and, eventually, moved into the InterContinental Hotel
in London for two months,(whilst still receiving help from Bourne) to concentrate on writing together. Bassist Dougie Poynter
and drummer Harry Judd
were subsequently recruited via a classified advertisement in the NME
magazine. The pair, both Essex lads, coincidentally turned up at the same audition and got to talking over their shared appreciation of the band The Starting Line
, after Poynter noticed their name and logo was printed on Judd's t shirt. The name McFly was eventually decided upon as the band name. Fletcher proposed the idea, based on his love for the American science-fiction comedy Back to the Future
and Michael J. Fox
's character Marty McFly
.
", released 29 March 2004, entered the UK Singles Chart
at number 1
in April 2004 and stayed there the following week. In July 2004 their second single, "Obviously
", also topped the charts. This was followed by the album Room on the 3rd Floor
debuting at number 1 in the UK Albums Chart
. It would go on to be certified double platinum
by the British Phonographic Industry
. The album broke records, as McFly earned an award from Guinness World Records
for being the youngest band to have a debut album enter the charts in the top position, a distinction previously held by The Beatles
. The idea for the album name came from where Jones and Fletcher wrote most of the songs for the album: room 363 in the InterContinental Hotel in London. The third single, "That Girl", was released on 6 September 2004, placing at number 3. The fourth single, Room on the 3rd Floor
, the album's title track, was released on 15 November 2004 and reached number 5. McFly supported Busted on their nationwide arena tour along with V in February 2004 and then had their first headlining tour in September 2004.
In March 2005, McFly released a double A-side of "All About You/You've Got a Friend
" from their second album, Wonderland
, which featured a 60-piece orchestra. The single reached number 1 for a week on 13 March 2005, with all profits donated to Comic Relief
. The video for "You've Got a Friend" was shot in Uganda
, Africa
, which McFly visited for the charity appeal. Several months later, on 2 July, McFly co-headlined Live 8
Japan, with Björk
and Good Charlotte
. The second single from Wonderland, "I'll Be OK
", was released in the UK on the 15 August 2005 and scored them their fourth UK number 1. The album itself was released on 29 August 2005 entering at number 1. The third single from Wonderland, "I Wanna Hold You
", was released on 17 October 2005 with an unknown song Easy Way Out on the single and it gave them their 6th top 3 single. Their fourth and final single, "Ultraviolet/The Ballad of Paul K" from Wonderland was released on 12 December 2005 and reached number 9. McFly headlined their Wonderland Arena Tour, which started on 15 September 2005, supported by Tyler James and Famous Last Words. A DVD
of the tour, recorded live at the MEN Arena
in Manchester
, was released on 28 November. The band also played at the 2005 Royal Variety Performance
. Nemesis
, an inverted roller coaster at the Alton Towers
theme park was renamed Wonderland for a month in 2005 to celebrate the album's release. The band were filmed riding Nemesis with competition winners by music show CD:UK
.
In 2006, McFly turned their attentions to America, appearing in the Lindsay Lohan
movie Just My Luck, released on 12 May, three days after the soundtrack of the movie, which comprised McFly songs taken from both Room on the Third Floor and Wonderland, as well as a new version of "Five Colours In Her Hair". The band played several gigs in Los Angeles
and New York
, as well as attending the American premiere of Just My Luck in Hollywood
.
hit "Don't Stop Me Now
" on 17 July as the official song for Sport Relief 2006
. It reached number 1 in the UK charts on 23 July, making it the band's fifth number 1 single of their career. On 14 September 2006, it was confirmed via an email newsletter from McFly's official website, that the third album would be called Motion in the Ocean
. The album was released on 6 November 2006, and reached number 6. The second release from the album, "Star Girl
" was released on 23 October 2006, to promote the album. "Star Girl" reached number 1 in its first week. The third release from the album, "Sorry's Not Good Enough/Friday Night
", was released on 18 December 2006, and reached number 3 in the UK singles charts. "Friday Night" is featured in the movie Night at the Museum
, which was released on 22 December 2006, in Canada and the US and 26 December 2006, in the UK. Their next single, "Baby's Coming Back/Transylvania
", was released on the 7 May 2007, becoming the band's seventh number 1. The original single release date was due to be 26 February, but the band took up the offer to return at that time to the town of Kamwokya in Uganda
, which they previously visited for Comic Relief
in 2005. "Baby's Coming Back/Transylvania" holds the record for the biggest fall from number one for a non-limited edition single. It fell from number 1 to number 20 after a week, matching a limited edition Elvis Presley
single, "One Night".
McFly held their Motion in the Ocean tour from 17 September 2006 and were supported by The Click Five
and Nylon
. They also held their McFly Up Close and Personal tour, supported by Lil' Chris
, which started on 20 March 2007, and consisted of performing in twenty four locations not covered by their arena tours over thirty four dates.
Motion in the Ocean was re-released as a !!!double disc edition with "Baby's Coming Back" and DVD from the Wembley show on 14 May 2007 and reached number 14.
compilation album was released on 5 November 2007 and reached number 4 in the charts. The first single from the album, The Heart Never Lies
, which reached number 3 in the UK singles chart, was premiered at the V Festival
in August. The album also featured two new songs alongside "The Heart Never Lies", "The Way You Make Me Feel" and "Don't Wake Me Up". The band went on a 26-date Greatest Hits tour for a month, starting near the end of November 2007 supported by Elliot Minor
and Saving Aimee
, in order to promote the album.
On 23 February and 1 March 2008, they performed two small gigs at the Annandale Hotel in Sydney, Australia while recording Radio:Active. They performed the same set list as for their Greatest Hits tour. It was here where they recorded the crowd singing "we don't care" which was later used on their single "One for the Radio". A compilation album of B-Sides was also released on 3 December 2007, The Greatest Bits: B-Sides & Rarities
, which contains 12 B-sides of their UK singles.
(typeset as Radio:ACTIVE). It was recorded in Australia, and given away for free as a supplement in The Mail on Sunday
on 20 July 2008. It was subsequently released in stores on 22 September 2008 with four additional tracks, a DVD and a 32-page booklet. The album was announced after McFly confirmed that they had left Island Records
as they were unhappy with some of the decisions that the label was making for them. Since announcing the launch of their new record label, the band have said that they "won't rule out" signing other acts, but that for the moment they're just concentrating on releasing their "own stuff". Radio:Active mixes their love of vintage rock with a British twist on the modern pop-rock sound.
The first single released from the Radio:Active album was "One for the Radio
", a song about as the band's "constant struggle for critical acceptance". The single was premiered on BBC Radio 1
's Switch
with Nick Grimshaw
on 1 June 2008 and was released on 14 July 2008. As of the 25 June 2008, "One for the Radio" was included in Radio 2's A list, meaning that it receives primary airplay during the daytime. The single charted at number 2 in the charts. The album was recorded, and produced in Australia. McFly performed a showcase concert on 10 July 2008 at Shepherds Bush Empire
and performed another concert at KOKO on 24 July 2008 as part of the iTunes Live Festival '08. An EP of the performance, released 4 August 2008, was made available to download from the iTunes store
. The second single from the album, "Lies
" was released on 15 September 2008 and reached number 4 in the charts.
McFly embarked on their sixth arena tour in 2008, starting from 7 November 2008, attending 14 dates, supported by manufactured pop band Avenue
and Indie pop rock band Reemer
. They also performed four concerts in Brazil
from 5 October 2008 to 11 October 2008. The third single from the album was "Do Ya/Stay With Me
", released 23 November 2008. The song was released in aid of 2008's Children In Need
and reached number 18 in the UK Singles Chart
, the lowest charting position of any of their singles to date, and their first single not to reach Top 10. In 2009 McFly decided to once again arrange a tour to situate smaller venues, this time being called Up Close... And This Time It's Personal starting on 18 April in Amsterdam
. They then did 14 dates in the UK before going on to do 7 dates in South America including Brasil, Argentina
and Chile
. David Archuleta
, the American Idol
runner up, supported them on their UK stint.http://www.mcflyofficial.com/news/index.php?id=1426 They were due to also play in Mexico
although this was cancelled due to the swine flu
pandemic which started in this country.
McFly achieved their third number 1 album, Radio:Active, with the Radio:Active – Live at Wembley Tour DVD on 17 May 2009. The Up Close... And This Time It's Personal tour ended on 9 June. Later this month Mcfly did 3 shows for the forestry commission, which are concerts that take place every year in order to raise awareness of the UK forests. They were supported by indie-rock band Vagabond. Also in June, McFly made a surprise appearance at the Jonas Brothers
' show at Wembley Stadium
on 15 June, joining them on stage to sing "Star Girl
".
that McFly have been writing new material in collaboration with Taio Cruz
. The band went to Atlanta to write songs with Dallas Austin
. According to their Twitter accounts, they did write some new songs. Some sources have claimed McFly have written songs called "Foolish", "Hotel on a Hill", "Here Comes the Storm" and "Mona Lisa" with NazTokio, but the only song to be confirmed is "Hotel on a Hill". This was confirmed by Fletcher on his official Twitter account. It has been confirmed by Fletcher that McFly have written a song for The Saturdays
' new album, although it is unknown if the track will make the final cut on the record. McFly returned to the UK and continued on the album. Austin came to the UK and spent 3 weeks there to help on the album. Shortly afterwards, they all went back to Atlanta to continue the recording. Cruz told a fan while he was in Los Angeles that he wrote two songs that are going to be on the album and one of them is going to be the first single released.
The band also revealed their new logo on 5 July at a concert in Wigan. The logo was said to remind fans of the first ever McFly logo used on the albums Room on the 3rd Floor
and Wonderland
, but with a new futuristic twist.
On July 9, 2010 Fletcher and Poynter confirmed on Twitter that the first single from their fifth album would be called "Party Girl
", which was written in Atlanta with Dallas Austin
, and would be released in early September. It premiered on 14 July on BBC Radio 1
and a minute-long clip has been posted on McFly's official Myspace
page. On the same day, In:Demand played the full song, and had its first play on Radio 1 on the July 18. "Party Girl" was released on the 5 September and reached number 6 in the UK charts. The first performance of the song was at In:Demand Live, confirming on the same day that "Party Girl" will be released on 5 September. It was also made A-List on BBC Radio 1.
On 10 September, McFly revealed that their new album would be called Above the Noise. The "Party Girl" music video was voted number 1 by fans, in the 4music Video Honours of 2010, beating the likes of Lady Gaga
and Rihanna
. The third single from the new album, "That's the Truth
", was released on 6 March 2011. On 25 June 2011, McFly will headline Music on the Hill, a three day festival in aid of Demelza Hospice Care for Children and The Children's Development Trust. The event will be held at Kings Hill, near West Malling, Kent.
The second single released from the album was "Shine a Light
", a song penned with Taio Cruz
. "Shine a Light" reached number 3 in the UK charts. The album Above the Noise
was released for the Pioneer's of the supersite free to download on 1 of November, two weeks before being released physically on 15 November. It debuted at number 20 in the album charts & reached number 7 in the album download charts. Fletcher confirmed on Twitter and In:Demand radio that the band made a mini 40-minute long movie titled Nowhere Left to Run
which has a vampire scene along with a sex scene involving Judd. The "Party Girl" video was be taken from the movie. This was released on DVD on the 29th November exclusively to HMV
stores.
McFly said in an interview that they had no plans to record yet, and a possible fourth single from Above the Noise has not yet been revealed. The band also revealed that when the tour ends, they'll be going back into the studio to record some new music. Tom Fletcher said: "I think we'll find the time towards the end of the year to write some new stuff. "We do write all the time on tour though. There's no set time to write the album, we just write constantly. "When it comes to writing an album, we just look at all the stuff and choose the best."
McFly said the new sound may also be changed again as they want to experiment again. Tom and Danny have been writing songs with a friend, Carrie Fletcher (Tom's Sister) and Above the Noise Tour 2011
Support band 'The Struts'. On a webchat on Supercity Tom played a demo called 'Ocean Eyes'. Tom revealed in a interview that Dragon Ball won't be used on the next album after failing to make it on the last two records. It was originally recorded for a film, then, after being dropped from the film, failed to make the cut on Above the Noise. It is said that McFly are set to release a live DVD called 'The Noise' with full live concert of Before The Noise & Above the Noise shows.
In August 2011, McFly announced that they will be doing a tour consisting of 26 dates around the UK in March/April 2012. All dates have been announced. Each date of the tour, an act can support McFly by nominating themselves on website Supercity and whichever act gets the most votes will support on each night. In mid-October, Danny Jones, Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter went on a writing trip for the sixth album in Wales and are demoeing the album without drummer Harry Judd who is participating in this years Strictly Come Dancing
. McFly have hinted at another collaboration on the album. Poynter also announced the album will have a experimental and live vibe about it, and the lads will continue to tamper with different styles and sounds. It is rumoured that McFly will be playing some songs from the new album during the March/April tour. McFly have announced 4 song titles for the upcoming album, including one that is said to be 'the most weird McFly song yet' and features Tom playing Banjo. The titles are "Hyperion", "Taste The Sex", "Dare You to Move" and "Break Me". On the 1st of December McFly teamed up with Gioia Jewellery to release their first official jewellery range desings include each members SuperCity logo and more coming soon.
Ltd. is an independent label operated and owned by McFly. Initially, McFly were signed to major record outlet Universal Island Records
. Although they have left Universal, McFly's singles are distributed by a company named "Absolute" who also distribute for acts like Cascada
and Jay Sean and are part of the Universal Group. Super Records was created after McFly decided to leave Island, Universal Records at the end of 2007. It was said that X Factor
2008 reject Laura White was offered a record deal by McFly's manager. McFly's Super Records slogan being "Saving the world, one song at a time". McFly in 2010 signed back with Universal records in a 50/50 deal.
McFly have recorded and performed a variety of officially released and unreleased cover version
s of well-known songs.
McFly collaborated with Busted for a cover of The Kinks
' song "Lola
" (which was a B-side
on the "5 Colours in Her Hair
" single) and a version of "Build Me Up Buttercup
" by The Foundations
from Busted's "Crashed the Wedding
" single. Their cover of "Help!
", originally by The Beatles
, was featured on the "Obviously
" single while "She Loves You
", also by The Beatles, was featured on the "That Girl" single. The New Years' carol "Deck the Halls", and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love
", originally by Elvis Presley , were also featured on the "Room on the Third Floor
" single. In December 2004, McFly performed "Little Saint Nick
", originally by The Beach Boys
, on the EastEnders
Christmas Special.
McFly released "You've Got a Friend
", originally by Carole King
, which they recorded as part of the official 2005 Comic Relief song, along with "All About You
", where the video sees the band visiting children in Uganda affected by AIDS
. McFly also recorded the 2004 hit "Mr Brightside", originally by The Killers, which is featured on the "I Wanna Hold You
" single, and "I Predict a Riot
", originally by the Kaiser Chiefs
, which they performed at BBC Radio 1
Live Lounge session and is featured on the "Ultraviolet" single. McFly teamed up with Roger Daltrey
of The Who in September 2005 to re-record the 1965 hit, "My Generation
" to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust
and to launch HMV
Digital's new download service. They also released a cover of The Who
's "Pinball Wizard
" on the single "I'll Be OK
" with a video. At a gig in Manchester
they also mixed a verse of "American Idiot
" by Green Day
, into their song "5 Colours In Her Hair
".
McFly performed a version of Thin Lizzy's
"The Boys Are Back in Town
" at The Prince's Trust
on 20 May 2006. They released a cover of "Don't Stop Me Now
", originally by Queen, which was recorded to raise money for Sport Relief 2006
as the official song along with "Please, Please". When performing this cover on their Motion in the Ocean tour, they were joined onstage by Queen guitarist Brian May
at Wembley Arena
, who also performed the opening riff to "5 Colours in Her Hair
". Matt Willis
also joined McFly to play "Don't Stop Me Now" at Wembley Arena and the Manchester Evening News Arena
. Also on the tour, they performed "Fight for Your Right (To Party)
", originally by the Beastie Boys
and the "Ghostbusters
" theme tune, originally by Ray Parker Jr. A few weeks later, they opened Children in Need 2006
with "I Want to Hold Your Hand
" by The Beatles. They also covered "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
" by John Lennon
for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge. The song "Rockin' Robin
", originally by Bobby Day
, was performed at the Top of the Pops
Christmas Special and was also featured on the "Sorry's Not Good Enough/Friday Night
" single.
On 23 February 2007, McFly performed Primal Scream's
"Rocks
" with Charlotte Church
on The Charlotte Church Show
. They also covered "Baby's Coming Back
", originally by Jellyfish
, which they released as a double A-side to "Transylvania
". McFly recorded the song "You're the One That I Want
" from Grease
for an album which was in aid of The Association of Children's Hospices and was recorded in five days, Over the Rainbow
. McFly were among forty artists who recorded a track for Radio 1’s
birthday celebrations, covering The Jam
classic "Town Called Malice
", to feature on the compilation album Radio 1 Established 1967
. The hit Rihanna
song, "Umbrella
", was also covered by McFly for the single, "The Heart Never Lies
", and also had a video created for it. They also covered Bruce Springsteen
's "Born to Run
" for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge. For the album All the Greatest Hits
, they covered a song by a small band named Foolproof. The song is titled "The Way You Make Me Feel" (originally titled "Can't Stop Diggin'"). McFly gave very little credit to the original band in the inlay of the album, and most believe that the song was written by McFly themselves.
McFly performed "The Winner Takes It All
", originally by ABBA
, at the London 2012 Olympic Visa Party on 24 August 2008 and an acoustic version of the song was featured on the "Lies
" single. The band also performed "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry
for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge on 10 September 2008. McFly also covered "Stay With Me
", originally by Rod Stewart
and The Faces as a double A side with "Do Ya" as the official 2008 Children in Need
single. McFly also performed a cover of Michael Jackson
's "Black or White" on their Radio:Active tour, which was sung just by Danny Jones
.
In the UK McFly performed "Up Close...and This Time It's Personal" from 21 April to 10 May and covered Girls Aloud
's' "The Promise
."
On their European tour they sang part of The Black Eyed Peas
hit called "I Gotta Feeling
."
In BBC Radio 1
's Live Lounge
McFly performed a cover of Taio Cruz's UK No. 1 hit "Dynamite
", which was featured on the album Radio 1's Live Lounge – Volume 5, released 25 October 2010.
On The Sun newspaper's show 'Bizarre' McFly did a three song set in which the covered The Verve
's "Bittersweet Symphony" along with hits "Party Girl" & "Room On The Third Floor".
In the first days after the opening of their new website, SuperCity, Tom covered "Yesterday" by Paul McCartney
. Ahead of the Above the Noise tour. Tom tweeted saying they have got a 'different but killing' cover song for the tour. On the first show it was unveiled as number one hit Pass Out by British rapper Tinie Tempah
. They also covered Marvin Gaye's song "I Heard It Through The Grapevine
" acousticlly in a webchat. On ITV reality show Popstar to Operastar
McFly performed with a violinist David Garrett Paul McCartney's "Live and Let Die".
In January 2005, the band guest-starred in an episode of the long-running British
drama series Casualty. In May 2006, they starred in the teen comedy film Just My Luck with Lindsay Lohan
and Chris Pine
, which was released in the US on 12 May 2006 and in the UK on 30 June 2006. They play themselves in the film and the soundtrack features a variety of their songs from their first two albums. The band also recorded another song, "Just My Luck", which was to be included on the US-only album release of the same name. McFly held a concert at the London
Hammersmith Apollo
on 19 May 2005 which was used in the film. The UK premiere of the film took place on 28 June 2006 in London. The film generally did not receive good reviews, gaining a 13% rating on Rotten Tomatoes
.
On 16 March 2007, McFly guest starred in the Top Gear comic relief show Top Gear of the Pops
, where they were given a challenge to come up with a song from scratch without using the words 'love', 'baby', or 'heart'. In addition, they had to include in the song the words 'sofa', 'administration', and 'Hyundai'. It was later renamed 'Sofa, Hyundai Administration' and placed as a B Side on The Heart Never Lies
Single. Near the end of the show they performed the song they named 'The Top Gear Blues'. On 23 June 2007, McFly made a cameo appearance
in an episode of the science fiction
series Doctor Who
. The episode "The Sound of Drums
", saw the band appearing in a spoof party political broadcast
, which featured testimonial
s from British celebrities such as McFly and Sharon Osbourne
showing their support for Mr Saxon to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
.
On 22 October 2007, McFly hosted the first annual Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards
.
McFly also appeared on the show Ghosthunting with...
in 2007.
On 27 May 2008 McFly appeared on Gordon Ramsay
's The F Word as the celebrity guests and cooked a three course meal for 50 customers. Their score was that 115 out of 150 dishes were paid for. On 20 July 2008, McFly also played at T4 on the Beach
in Weston-super-Mare.
McFly's performance at KOKO on 24 July 2008, as part of the iTunes Live Festival '08, was broadcast at Vue
cinemas across the UK on the same day.
On 25 August 2008, McFly performed at the London 2012 Olympic Visa Party. On 14 December, they were the headline music act for Miss World
in South Africa, which had a predicted worldwide audience of over 2 billion viewers. Their hits "5 Colours In Her Hair" and "Lies" were played during the show. They appeared in teen soap Hollyoaks
on Channel 4
on Friday, 8 May 2009 performing in the SU Bar with The Somethings as a support group. On 31 May 2009, McFly performed at the biggest TV show in Brazil Domingão do Faustão
which had a predicted audience of over 30 million viewers. In June and July 2009, they did a Woodland tour, performing at forest venues around the UK.
Furthermore, McFly have also been referenced on Television shows such as "Hope and Faith", "Skins
" and "Pretty Little Liars
" McFly made a cameo appearance in Derren Brown
's Enigma tour in 2009-10. A recording of the live stage show first aired on Channel 4 on 6 January 2011.
McFly are made a return to T4 on the Beach
in July 2011.
The band's drummer, Harry Judd
, is currently a contestant in the 9th series of Strictly Come Dancing
with his dance partner Aliona Vilani
.
From November to December 2011, Dougie Poynter
is currently taking part in the 11th series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.
that they have a fly-on-the-wall reality television show called McFly On the Wall, which started on 5* on 11 May. It is to go behind the scenes off the sell-out Above the Noise Tour 2011
across the UK. Cameras follow the boys everywhere, and fans get a real taste of what it's like being in McFly.
In January 2005, the band guest-starred in an episode of the long-running British drama series Casualty.[99] In May 2006, they starred in the teen comedy film Just My Luck with Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine, which was released in the US on 12 May 2006 and in the UK on 30 June 2006.[9] They play themselves in the film and the soundtrack features a variety of their songs from their first two albums.[10] The band also recorded another song, "Just My Luck", which was to be included on the US-only album release of the same name. McFly held a concert at the London Hammersmith Apollo on 19 May 2005 which was used in the film.[100] The UK premiere of the film took place on 28 June 2006 in London.[101] The film generally did not receive good reviews, gaining a 13% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[102] On 16 March 2007, McFly guest starred in the Top Gear comic relief show Top Gear of the Pops, where they were given a challenge to come up with a song from scratch without using the words 'love', 'baby', or 'heart'. In addition, they had to include in the song the words 'sofa', 'administration', and 'Hyundai'. It was later renamed 'Sofa, Hyundai Administration' and placed as a B Side on The Heart Never Lies Single. Near the end of the show they performed the song they named 'The Top Gear Blues'. On 23 June 2007, McFly made a cameo appearance in an episode of the science fiction series Doctor Who. The episode "The Sound of Drums", saw the band appearing in a spoof party political broadcast, which featured testimonials from British celebrities such as McFly and Sharon Osbourne showing their support for Mr Saxon to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.[103]
On 22 October 2007, McFly hosted the first annual Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards.[104] McFly also appeared on the show Ghosthunting with... in 2007.[105]
On 27 May 2008 McFly appeared on Gordon Ramsay's The F Word as the celebrity guests and cooked a three course meal for 50 customers. Their score was that 115 out of 150 dishes were paid for. On 20 July 2008, McFly also played at T4 on the Beach in Weston-super-Mare.[106]
McFly's performance at KOKO on 24 July 2008, as part of the iTunes Live Festival '08, was broadcast at Vue cinemas across the UK on the same day.
On 25 August 2008, McFly performed at the London 2012 Olympic Visa Party.[96][107] On 14 December, they were the headline music act for Miss World in South Africa, which had a predicted worldwide audience of over 2 billion viewers. Their hits "5 Colours In Her Hair" and "Lies" were played during the show. They appeared in teen soap Hollyoaks on Channel 4 on Friday, 8 May 2009 performing in the SU Bar with The Somethings as a support group. On 31 May 2009, McFly performed at the biggest TV show in Brazil Domingão do Faustão which had a predicted audience of over 30 million viewers. In June and July 2009, they did a Woodland tour, performing at forest venues around the UK.
Furthermore, McFly have also been referenced on Television shows such as "Hope and Faith", "Skins" and "Pretty Little Liars" McFly made a cameo appearance in Derren Brown's Enigma tour in 2009-10. A recording of the live stage show first aired on Channel 4 on 6 January 2011.
McFly are made a return to T4 on the Beach in July 2011.
Drummer Harry took part in stricty come dancing 2011
Dougie Poynter took part in I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here in 2011 which ran for 3 weeks on ITV in late November/Early December.
. The feature has now been dubbed "McFlyday" and involves Chris and the team singing along to portions of the song.
"All About You/You've Got a Friend
", from the Wonderland
album, has been featured as the ending theme for the South Korea
n variety show Invincible Youth
since the show's original pilot episode, which aired on October 23, 2009. The variety show is still ongoing and continues to use the song to highlight the ending credits of each broadcast.
One of their newest singles "Party Girl" premiered on UK radio on 14 July 2010 at 7:20pm on In:Demand, and has been played every day since and will continue to be played every day until 8 August. They have recently paired with Taio Cruz
, with a new hit "Shine A Light" which was released on 7 November 2010. Their new album Above The Noise was released on 15 November 2010.
The song Party Girl was played on the show Pretty Little Liars
and has been continually played on Eastenders
.
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
pop rock
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
band who first found fame in 2004. The band consists of Tom Fletcher
Tom Fletcher
Thomas Michael "Tom" Fletcher is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known as one of the lead vocalists and guitarists of English pop rock band McFly, in addition to being the group's founder and principal songwriter...
(lead vocals
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, guitar
Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
and piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
), Danny Jones
Danny Jones
Daniel Alan David "Danny" Jones is an English musician who is one of the lead vocalists and guitarists for pop rock band McFly, alongside fellow members Tom Fletcher , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd .-McFly:McFly rose to fame in 2004, in part due to their association with Busted who helped launch...
(lead vocals and guitar), Dougie Poynter
Dougie Poynter
Dougie Lee Poynter is an English musician and the bass guitarist and vocalist for the pop rock boyband McFly.- McFly :...
(backing vocals
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
and bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
) and Harry Judd
Harry Judd
Harry Mark Christopher Judd is an English musician who is best known as the drummer for British pop rock band McFly, along with fellow band members Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter and Danny Jones...
(drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
). They were signed to the Island Records label from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label, Super Records. The band rose to fame after fellow boyband Busted helped launch them by inviting them to tour in March 2004. The band's name originates from Marty McFly
Marty McFly
Martin Seamus "Marty" McFly, Sr. is the protagonist in the Back to the Future film trilogy, and is portrayed by actor Michael J. Fox. Marty was also the protagonist in the animated series where he was voiced by David Kaufman...
, the protagonist
Protagonist
A protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...
of the Back to the Future film trilogy. McFly won Best Pop Act at the 2005 BRIT Awards
Brit Awards
The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain" or "Britannia", but subsequently became a backronym for British Record Industry Trust...
.
McFly's debut album Room on the 3rd Floor
Room on the 3rd Floor
-Release history:-Chart performance:-Year-end charts:-Awards:The Room on the 3rd Floor Album won Best Album at the 2004 Smash Hits Awards-External links:*...
debuted at number 1 in the UK Album Chart and is certified as double platinum
British Phonographic Industry
The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...
; this led to the band becoming known as the youngest band ever to have an album debut at number 1 – a title taken from The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
. A month after the album was released, the band had their first UK headlining tour. The band's second album, Wonderland
Wonderland (McFly album)
Wonderland is the second album by English pop rock boyband McFly. It was released in the UK on 29 August 2005 and was a success, certifying platinum after selling over 300,000 copies in the UK...
, also charted at number 1 in the UK, and was released in 2005. Their third album, Motion in the Ocean
Motion In The Ocean
Motion in the Ocean is the third studio album by English pop rock band McFly and was released in the United Kingdom on 6 November 2006. The first single from the album, "Don't Stop Me Now/Please, Please", was released on 17 July 2006 in the UK and charted at number one in the UK Singles Chart...
, was released on 6 November 2006 and charted at number 6 in the UK. McFly released their All the Greatest Hits
All the Greatest Hits
- Chart performance :...
compilation album on 5 November 2007, which charted at number 4 in the UK. The band's fourth studio album, Radio:Active
Radio:Active
Radio:ACTIVE is the fourth studio album by English pop punk boyband McFly, which also is the band's first under their new, self created label, Super Records after leaving Island Records. The first single from the album is "One for the Radio". "Lies", one of the tracks from the deluxe edition of...
, was given away for free as a supplement in The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday is a British conservative newspaper, currently published in a tabloid format. First published in 1982 by Lord Rothermere, it became Britain's biggest-selling Sunday newspaper following the closing of The News of the World in July 2011...
on 20 July 2008, before being released in the conventional manner (via physical release) on 22 September 2008. As of November 2010, McFly have had eighteen consecutive top twenty singles, seven of which reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
and fifteen of which were consecutive top ten singles.
In 2006, McFly appeared in the film Just My Luck, starring Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan is an American actress, pop singer and model. She began her career as a child fashion model before making her motion picture debut in Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap at the age of 11...
and Chris Pine
Chris Pine
Christopher Whitelaw "Chris" Pine is an American actor. He has appeared in the romantic comedies The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement and Just My Luck , as well as the action films Smokin' Aces and Unstoppable . In 2009, he portrayed James T...
. The band played themselves in the film and released a US album, Just My Luck, which was also used as the film's soundtrack. The group have also performed at various charity projects such as Comic Relief
Comic Relief
Comic Relief is an operating British charity, founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry in response to famine in Ethiopia. The highlight of Comic Relief's appeal is Red Nose Day, a biennial telethon held in March, alternating with sister project Sport Relief...
, Children in Need
Children in Need
Children in Need is an annual British charity appeal organised by the BBC. Since 1980 it has raised over £500 million. The highlight of the Children in Need appeal is an annual telethon, held in November. A teddy bear named "Pudsey Bear" fronts the campaign, while Terry Wogan is a long...
, Live 8
Live 8
Live 8 was a string of benefit concerts that took place on 2 July 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. They were timed to precede the G8 Conference and summit held at the Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Scotland from 6–8 July 2005; they also coincided with the 20th anniversary of Live Aid...
and Sport Relief
Sport Relief
Sport Relief is a biennial charity event from Comic Relief, in association with BBC Sport, which brings together the worlds of sport and entertainment to raise money to help vulnerable people in both the UK and the world's poorest countries...
. Another film which McFly released is their own DVD Nowhere Left to Run
Nowhere Left to Run
Nowhere Left To Run is a 2010 short film starring British pop rock band McFly, which was shot over three days. The film was first screened through the group's official website on 13 October 2010. The film features the band playing versions of themselves, with a vampire-themed twist. The film...
. In this film the boys are transported to a far away house to focus more on their new album, but a series of events leads to them plotting to kill one of the members.
2002: Formation
Tom Fletcher
Thomas Michael "Tom" Fletcher is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known as one of the lead vocalists and guitarists of English pop rock band McFly, in addition to being the group's founder and principal songwriter...
after he auditioned for Busted, but lost out on the place to Charlie Simpson
Charlie Simpson
Charles Robert Simpson , is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He was the youngest member of multi BRIT Award-winning band Busted, and is the lead vocalist, guitarist and co-lyricist in alternative rock band Fightstar...
(who later went on to co-found post-hardcore
Post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...
band Fightstar
Fightstar
Fightstar are an English alternative rock band from London. They formed in 2003 and their lineup comprises lead vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist Charlie Simpson, guitarist and vocalist Alex Westaway, bass guitarist Dan Haigh and drummer Omar Abidi...
). Originally, Fletcher was accepted as part of Busted's line-up; however, the Island
Island Records
Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...
record label went on to reassess the situation, eventually deciding to have the band as a threesome rather than a foursome. Fletcher then apparently stated that "I was in the band for approximately four minutes." He later denied this, saying "I was never in this band. Anyone who says I was is an idiot." Though the record label decided against offering Fletcher a place in Busted, they were intrigued by his songwriting talents and later offered him a place on the Busted's songwriting 'team', alongside band member (and already accomplished songwriter) James Bourne
James Bourne
James Elliot Bourne is an English singer-songwriter and co-founder of pop bands Son of Dork and Busted. He is currently pursuing a solo career under the name Future Boy. His albums have sold over six million copies...
; Fletcher has since stated that it was Bourne who taught him how to "properly" structure songs, and how to "come up with good, poppy melodies".
During the writing project for Busted's second album, A Present for Everyone
A Present for Everyone
A Present for Everyone is the second and final studio album by British pop rock band Busted. It was released on 17 November 2003 by Universal Island Records and debuted at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart...
, Fletcher was asked by the record label if he was available to film auditions for a new band, V
V (band)
V were a UK five-piece boyband made up of Antony Thomas Brant, Aaron Buckingham, Mark Harle, Kevin McDaid and Leon Pisani.-Career:Band member Antony Brant came up with the band name "V" because V is the Roman numeral for five and there were five members in the band...
. It was at this time that Danny Jones
Danny Jones
Daniel Alan David "Danny" Jones is an English musician who is one of the lead vocalists and guitarists for pop rock band McFly, alongside fellow members Tom Fletcher , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd .-McFly:McFly rose to fame in 2004, in part due to their association with Busted who helped launch...
and Fletcher met for the first time; Jones went to the audition mistaking the band to be an instrumental band, rather than the conventional, all-singing, all-dancing boyband, for which they were intended. Fletcher was impressed with Jones's unique style, and so approached and invited him to write with himself and Bourne. When writing projects for Busted had come to an end, the two began collaborating for their own (as of yet, unnamed) band, and, eventually, moved into the InterContinental Hotel
InterContinental
InterContinental is a brand of upscale luxury hotels, founded by Pan American World Airways, under Juan Trippe, and now owned by InterContinental Hotels Group. The chain operates over 200 hotels and resorts in approximately 75 nations.-History:...
in London for two months,(whilst still receiving help from Bourne) to concentrate on writing together. Bassist Dougie Poynter
Dougie Poynter
Dougie Lee Poynter is an English musician and the bass guitarist and vocalist for the pop rock boyband McFly.- McFly :...
and drummer Harry Judd
Harry Judd
Harry Mark Christopher Judd is an English musician who is best known as the drummer for British pop rock band McFly, along with fellow band members Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter and Danny Jones...
were subsequently recruited via a classified advertisement in the NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
magazine. The pair, both Essex lads, coincidentally turned up at the same audition and got to talking over their shared appreciation of the band The Starting Line
The Starting Line
The Starting Line is an American pop punk band based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that formed in 1999.- Formation and history :In 1999, the band that would become The Starting Line was initiated in Churchville, Pennsylvania via an e-mail from guitarist Matt Watts to vocalist/bassist Kenny Vasoli...
, after Poynter noticed their name and logo was printed on Judd's t shirt. The name McFly was eventually decided upon as the band name. Fletcher proposed the idea, based on his love for the American science-fiction comedy Back to the Future
Back to the Future
Back to the Future is a 1985 American science-fiction adventure film. It was directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale, produced by Steven Spielberg, and starred Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover and Thomas F. Wilson. The film tells the story of...
and Michael J. Fox
Michael J. Fox
Michael J. Fox, OC is a Canadian American actor, author, producer, activist and voice-over artist. With a film and television career spanning from the late 1970s, Fox's roles have included Marty McFly from the Back to the Future trilogy ; Alex P...
's character Marty McFly
Marty McFly
Martin Seamus "Marty" McFly, Sr. is the protagonist in the Back to the Future film trilogy, and is portrayed by actor Michael J. Fox. Marty was also the protagonist in the animated series where he was voiced by David Kaufman...
.
2003–04: Room on the 3rd Floor
McFly's early sound was surf/pop rock. Their debut single, "5 Colours in Her Hair5 Colours in Her Hair
"5 Colours in Her Hair" is the debut single by English pop rock band McFly. It was also the band's first UK number one. It stayed at the top for two weeks. The song was written by two of the band members, Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones, and their friend from Busted James Bourne...
", released 29 March 2004, entered the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
at number 1
Hit record
A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...
in April 2004 and stayed there the following week. In July 2004 their second single, "Obviously
Obviously
"Obviously" is the second single from British popband McFly's debut studio album, Room on the 3rd Floor. The single itself features a cover version of the popular Beatles single "Help!", as well as the band's first recorded interview - part one of which can be found on CD2, with part two appearing...
", also topped the charts. This was followed by the album Room on the 3rd Floor
Room on the 3rd Floor
-Release history:-Chart performance:-Year-end charts:-Awards:The Room on the 3rd Floor Album won Best Album at the 2004 Smash Hits Awards-External links:*...
debuting at number 1 in the UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
. It would go on to be certified double platinum
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
by the British Phonographic Industry
British Phonographic Industry
The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...
. The album broke records, as McFly earned an award from Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world...
for being the youngest band to have a debut album enter the charts in the top position, a distinction previously held by The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
. The idea for the album name came from where Jones and Fletcher wrote most of the songs for the album: room 363 in the InterContinental Hotel in London. The third single, "That Girl", was released on 6 September 2004, placing at number 3. The fourth single, Room on the 3rd Floor
Room on the 3rd Floor (song)
"Room on the 3rd Floor" is the fourth and final single from British Pop rock band Mcfly's debut studio album of the same name, Room on the 3rd Floor. It is also the title track from the album. It entered the chart at number five in the UK singles chart...
, the album's title track, was released on 15 November 2004 and reached number 5. McFly supported Busted on their nationwide arena tour along with V in February 2004 and then had their first headlining tour in September 2004.
2004–06: Wonderland
All About You/You've Got a Friend
"All About You"/"You've Got a Friend" is the first single from British band McFly's second studio album, Wonderland. The single was the official Comic Relief charity single for 2005, with all royalties being donated to the charity. The single was also used to promote Make Poverty History. The...
" from their second album, Wonderland
Wonderland (McFly album)
Wonderland is the second album by English pop rock boyband McFly. It was released in the UK on 29 August 2005 and was a success, certifying platinum after selling over 300,000 copies in the UK...
, which featured a 60-piece orchestra. The single reached number 1 for a week on 13 March 2005, with all profits donated to Comic Relief
Comic Relief
Comic Relief is an operating British charity, founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry in response to famine in Ethiopia. The highlight of Comic Relief's appeal is Red Nose Day, a biennial telethon held in March, alternating with sister project Sport Relief...
. The video for "You've Got a Friend" was shot in Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
, Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, which McFly visited for the charity appeal. Several months later, on 2 July, McFly co-headlined Live 8
Live 8
Live 8 was a string of benefit concerts that took place on 2 July 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. They were timed to precede the G8 Conference and summit held at the Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Scotland from 6–8 July 2005; they also coincided with the 20th anniversary of Live Aid...
Japan, with Björk
Björk
Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...
and Good Charlotte
Good Charlotte
Good Charlotte is an American rock band from Waldorf, Maryland that formed in 1996. Since 1998, the band's constant members have been lead vocalist Joel Madden, lead guitarist and back-up vocalist Benji Madden, bass guitarist Paul Thomas and rhythm guitarist and keyboardist Billy Martin...
. The second single from Wonderland, "I'll Be OK
I'll Be OK
"I'll Be OK" is the second single from British pop rock band McFly's second studio album, Wonderland. The single became the group's fourth UK number one. The single is renowned for selling more copies than their first single, "Five Colours in Her Hair"....
", was released in the UK on the 15 August 2005 and scored them their fourth UK number 1. The album itself was released on 29 August 2005 entering at number 1. The third single from Wonderland, "I Wanna Hold You
I Wanna Hold You
"I Wanna Hold You" is the third single to be taken from McFly's second studio album, Wonderland. The single was released October 17, 2005 and peaked at number three in the UK Singles Chart. It peaked at #13 in Ireland...
", was released on 17 October 2005 with an unknown song Easy Way Out on the single and it gave them their 6th top 3 single. Their fourth and final single, "Ultraviolet/The Ballad of Paul K" from Wonderland was released on 12 December 2005 and reached number 9. McFly headlined their Wonderland Arena Tour, which started on 15 September 2005, supported by Tyler James and Famous Last Words. A DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
of the tour, recorded live at the MEN Arena
Manchester Evening News Arena
The Manchester Evening News Arena is an indoor arena situated in Manchester, England. It is adjacent to Manchester Victoria station near Corporation Street...
in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, was released on 28 November. The band also played at the 2005 Royal Variety Performance
Royal Variety Performance
The Royal Variety Performance is a gala evening held annually in the United Kingdom, which is attended by senior members of the British Royal Family, usually the reigning monarch. In more recent years Queen Elizabeth II and The Prince of Wales have alternately attended the performance...
. Nemesis
Nemesis (roller coaster)
Nemesis is Europe's first inverted roller coaster located at Alton Towers, England. The ride's concept was created by John Wardley. It is manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard and opened in 1994...
, an inverted roller coaster at the Alton Towers
Alton Towers
Alton Towers is a theme park and resort located in Staffordshire, England. It attracts around 2.7 million visitors per year making it the most visited theme park in the United Kingdom. Alton Towers is also the 9th most visited theme park in Europe...
theme park was renamed Wonderland for a month in 2005 to celebrate the album's release. The band were filmed riding Nemesis with competition winners by music show CD:UK
CD:UK
CD:UK was a British music television programme. Originally run in conjunction with SMTV Live, the programme was first aired on ITV on 29 August 1998 to rival the BBC's Live & Kicking and was the replacement for The Chart Show, which had been airing on the network for nine and a half years.In...
.
In 2006, McFly turned their attentions to America, appearing in the Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan is an American actress, pop singer and model. She began her career as a child fashion model before making her motion picture debut in Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap at the age of 11...
movie Just My Luck, released on 12 May, three days after the soundtrack of the movie, which comprised McFly songs taken from both Room on the Third Floor and Wonderland, as well as a new version of "Five Colours In Her Hair". The band played several gigs in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
and New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, as well as attending the American premiere of Just My Luck in Hollywood
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Hollywood is a famous district in Los Angeles, California, United States situated west-northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word Hollywood is often used as a metonym of American cinema...
.
2006–07: Motion in the Ocean
McFly's first single of 2006 was "Please, Please", released in the UK as a double A-side with a cover of the QueenQueen (band)
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...
hit "Don't Stop Me Now
Don't Stop Me Now
"Don't Stop Me Now" is a song by English rock group Queen, featured on their 1978 album Jazz. Written by vocalist Freddie Mercury, it was recorded in August/September 1978 at Super Bear Studios in Berre-les-Alpes , France, and is the twelfth track on the album.Musically, the song is based around...
" on 17 July as the official song for Sport Relief 2006
Sport Relief
Sport Relief is a biennial charity event from Comic Relief, in association with BBC Sport, which brings together the worlds of sport and entertainment to raise money to help vulnerable people in both the UK and the world's poorest countries...
. It reached number 1 in the UK charts on 23 July, making it the band's fifth number 1 single of their career. On 14 September 2006, it was confirmed via an email newsletter from McFly's official website, that the third album would be called Motion in the Ocean
Motion In The Ocean
Motion in the Ocean is the third studio album by English pop rock band McFly and was released in the United Kingdom on 6 November 2006. The first single from the album, "Don't Stop Me Now/Please, Please", was released on 17 July 2006 in the UK and charted at number one in the UK Singles Chart...
. The album was released on 6 November 2006, and reached number 6. The second release from the album, "Star Girl
Star Girl (song)
"Star Girl" is the second single from McFly's third studio album, Motion in the Ocean, which was released in the UK on October 23, 2006. The song was the band's sixth #1 single in the UK, staying in the Top Ten for two weeks...
" was released on 23 October 2006, to promote the album. "Star Girl" reached number 1 in its first week. The third release from the album, "Sorry's Not Good Enough/Friday Night
Sorry's Not Good Enough/Friday Night
"Sorry's Not Good Enough"/"Friday Night" is the third single taken from British boyband McFly's third studio album, Motion in the Ocean. The single was released on 18 December 2006, entering the UK Singles Chart at #3 on 24 December 2006. "Friday Night" is the main theme for the film Night At The...
", was released on 18 December 2006, and reached number 3 in the UK singles charts. "Friday Night" is featured in the movie Night at the Museum
Night at the Museum
Night at the Museum is a 2006 fantasy adventure-comedy film based on the 1993 children's book The Night at the Museum by Milan Trenc. It follows a divorced father trying to settle down, impress his son, and find his destiny...
, which was released on 22 December 2006, in Canada and the US and 26 December 2006, in the UK. Their next single, "Baby's Coming Back/Transylvania
Baby's Coming Back/Transylvania
"Baby's Coming Back"/"Transylvania" is the fourth and final single from British band McFly's third studio album, Motion In The Ocean. The single became one of the first singles in history to reach number one on the UK Singles Chart on downloads alone...
", was released on the 7 May 2007, becoming the band's seventh number 1. The original single release date was due to be 26 February, but the band took up the offer to return at that time to the town of Kamwokya in Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
, which they previously visited for Comic Relief
Comic Relief
Comic Relief is an operating British charity, founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry in response to famine in Ethiopia. The highlight of Comic Relief's appeal is Red Nose Day, a biennial telethon held in March, alternating with sister project Sport Relief...
in 2005. "Baby's Coming Back/Transylvania" holds the record for the biggest fall from number one for a non-limited edition single. It fell from number 1 to number 20 after a week, matching a limited edition Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
single, "One Night".
McFly held their Motion in the Ocean tour from 17 September 2006 and were supported by The Click Five
The Click Five
The Click Five is an American power pop band from Boston, Massachusetts. The original members, most of them students at Berklee College of Music, started on January 1, 2003 and played in various local venues. They then quickly got the attention of talent scout Wayne Sharp...
and Nylon
Nylon (band)
Nylon is an Icelandic girl group composed of members Alma Guðmundsdóttir , Steinunn Þóra Camilla Sigurðardóttir and Klara Ósk Elíasdóttir...
. They also held their McFly Up Close and Personal tour, supported by Lil' Chris
Lil' Chris
Christopher James Hardman , more commonly known by his stage name Lil' Chris, is an English singer-songwriter, DJ and television personality.-Rock School:...
, which started on 20 March 2007, and consisted of performing in twenty four locations not covered by their arena tours over thirty four dates.
Motion in the Ocean was re-released as a !!!double disc edition with "Baby's Coming Back" and DVD from the Wembley show on 14 May 2007 and reached number 14.
2007–08: All the Greatest Hits
McFly's All the Greatest HitsAll the Greatest Hits
- Chart performance :...
compilation album was released on 5 November 2007 and reached number 4 in the charts. The first single from the album, The Heart Never Lies
The Heart Never Lies
"The Heart Never Lies" is the thirteenth single from the British pop rock/pop punk band McFly. It was released on October 22, 2007, as a part of the band's All the Greatest Hits album. Rumours were around that the song was going to originally be called "We Are The Lovers", but then the name "The...
, which reached number 3 in the UK singles chart, was premiered at the V Festival
V Festival
The V Festival is an annual music festival held in England during the penultimate weekend in August. The event is held at two parks simultaneously which share the same bill; artists perform at one location on Saturday and then swap on Sunday. The sites are located at Hylands Park in Chelmsford and...
in August. The album also featured two new songs alongside "The Heart Never Lies", "The Way You Make Me Feel" and "Don't Wake Me Up". The band went on a 26-date Greatest Hits tour for a month, starting near the end of November 2007 supported by Elliot Minor
Elliot Minor
Elliot Minor are a classically influenced rock band from York, England. The group consists of Alex Davies , Ed Minton , Dan Hetherton and Ed Hetherton .-History and formation: 2000-2006 :...
and Saving Aimee
Saving Aimee
Saving Aimee were a British pop/rock band from Hertfordshire. The band toured extensively for four years, released three singles and an album. On 14 December 2009 the band went on an indefinite hiatus.-History:...
, in order to promote the album.
On 23 February and 1 March 2008, they performed two small gigs at the Annandale Hotel in Sydney, Australia while recording Radio:Active. They performed the same set list as for their Greatest Hits tour. It was here where they recorded the crowd singing "we don't care" which was later used on their single "One for the Radio". A compilation album of B-Sides was also released on 3 December 2007, The Greatest Bits: B-Sides & Rarities
The Greatest Bits: B-Sides & Rarities
The Greatest Bits: B-Sides & Rarities is the second compilation album released by British boyband McFly. The album was released on 3 December 2007, and was only available at Woolworths stores across the UK. The album features a range of B-Sides and covers from the group's singles, as well as a new...
, which contains 12 B-sides of their UK singles.
2008–09: Radio:Active
On 20 May 2008, McFly confirmed that their fourth studio album would be titled Radio:ActiveRadio:Active
Radio:ACTIVE is the fourth studio album by English pop punk boyband McFly, which also is the band's first under their new, self created label, Super Records after leaving Island Records. The first single from the album is "One for the Radio". "Lies", one of the tracks from the deluxe edition of...
(typeset as Radio:ACTIVE). It was recorded in Australia, and given away for free as a supplement in The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday is a British conservative newspaper, currently published in a tabloid format. First published in 1982 by Lord Rothermere, it became Britain's biggest-selling Sunday newspaper following the closing of The News of the World in July 2011...
on 20 July 2008. It was subsequently released in stores on 22 September 2008 with four additional tracks, a DVD and a 32-page booklet. The album was announced after McFly confirmed that they had left Island Records
Island Records
Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...
as they were unhappy with some of the decisions that the label was making for them. Since announcing the launch of their new record label, the band have said that they "won't rule out" signing other acts, but that for the moment they're just concentrating on releasing their "own stuff". Radio:Active mixes their love of vintage rock with a British twist on the modern pop-rock sound.
The first single released from the Radio:Active album was "One for the Radio
One for the Radio
"One for the Radio" is the fourteenth McFly single, and first single from their fourth studio album, Radio:Active, which was released 20 July 2008 via British national paper. "One for the Radio" is described as being about the band's "constant struggle for critical acceptance". The single was...
", a song about as the band's "constant struggle for critical acceptance". The single was premiered on BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
's Switch
BBC Switch
BBC Switch was the brand for BBC content aimed at UK teenagers. The brand launched on Saturday 20 October 2007 on BBC Two And ceased broadcasting on Saturday 17 December 2010...
with Nick Grimshaw
Nick Grimshaw
Nicholas Peter "Nick" Grimshaw is a British television and radio presenter. Commonly known as 'Grimmy', he has presented shows for Channel 4, E4, BBC One, BBC Two and Channel 4 youth strand T4...
on 1 June 2008 and was released on 14 July 2008. As of the 25 June 2008, "One for the Radio" was included in Radio 2's A list, meaning that it receives primary airplay during the daytime. The single charted at number 2 in the charts. The album was recorded, and produced in Australia. McFly performed a showcase concert on 10 July 2008 at Shepherds Bush Empire
Shepherds Bush Empire
The O2 Shepherds Bush Empire is a music venue in Shepherd's Bush, London, England, run by the Academy Music Group. It was built in 1903, as a music hall, and in 1953 became the BBC Television Theatre...
and performed another concert at KOKO on 24 July 2008 as part of the iTunes Live Festival '08. An EP of the performance, released 4 August 2008, was made available to download from the iTunes store
ITunes Store
The iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, with over 200,000 items to purchase, it is, as of April 2008, the number-one music vendor in the United States...
. The second single from the album, "Lies
Lies (McFly song)
"Lies" is the fifteenth single from British pop rock band, McFly, released on the 15 September 2008. "Lies" did not feature on the promotional 10-track copy of the album Radio:Active which was given away in The Mail on Sunday in July 2008, however it features as one of the four additional tracks on...
" was released on 15 September 2008 and reached number 4 in the charts.
McFly embarked on their sixth arena tour in 2008, starting from 7 November 2008, attending 14 dates, supported by manufactured pop band Avenue
Avenue (band)
Avenue were a boy band on the British TV show The X Factor, but were banned from participation for having been specifically formed for the competition and having professional representation. They continue to proclaim their innocence....
and Indie pop rock band Reemer
Reemer
Reemer is a 4-piece Indie, Pop, Punk & Rock band from the United Kingdom, formed and based in Manchester.The band has undergone numerous member changes and has now found moderate success in 2008, releasing their debut album, Snakes and Ladders on 27 October 2008. It features their first two singles...
. They also performed four concerts in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
from 5 October 2008 to 11 October 2008. The third single from the album was "Do Ya/Stay With Me
Do Ya/Stay With Me
"Do Ya"/"Stay with Me" is McFly's third single taken from the album Radio:Active and was the official Children in Need Single for 2008. It was released physically on 24 November 2008 and for download on 23 November 2008. "Stay with Me" is a cover of a song by The Faces, and was the main Children...
", released 23 November 2008. The song was released in aid of 2008's Children In Need
Children in Need
Children in Need is an annual British charity appeal organised by the BBC. Since 1980 it has raised over £500 million. The highlight of the Children in Need appeal is an annual telethon, held in November. A teddy bear named "Pudsey Bear" fronts the campaign, while Terry Wogan is a long...
and reached number 18 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
, the lowest charting position of any of their singles to date, and their first single not to reach Top 10. In 2009 McFly decided to once again arrange a tour to situate smaller venues, this time being called Up Close... And This Time It's Personal starting on 18 April in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
. They then did 14 dates in the UK before going on to do 7 dates in South America including Brasil, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
and Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
. David Archuleta
David Archuleta
David Archuleta, is a former United States Air Force Airman of Okinawan stationary troops and is currently an American male kickboxer.-Biography:...
, the American Idol
American Idol
American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
runner up, supported them on their UK stint.http://www.mcflyofficial.com/news/index.php?id=1426 They were due to also play in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
although this was cancelled due to the swine flu
Swine flu
Swine influenza, also called pig influenza, swine flu, hog flu and pig flu, is an infection by any one of several types of swine influenza virus. Swine influenza virus or S-OIV is any strain of the influenza family of viruses that is endemic in pigs...
pandemic which started in this country.
McFly achieved their third number 1 album, Radio:Active, with the Radio:Active – Live at Wembley Tour DVD on 17 May 2009. The Up Close... And This Time It's Personal tour ended on 9 June. Later this month Mcfly did 3 shows for the forestry commission, which are concerts that take place every year in order to raise awareness of the UK forests. They were supported by indie-rock band Vagabond. Also in June, McFly made a surprise appearance at the Jonas Brothers
Jonas Brothers
The Jonas Brothers are an American boy band. The band gained its popularity from the Disney Channel children's television network. From the shore region of New Jersey, the band consists of three brothers: Paul Kevin Jonas II , Joseph Adam Jonas , and Nicholas Jerry Jonas...
' show at Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium
The original Wembley Stadium, officially known as the Empire Stadium, was a football stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the new Wembley Stadium that opened in 2007...
on 15 June, joining them on stage to sing "Star Girl
Star Girl (song)
"Star Girl" is the second single from McFly's third studio album, Motion in the Ocean, which was released in the UK on October 23, 2006. The song was the band's sixth #1 single in the UK, staying in the Top Ten for two weeks...
".
2010–2011: Above the Noise
On 25 November 2009, Fletcher confirmed via TwitterTwitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
that McFly have been writing new material in collaboration with Taio Cruz
Taio Cruz
Taio Cruz is a British singer-songwriter, record producer, occasional rapper, and entrepreneur. In 2008, he released his debut album Departure, which Cruz wrote, arranged and produced himself. It achieved initial success in the UK and earned him a MOBO Award nomination...
. The band went to Atlanta to write songs with Dallas Austin
Dallas Austin
Dallas Austin is an American songwriter, record producer, and musician, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Some of his most notable clients include Michael Jackson, TLC, Boyz II Men, Pink, Monica, Madonna, Gwen Stefani, Stacie Orrico, Another Bad Creation, Fishbone, Sugababes, Anastacia, Namie Amuro, Kim...
. According to their Twitter accounts, they did write some new songs. Some sources have claimed McFly have written songs called "Foolish", "Hotel on a Hill", "Here Comes the Storm" and "Mona Lisa" with NazTokio, but the only song to be confirmed is "Hotel on a Hill". This was confirmed by Fletcher on his official Twitter account. It has been confirmed by Fletcher that McFly have written a song for The Saturdays
The Saturdays
The Saturdays are a British and Irish pop girl group based in London, United Kingdom. The group consists of five members Una Healy, Mollie King, Frankie Sandford, Vanessa White and Rochelle Wiseman. In 2007 the band were formed through Fascination Records which gave them an instant record deal with...
' new album, although it is unknown if the track will make the final cut on the record. McFly returned to the UK and continued on the album. Austin came to the UK and spent 3 weeks there to help on the album. Shortly afterwards, they all went back to Atlanta to continue the recording. Cruz told a fan while he was in Los Angeles that he wrote two songs that are going to be on the album and one of them is going to be the first single released.
The band also revealed their new logo on 5 July at a concert in Wigan. The logo was said to remind fans of the first ever McFly logo used on the albums Room on the 3rd Floor
Room on the 3rd Floor
-Release history:-Chart performance:-Year-end charts:-Awards:The Room on the 3rd Floor Album won Best Album at the 2004 Smash Hits Awards-External links:*...
and Wonderland
Wonderland (McFly album)
Wonderland is the second album by English pop rock boyband McFly. It was released in the UK on 29 August 2005 and was a success, certifying platinum after selling over 300,000 copies in the UK...
, but with a new futuristic twist.
On July 9, 2010 Fletcher and Poynter confirmed on Twitter that the first single from their fifth album would be called "Party Girl
Party Girl (McFly song)
"Party Girl" is McFly's first single taken from their fifth studio album, Above the Noise. The song premiered on UK radio on 14 July 2010 at 7:20pm on In:Demand. The single was released via download on 5 September 2010 and physically on 6 September 2010, where it debuted at number 6 in the UK;...
", which was written in Atlanta with Dallas Austin
Dallas Austin
Dallas Austin is an American songwriter, record producer, and musician, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Some of his most notable clients include Michael Jackson, TLC, Boyz II Men, Pink, Monica, Madonna, Gwen Stefani, Stacie Orrico, Another Bad Creation, Fishbone, Sugababes, Anastacia, Namie Amuro, Kim...
, and would be released in early September. It premiered on 14 July on BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
and a minute-long clip has been posted on McFly's official Myspace
Myspace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
page. On the same day, In:Demand played the full song, and had its first play on Radio 1 on the July 18. "Party Girl" was released on the 5 September and reached number 6 in the UK charts. The first performance of the song was at In:Demand Live, confirming on the same day that "Party Girl" will be released on 5 September. It was also made A-List on BBC Radio 1.
On 10 September, McFly revealed that their new album would be called Above the Noise. The "Party Girl" music video was voted number 1 by fans, in the 4music Video Honours of 2010, beating the likes of Lady Gaga
Lady GaGa
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...
and Rihanna
Rihanna
Robyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers...
. The third single from the new album, "That's the Truth
That's the Truth (McFly song)
"That's the Truth" is the third single from British band McFly's fifth studio album, Above the Noise. The single was first confirmed by band members Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter in a web chat on the group's official website, SuperCity. Graham Norton premiered the song on British radio on 15...
", was released on 6 March 2011. On 25 June 2011, McFly will headline Music on the Hill, a three day festival in aid of Demelza Hospice Care for Children and The Children's Development Trust. The event will be held at Kings Hill, near West Malling, Kent.
The second single released from the album was "Shine a Light
Shine a Light (McFly song)
"Shine a Light" is the second single from Engish band McFly's fifth studio album Above the Noise. The single features vocals from singer Taio Cruz. The single was released on 7 November 2010 via Digital Download, with a physical release following the next day. A free download will be available for...
", a song penned with Taio Cruz
Taio Cruz
Taio Cruz is a British singer-songwriter, record producer, occasional rapper, and entrepreneur. In 2008, he released his debut album Departure, which Cruz wrote, arranged and produced himself. It achieved initial success in the UK and earned him a MOBO Award nomination...
. "Shine a Light" reached number 3 in the UK charts. The album Above the Noise
Above the Noise (McFly album)
Above the Noise is the fifth studio album from British band McFly. The album was released on 15 November 2010. The album spawned three singles: "Party Girl", which was released on 6 September; "Shine a Light", which was released on 8 November; and "That's the Truth", which was released on 6 March...
was released for the Pioneer's of the supersite free to download on 1 of November, two weeks before being released physically on 15 November. It debuted at number 20 in the album charts & reached number 7 in the album download charts. Fletcher confirmed on Twitter and In:Demand radio that the band made a mini 40-minute long movie titled Nowhere Left to Run
Nowhere Left to Run
Nowhere Left To Run is a 2010 short film starring British pop rock band McFly, which was shot over three days. The film was first screened through the group's official website on 13 October 2010. The film features the band playing versions of themselves, with a vampire-themed twist. The film...
which has a vampire scene along with a sex scene involving Judd. The "Party Girl" video was be taken from the movie. This was released on DVD on the 29th November exclusively to HMV
HMV
His Master's Voice is a trademark in the music business, and for many years was the name of a large record label. The name was coined in 1899 as the title of a painting of the dog Nipper listening to a wind-up gramophone...
stores.
2011–present: Sixth studio album
On 1 April 2011, it was confirmed that McFly have landed an access all areas reality show entitled McFly on the Wall covering their Above the Noise tour, airing in Spring 2011.McFly said in an interview that they had no plans to record yet, and a possible fourth single from Above the Noise has not yet been revealed. The band also revealed that when the tour ends, they'll be going back into the studio to record some new music. Tom Fletcher said: "I think we'll find the time towards the end of the year to write some new stuff. "We do write all the time on tour though. There's no set time to write the album, we just write constantly. "When it comes to writing an album, we just look at all the stuff and choose the best."
McFly said the new sound may also be changed again as they want to experiment again. Tom and Danny have been writing songs with a friend, Carrie Fletcher (Tom's Sister) and Above the Noise Tour 2011
Above the Noise Tour 2011
The "Above the Noise Tour" is the first worldwide tour by British pop-rock band McFly, after almost 7 and a half years of their career. The tour is in support of their fifth studio album Above the Noise, and revolutionary website Supercity.-Background:...
Support band 'The Struts'. On a webchat on Supercity Tom played a demo called 'Ocean Eyes'. Tom revealed in a interview that Dragon Ball won't be used on the next album after failing to make it on the last two records. It was originally recorded for a film, then, after being dropped from the film, failed to make the cut on Above the Noise. It is said that McFly are set to release a live DVD called 'The Noise' with full live concert of Before The Noise & Above the Noise shows.
In August 2011, McFly announced that they will be doing a tour consisting of 26 dates around the UK in March/April 2012. All dates have been announced. Each date of the tour, an act can support McFly by nominating themselves on website Supercity and whichever act gets the most votes will support on each night. In mid-October, Danny Jones, Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter went on a writing trip for the sixth album in Wales and are demoeing the album without drummer Harry Judd who is participating in this years Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing (series 9)
The ninth series of Strictly Come Dancing began on 10 September 2011 with a Launch Show, and the live shows started on 30 September and 1 October 2011. The show was broadcast from Wembley Arena on 19 November with all proceeds going to the BBC charity, Children in Need...
. McFly have hinted at another collaboration on the album. Poynter also announced the album will have a experimental and live vibe about it, and the lads will continue to tamper with different styles and sounds. It is rumoured that McFly will be playing some songs from the new album during the March/April tour. McFly have announced 4 song titles for the upcoming album, including one that is said to be 'the most weird McFly song yet' and features Tom playing Banjo. The titles are "Hyperion", "Taste The Sex", "Dare You to Move" and "Break Me". On the 1st of December McFly teamed up with Gioia Jewellery to release their first official jewellery range desings include each members SuperCity logo and more coming soon.
Super Records
Super RecordsSuper Records
-Formation:McFly's debut album was released on Island Records in 2004. Room On The Third Floor went to number one, making them the youngest UK group to do so since The Beatles....
Ltd. is an independent label operated and owned by McFly. Initially, McFly were signed to major record outlet Universal Island Records
Island Records
Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...
. Although they have left Universal, McFly's singles are distributed by a company named "Absolute" who also distribute for acts like Cascada
Cascada
Cascada is a German Eurodance act most famous for their hit singles "Everytime We Touch", "What Hurts the Most", and "Evacuate the Dancefloor"...
and Jay Sean and are part of the Universal Group. Super Records was created after McFly decided to leave Island, Universal Records at the end of 2007. It was said that X Factor
The X Factor (UK)
The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. Created by Simon Cowell, it began in September 2004 and is contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. It is the originator of the international X Factor franchise. The seven series of the show to date...
2008 reject Laura White was offered a record deal by McFly's manager. McFly's Super Records slogan being "Saving the world, one song at a time". McFly in 2010 signed back with Universal records in a 50/50 deal.
Cover versions
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
s of well-known songs.
McFly collaborated with Busted for a cover of The Kinks
The Kinks
The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1964. Categorised in the United States as a British Invasion band, The Kinks are recognised as one of the most important and influential rock acts of the era. Their music was influenced by a...
' song "Lola
Lola (song)
"Lola" is a song written by Ray Davies and performed by The Kinks which details a romantic encounter between a young man and a transvestite he meets in a club in Soho, London....
" (which was a B-side
A-side and B-side
A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...
on the "5 Colours in Her Hair
5 Colours in Her Hair
"5 Colours in Her Hair" is the debut single by English pop rock band McFly. It was also the band's first UK number one. It stayed at the top for two weeks. The song was written by two of the band members, Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones, and their friend from Busted James Bourne...
" single) and a version of "Build Me Up Buttercup
Build Me Up Buttercup
"Build Me Up Buttercup" is the name of a song written by Mike d'Abo and Tony Macaulay, and released by The Foundations with Colin Young singing the lead vocals in 1968. This was the third major hit for The Foundations. Colin Young replaced Clem Curtis in 1968 and this was the first Foundations hit...
" by The Foundations
The Foundations
The Foundations were a British soul band, active from 1967 to 1970. The group, made up of West Indians, White British, and a Sri Lankan, are best known for their two biggest hits, "Baby Now That I've Found You" , written by Tony Macaulay and John MacLeod; and "Build Me Up Buttercup" The Foundations...
from Busted's "Crashed the Wedding
Crashed the Wedding
"Crashed the Wedding" is a song by British pop rock band Busted, composed by James Bourne and Tom Fletcher. It was released as the first single from their second album, A Present for Everyone, on 10 November 2003, becoming their second single to reach #1 on the UK Singles Chart, with first week...
" single. Their cover of "Help!
Help! (song)
"Help!" is a song by The Beatles that served as the title song for both the 1965 film and its soundtrack album. It was also released as a single, and was number one for three weeks in both the United States and the United Kingdom....
", originally by The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
, was featured on the "Obviously
Obviously
"Obviously" is the second single from British popband McFly's debut studio album, Room on the 3rd Floor. The single itself features a cover version of the popular Beatles single "Help!", as well as the band's first recorded interview - part one of which can be found on CD2, with part two appearing...
" single while "She Loves You
She Loves You
"She Loves You" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney based on an idea by McCartney, originally recorded by The Beatles for release as a single in 1963. The single set and surpassed several records in the United Kingdom charts, and set a record in the United States by being one of the...
", also by The Beatles, was featured on the "That Girl" single. The New Years' carol "Deck the Halls", and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is a song by the rock band Queen. Written by Freddie Mercury in 1979, the track featured on their 1980 album The Game, and also appears on the band's compilation album, Greatest Hits...
", originally by Elvis Presley , were also featured on the "Room on the Third Floor
Room on the 3rd Floor (song)
"Room on the 3rd Floor" is the fourth and final single from British Pop rock band Mcfly's debut studio album of the same name, Room on the 3rd Floor. It is also the title track from the album. It entered the chart at number five in the UK singles chart...
" single. In December 2004, McFly performed "Little Saint Nick
Little Saint Nick
"Little Saint Nick" is a Christmas song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love and originally performed by their group The Beach Boys. It was first released as a single in December 1963, reaching number three on the Billboard Christmas charts and peaking at #69 on the regular weekly sales chart...
", originally by The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, The Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962...
, on the EastEnders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
Christmas Special.
McFly released "You've Got a Friend
You've Got a Friend
"You've Got a Friend" is a song from 1971, originally written and performed by Carole King. It was included in her album Tapestry of 1971, but was made famous by James Taylor's cover version the same year...
", originally by Carole King
Carole King
Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...
, which they recorded as part of the official 2005 Comic Relief song, along with "All About You
All About You/You've Got a Friend
"All About You"/"You've Got a Friend" is the first single from British band McFly's second studio album, Wonderland. The single was the official Comic Relief charity single for 2005, with all royalties being donated to the charity. The single was also used to promote Make Poverty History. The...
", where the video sees the band visiting children in Uganda affected by AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
. McFly also recorded the 2004 hit "Mr Brightside", originally by The Killers, which is featured on the "I Wanna Hold You
I Wanna Hold You
"I Wanna Hold You" is the third single to be taken from McFly's second studio album, Wonderland. The single was released October 17, 2005 and peaked at number three in the UK Singles Chart. It peaked at #13 in Ireland...
" single, and "I Predict a Riot
I Predict a Riot
"I Predict a Riot" is a song by Kaiser Chiefs, appearing on their debut album Employment. It was originally released as their second single on 1 November 2004, and was the band's first release on the B-Unique label. It entered at #22 on the UK Singles Chart, a move which started the band's rise to...
", originally by the Kaiser Chiefs
Kaiser Chiefs
Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band from Leeds who formed in 1996. They were named after the South African football club Kaizer Chiefs....
, which they performed at BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
Live Lounge session and is featured on the "Ultraviolet" single. McFly teamed up with Roger Daltrey
Roger Daltrey
Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE , is an English singer and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of English rock band The Who. He has maintained a musical career as a solo artist and has also worked in the film industry, acting in a large number of films, theatre and television roles and also...
of The Who in September 2005 to re-record the 1965 hit, "My Generation
My Generation
My Generation is the debut album by the English rock band The Who, released by Brunswick Records in the United Kingdom in December 1965. In the United States it was released by Decca Records as The Who Sings My Generation in April 1966, with a different cover and a slightly altered track...
" to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust
Teenage Cancer Trust
Teenage Cancer Trust is a charity that focuses on the needs of teenagers and young adults with cancer, leukaemia, Hodgkin’s and related diseases by providing specialist teenage units in NHS hospitals. The units are dedicated areas for teenage patients, who are involved in their concept and creation...
and to launch HMV
HMV Group
HMV is a British global entertainment retail chain and is the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company also operates in Hong Kong and Singapore. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE Fledgling Index...
Digital's new download service. They also released a cover of The Who
The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
's "Pinball Wizard
Pinball Wizard
"Pinball Wizard" is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by the English rock band The Who, and featured on their 1969 rock opera album Tommy. The original recording was released as a single in 1969 and reached No. 4 in the UK charts and No. 19 on the U.S...
" on the single "I'll Be OK
I'll Be OK
"I'll Be OK" is the second single from British pop rock band McFly's second studio album, Wonderland. The single became the group's fourth UK number one. The single is renowned for selling more copies than their first single, "Five Colours in Her Hair"....
" with a video. At a gig in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
they also mixed a verse of "American Idiot
American Idiot (song)
"American Idiot" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day. It was released as the first single from their album of the same name.Released in 2004, the single peaked at #61 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Green Day's first Billboard Hot 100 chart entry , helping revive the band's career...
" by Green Day
Green Day
Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool...
, into their song "5 Colours In Her Hair
5 Colours in Her Hair
"5 Colours in Her Hair" is the debut single by English pop rock band McFly. It was also the band's first UK number one. It stayed at the top for two weeks. The song was written by two of the band members, Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones, and their friend from Busted James Bourne...
".
Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Two of the founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist/vocalist Phil Lynott met while still in school. Lynott assumed the role of frontman and led them throughout their recording career of thirteen studio albums...
"The Boys Are Back in Town
The Boys Are Back in Town
"The Boys Are Back in Town" is a single from Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy. The song came out in 1976 on their album Jailbreak. It was honoured with the 499th position among the 2004 Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, though it was not included in the 2010 update...
" at The Prince's Trust
The Prince's Trust
The Prince's Trust is a charity in the United Kingdom founded in 1976 by Charles, Prince of Wales to help young people. They run a range of training programmes, provide mentoring support and offer financial grants to build the confidence and motivation of disadvantaged young people...
on 20 May 2006. They released a cover of "Don't Stop Me Now
Don't Stop Me Now
"Don't Stop Me Now" is a song by English rock group Queen, featured on their 1978 album Jazz. Written by vocalist Freddie Mercury, it was recorded in August/September 1978 at Super Bear Studios in Berre-les-Alpes , France, and is the twelfth track on the album.Musically, the song is based around...
", originally by Queen, which was recorded to raise money for Sport Relief 2006
Sport Relief
Sport Relief is a biennial charity event from Comic Relief, in association with BBC Sport, which brings together the worlds of sport and entertainment to raise money to help vulnerable people in both the UK and the world's poorest countries...
as the official song along with "Please, Please". When performing this cover on their Motion in the Ocean tour, they were joined onstage by Queen guitarist Brian May
Brian May
Brian Harold May, CBE is an English musician and astrophysicist most widely known as the guitarist and a songwriter of the rock band Queen...
at Wembley Arena
Wembley Arena
Wembley Arena is an indoor arena, at Wembley, in the London Borough of Brent. The building is opposite Wembley Stadium.-History:...
, who also performed the opening riff to "5 Colours in Her Hair
5 Colours in Her Hair
"5 Colours in Her Hair" is the debut single by English pop rock band McFly. It was also the band's first UK number one. It stayed at the top for two weeks. The song was written by two of the band members, Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones, and their friend from Busted James Bourne...
". Matt Willis
Matt Willis
Matthew James Willis is an English singer-songwriter. He found fame as a founding member of the band Busted.- Early years :...
also joined McFly to play "Don't Stop Me Now" at Wembley Arena and the Manchester Evening News Arena
Manchester Evening News Arena
The Manchester Evening News Arena is an indoor arena situated in Manchester, England. It is adjacent to Manchester Victoria station near Corporation Street...
. Also on the tour, they performed "Fight for Your Right (To Party)
Fight for Your Right
" Fight for Your Right " is a song by American rap group the Beastie Boys, released as the fourth single released from their debut album Licensed to Ill...
", originally by the Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys are an American hip hop trio from New York City. The group consists of Mike D who plays the drums, MCA who plays the bass, and Ad-Rock who plays the guitar....
and the "Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters is a 1984 American science fiction comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. The film stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, and Rick Moranis and follows three eccentric parapsychologists in New York City, who start a...
" theme tune, originally by Ray Parker Jr. A few weeks later, they opened Children in Need 2006
Children in Need
Children in Need is an annual British charity appeal organised by the BBC. Since 1980 it has raised over £500 million. The highlight of the Children in Need appeal is an annual telethon, held in November. A teddy bear named "Pudsey Bear" fronts the campaign, while Terry Wogan is a long...
with "I Want to Hold Your Hand
I Want to Hold Your Hand
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" is a song by the English rock band The Beatles. Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and recorded in October 1963, it was the first Beatles record to be made using four-track equipment....
" by The Beatles. They also covered "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
"Happy Xmas " is a song written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono and released in 1971 as a single by John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir....
" by John Lennon
John Lennon
John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge. The song "Rockin' Robin
Rockin' Robin (song)
This article is about the song. For the wrestler, see Rockin' Robin ."Rockin' Robin" is a song written by Leon René under the pseudonym Jimmie Thomas and recorded by Bobby Day in 1958. It was Day's only hit single, becoming a number-two hit on the Billboard Hot 100...
", originally by Bobby Day
Bobby Day
Bobby Day , was an early African American rock and roll and R&B musician.Born Robert James Byrd, , in Fort Worth, Texas, he moved to Los Angeles, California, at the age of 15...
, was performed at the Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...
Christmas Special and was also featured on the "Sorry's Not Good Enough/Friday Night
Sorry's Not Good Enough/Friday Night
"Sorry's Not Good Enough"/"Friday Night" is the third single taken from British boyband McFly's third studio album, Motion in the Ocean. The single was released on 18 December 2006, entering the UK Singles Chart at #3 on 24 December 2006. "Friday Night" is the main theme for the film Night At The...
" single.
On 23 February 2007, McFly performed Primal Scream's
Primal Scream
Primal Scream are a Scottish alternative rock band originally formed in 1982 in Glasgow by Bobby Gillespie and Jim Beattie and now based in London. The current lineup consists of Gillespie, Andrew Innes , Martin Duffy , and Darrin Mooney...
"Rocks
Rocks (song)
"Rocks" is a song by UK group Primal Scream. It is taken from the group's fourth album, Give Out But Don't Give Up. The song was released as a single in 1994 and reached number 7 on the UK Singles Chart, acting as a double A-side with another of the band's songs, "Funky Jam"...
" with Charlotte Church
Charlotte Church
Charlotte Maria Church is a Welsh singer-songwriter, actress and television presenter. She rose to fame in childhood as a classical singer before branching into pop music in 2005. By 2007, she had sold more than 10 million records worldwide including over 5 million in the United States...
on The Charlotte Church Show
The Charlotte Church Show
The Charlotte Church Show was a Channel 4 entertainment television show presented by Welsh singer Charlotte Church. It was first broadcast on 1 September 2006 and ran for 6 subsequent Fridays. The show was commissioned for a further two series, the first of which aired from 23 February to 6 April...
. They also covered "Baby's Coming Back
Baby's Coming Back/Transylvania
"Baby's Coming Back"/"Transylvania" is the fourth and final single from British band McFly's third studio album, Motion In The Ocean. The single became one of the first singles in history to reach number one on the UK Singles Chart on downloads alone...
", originally by Jellyfish
Jellyfish (band)
Jellyfish were a power pop band from San Francisco. It formed after Beatnik Beatch broke up in 1989. The core members were drummer/singer/songwriter Andy Sturmer and keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter Roger Joseph Manning, Jr...
, which they released as a double A-side to "Transylvania
Baby's Coming Back/Transylvania
"Baby's Coming Back"/"Transylvania" is the fourth and final single from British band McFly's third studio album, Motion In The Ocean. The single became one of the first singles in history to reach number one on the UK Singles Chart on downloads alone...
". McFly recorded the song "You're the One That I Want
You're the One That I Want
"You're the One That I Want" is a song written by John Farrar for the 1978 film version of the musical Grease. It was performed by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John....
" from Grease
Grease (musical)
Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...
for an album which was in aid of The Association of Children's Hospices and was recorded in five days, Over the Rainbow
Over the Rainbow (2007 album)
Over the Rainbow - Show Tunes in Aid of the Association of Children's Hospices is a charity album of show tunes, recorded by various artists and released in 2007. It is in aid of...
. McFly were among forty artists who recorded a track for Radio 1’s
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
birthday celebrations, covering The Jam
The Jam
The Jam were an English punk rock/New Wave/mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. They were formed in Woking, Surrey. While they shared the "angry young men" outlook and fast tempos of their punk rock contemporaries, The Jam wore smartly tailored suits rather than ripped...
classic "Town Called Malice
Town Called Malice
"Town Called Malice" is a song recorded by The Jam from the album The Gift. It reached number one in the UK singles chart.-Song profile:It was a double A-side single release featuring "Precious" as the flip side...
", to feature on the compilation album Radio 1 Established 1967
Radio 1 Established 1967
The compilation album Radio 1 Established 1967 is a collection of covers especially recorded for Radio 1 by a number of artists. The album celebrates the 40th anniversary of BBC Radio 1. There are 40 songs recorded by 40 different artists . Each artist was given a year, and were allowed to cover a...
. The hit Rihanna
Rihanna
Robyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers...
song, "Umbrella
Umbrella (song)
"Umbrella" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna, featuring a rap verse by Jay-Z. The song was written by The-Dream, Christopher Stewart, Kuk Harrell and Jay-Z, and was produced by Stewart and The-Dream for Rihanna's third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad...
", was also covered by McFly for the single, "The Heart Never Lies
The Heart Never Lies
"The Heart Never Lies" is the thirteenth single from the British pop rock/pop punk band McFly. It was released on October 22, 2007, as a part of the band's All the Greatest Hits album. Rumours were around that the song was going to originally be called "We Are The Lovers", but then the name "The...
", and also had a video created for it. They also covered Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...
's "Born to Run
Born to Run (song)
"Born to Run" is a song by American singer songwriter Bruce Springsteen, and the title song of his album Born to Run.- Songwriting :Written at in Long Branch, New Jersey in early 1974, the song was Bruce Springsteen's last-ditch effort to make it big. The prior year, Springsteen had released two...
" for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge. For the album All the Greatest Hits
All the Greatest Hits
- Chart performance :...
, they covered a song by a small band named Foolproof. The song is titled "The Way You Make Me Feel" (originally titled "Can't Stop Diggin'"). McFly gave very little credit to the original band in the inlay of the album, and most believe that the song was written by McFly themselves.
McFly performed "The Winner Takes It All
The Winner Takes It All
"The Winner Takes It All" is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. Released as the first single from the group's Super Trouper album on July 21, 1980, it is a ballad in the key of F-sharp major, reflecting the end of a romance...
", originally by ABBA
ABBA
ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...
, at the London 2012 Olympic Visa Party on 24 August 2008 and an acoustic version of the song was featured on the "Lies
Lies (McFly song)
"Lies" is the fifteenth single from British pop rock band, McFly, released on the 15 September 2008. "Lies" did not feature on the promotional 10-track copy of the album Radio:Active which was given away in The Mail on Sunday in July 2008, however it features as one of the four additional tracks on...
" single. The band also performed "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry
Katy Perry
Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a...
for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge on 10 September 2008. McFly also covered "Stay With Me
Do Ya/Stay With Me
"Do Ya"/"Stay with Me" is McFly's third single taken from the album Radio:Active and was the official Children in Need Single for 2008. It was released physically on 24 November 2008 and for download on 23 November 2008. "Stay with Me" is a cover of a song by The Faces, and was the main Children...
", originally by Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart
Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer-songwriter and musician, born and raised in North London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English ancestry....
and The Faces as a double A side with "Do Ya" as the official 2008 Children in Need
Children in Need
Children in Need is an annual British charity appeal organised by the BBC. Since 1980 it has raised over £500 million. The highlight of the Children in Need appeal is an annual telethon, held in November. A teddy bear named "Pudsey Bear" fronts the campaign, while Terry Wogan is a long...
single. McFly also performed a cover of Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
's "Black or White" on their Radio:Active tour, which was sung just by Danny Jones
Danny Jones
Daniel Alan David "Danny" Jones is an English musician who is one of the lead vocalists and guitarists for pop rock band McFly, alongside fellow members Tom Fletcher , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd .-McFly:McFly rose to fame in 2004, in part due to their association with Busted who helped launch...
.
In the UK McFly performed "Up Close...and This Time It's Personal" from 21 April to 10 May and covered Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud are a British and Irish pop girl group based in London. They were created through the ITV1 talent show Popstars The Rivals in 2002. The group consists of Cheryl Cole , Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh. They are signed to Fascination Records, a Polydor...
's' "The Promise
The Promise (Girls Aloud song)
"The Promise" is a pop song performed by British all-female pop group Girls Aloud, taken from their fifth studio album Out of Control . The song was written by Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania...
."
On their European tour they sang part of The Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas are an American pop group , formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1995. The group includes rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo, and singer Fergie. Since the release of their third album Elephunk in 2003, the group has sold an estimated 56 million records worldwide...
hit called "I Gotta Feeling
I Gotta Feeling
"I Gotta Feeling" is the second single from The Black Eyed Peas' fifth studio album The E.N.D., produced by the French DJ David Guetta. The song was released on May 21, 2009 and debuted at number two on the Canadian and Billboard Hot 100 on the week of June 27, 2009, behind the group's "Boom Boom...
."
In BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
's Live Lounge
Live Lounge
The Live Lounge is a segment on the British radio station BBC Radio 1. Originally hosted by Jo Whiley on her mid-morning radio show and now hosted by Fearne Cotton, it exhibits well-known artists usually performing one song of their own and one by another artist, in an acoustic format...
McFly performed a cover of Taio Cruz's UK No. 1 hit "Dynamite
Dynamite (Taio Cruz song)
"Dynamite" is the fourth single from English recording artist Taio Cruz's second album Rokstarr. It was written by Cruz, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, and Dr. Luke, and produced by Dr. Luke and Benny Blanco for the international version of Rokstarr. In the UK, the song was released as the first single...
", which was featured on the album Radio 1's Live Lounge – Volume 5, released 25 October 2010.
On The Sun newspaper's show 'Bizarre' McFly did a three song set in which the covered The Verve
The Verve
The Verve were an English rock band formed in 1989 in Wigan by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury. Guitarist and keyboardist Simon Tong later became a member. Beginning with a psychedelic sound indebted to shoegazing and space...
's "Bittersweet Symphony" along with hits "Party Girl" & "Room On The Third Floor".
In the first days after the opening of their new website, SuperCity, Tom covered "Yesterday" by Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
. Ahead of the Above the Noise tour. Tom tweeted saying they have got a 'different but killing' cover song for the tour. On the first show it was unveiled as number one hit Pass Out by British rapper Tinie Tempah
Tinie Tempah
Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu , better known by his stage name Tinie Tempah, is a British rapper. He made his first mixtape in 2007 with 28 songs, freestyles and remixes, the album features Mz Bratt, Chipmunk and G-Unit...
. They also covered Marvin Gaye's song "I Heard It Through The Grapevine
I Heard It through the Grapevine
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a landmark song in the history of Motown. Written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong in 1966, the single was first recorded by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles...
" acousticlly in a webchat. On ITV reality show Popstar to Operastar
Popstar to Operastar
Popstar to Operastar is a British television programme singing competition based around the training of pop stars of current to be able to sing opera. The show began airing on ITV on 15 January 2010 at 9pm. The show is repeated on TV3 Ireland on Saturday evening. The programme is produced by...
McFly performed with a violinist David Garrett Paul McCartney's "Live and Let Die".
Television and film appearances
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
drama series Casualty. In May 2006, they starred in the teen comedy film Just My Luck with Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan is an American actress, pop singer and model. She began her career as a child fashion model before making her motion picture debut in Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap at the age of 11...
and Chris Pine
Chris Pine
Christopher Whitelaw "Chris" Pine is an American actor. He has appeared in the romantic comedies The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement and Just My Luck , as well as the action films Smokin' Aces and Unstoppable . In 2009, he portrayed James T...
, which was released in the US on 12 May 2006 and in the UK on 30 June 2006. They play themselves in the film and the soundtrack features a variety of their songs from their first two albums. The band also recorded another song, "Just My Luck", which was to be included on the US-only album release of the same name. McFly held a concert at the London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
Hammersmith Apollo
Hammersmith Apollo
Hammersmith Apollo is a major entertainment venue located in Hammersmith, London. Designed by Robert Cromie in Art Deco style, it opened in 1932 as the Gaumont Palace cinema, being re-named the Hammersmith Odeon in 1962...
on 19 May 2005 which was used in the film. The UK premiere of the film took place on 28 June 2006 in London. The film generally did not receive good reviews, gaining a 13% rating on Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films—widely known as a film review aggregator. Its name derives from the cliché of audiences throwing tomatoes and other vegetables at a poor stage performance...
.
On 16 March 2007, McFly guest starred in the Top Gear comic relief show Top Gear of the Pops
Top Gear of the Pops
Top Gear of the Pops was a one-off special of Top Gear, broadcast in the evening on 16 March 2007. It was shown as part of the Comic Relief 2007 appeal, mixing the usual elements of Top Gear with Top of the Pops, the music chart show that was cancelled in 2006...
, where they were given a challenge to come up with a song from scratch without using the words 'love', 'baby', or 'heart'. In addition, they had to include in the song the words 'sofa', 'administration', and 'Hyundai'. It was later renamed 'Sofa, Hyundai Administration' and placed as a B Side on The Heart Never Lies
The Heart Never Lies
"The Heart Never Lies" is the thirteenth single from the British pop rock/pop punk band McFly. It was released on October 22, 2007, as a part of the band's All the Greatest Hits album. Rumours were around that the song was going to originally be called "We Are The Lovers", but then the name "The...
Single. Near the end of the show they performed the song they named 'The Top Gear Blues'. On 23 June 2007, McFly made a cameo appearance
Cameo appearance
A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...
in an episode of the science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
series Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
. The episode "The Sound of Drums
The Sound of Drums
"The Sound of Drums" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was broadcast on BBC One on 23 June 2007, and is the twelfth episode of Series 3 of the revived Doctor Who series...
", saw the band appearing in a spoof party political broadcast
Party political broadcast
A party political broadcast is a short television or radio broadcast made by a political party....
, which featured testimonial
Testimonial
In promotion and of advertising, a testimonial or show consists of a written or spoken statement, sometimes from a person figure, sometimes from a private citizen, extolling the virtue of some product. The term "testimonial" most commonly applies to the sales-pitches attributed to ordinary...
s from British celebrities such as McFly and Sharon Osbourne
Sharon Osbourne
Sharon Rachel Osbourne is an English television host, author, music manager, businesswoman and promoter as well as the wife of heavy metal singer-songwriter Ozzy Osbourne....
showing their support for Mr Saxon to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...
.
On 22 October 2007, McFly hosted the first annual Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards
Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards 2007
The Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards was first announced in May 2007. It is the first ever Kids' Choice Awards for the UK Nickelodeon. The show was hosted at ExCeL Exhibition Centre, London which took place 20 October 2007 and was presented by pop band McFly....
.
McFly also appeared on the show Ghosthunting with...
Ghosthunting With...
Ghosthunting With... is based on investigating purported paranormal activity. Yvette Fielding hosts the programme, broadcast on digital channel ITV2, where she takes celebrities to haunted buildings to investigate....
in 2007.
On 27 May 2008 McFly appeared on Gordon Ramsay
Gordon Ramsay
Gordon James Ramsay, OBE is a Scottish chef, television personality and restaurateur. He has been awarded 13 Michelin stars....
's The F Word as the celebrity guests and cooked a three course meal for 50 customers. Their score was that 115 out of 150 dishes were paid for. On 20 July 2008, McFly also played at T4 on the Beach
T4 on the Beach
T4 On The Beach is a British one day music event which is held on the beach at Weston-super-Mare and televised for Channel 4. The event began in 2003 as Pop Beach in Great Yarmouth, changing to the current title and venue in 2005....
in Weston-super-Mare.
McFly's performance at KOKO on 24 July 2008, as part of the iTunes Live Festival '08, was broadcast at Vue
Vue (cinema)
Vue Entertainment , formerly known as SBC International Cinemas, is a cinema company in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. The company was formed in May 2003 when SBC acquired 36 Warner Village cinemas. There are now 69 Vue cinemas, with 654 screens totaling 140,500 seats, including the rebranded...
cinemas across the UK on the same day.
On 25 August 2008, McFly performed at the London 2012 Olympic Visa Party. On 14 December, they were the headline music act for Miss World
Miss World
The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...
in South Africa, which had a predicted worldwide audience of over 2 billion viewers. Their hits "5 Colours In Her Hair" and "Lies" were played during the show. They appeared in teen soap Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...
on Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
on Friday, 8 May 2009 performing in the SU Bar with The Somethings as a support group. On 31 May 2009, McFly performed at the biggest TV show in Brazil Domingão do Faustão
Domingão do Faustão
Domingão do FaustãoIt consists of a talk show that also features live music performances as well as special segments, such as the Dança dos Famosos and the more recent Dança no Gelo .-Facts:* Domingão do Faustão is one of the oldest of Globo's TV...
which had a predicted audience of over 30 million viewers. In June and July 2009, they did a Woodland tour, performing at forest venues around the UK.
Furthermore, McFly have also been referenced on Television shows such as "Hope and Faith", "Skins
Skins (TV series)
Skins is a BAFTA award-winning British teen drama that follows a group of teenagers in Bristol, South West England, through the two years of college. The controversial plot line explores issues such as dysfunctional families, mental illness , adolescent sexuality, substance abuse and death...
" and "Pretty Little Liars
Pretty Little Liars
Pretty Little Liars is a series of more than 10 young adult novels by Sara Shepard, from 1981–present, which have been made into a television show . The series follows the lives of four girls — Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily — whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their leader,...
" McFly made a cameo appearance in Derren Brown
Derren Brown
Derren Victor Brown is a British illusionist, mentalist, painter, writer and sceptic. He is known for his appearances in television specials, stage productions and British television series such as Trick of the Mind and Trick or Treat...
's Enigma tour in 2009-10. A recording of the live stage show first aired on Channel 4 on 6 January 2011.
McFly are made a return to T4 on the Beach
T4 on the Beach
T4 On The Beach is a British one day music event which is held on the beach at Weston-super-Mare and televised for Channel 4. The event began in 2003 as Pop Beach in Great Yarmouth, changing to the current title and venue in 2005....
in July 2011.
The band's drummer, Harry Judd
Harry Judd
Harry Mark Christopher Judd is an English musician who is best known as the drummer for British pop rock band McFly, along with fellow band members Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter and Danny Jones...
, is currently a contestant in the 9th series of Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing is a British television show, featuring celebrities with professional dance partners competing in Ballroom and Latin dances. The title of the show suggests a continuation of the long-running series Come Dancing, with an allusion to the film Strictly Ballroom...
with his dance partner Aliona Vilani
Aliona Vilani
Aliona Vilani is a Kazakh professional dancer. She describes herself as the "pussycat" of the dancing world.-Biography:Aliona started dancing ballet when she was five years old and started ballroom dancing at age 11...
.
From November to December 2011, Dougie Poynter
Dougie Poynter
Dougie Lee Poynter is an English musician and the bass guitarist and vocalist for the pop rock boyband McFly.- McFly :...
is currently taking part in the 11th series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.
McFly On the Wall
On 1 April 2011, McFly broke news to fans via SuperCitySuperCity
SuperCity is a subscription website by Pop Rock band McFly. The idea simply came with a revamp of their official website. It has exclusive content such as Videos, Games, Offers, Meet&Great, Downloads basically money can't buy opportunities. During the 2011 Above the Noise tour McFly let 'Pioneers'...
that they have a fly-on-the-wall reality television show called McFly On the Wall, which started on 5* on 11 May. It is to go behind the scenes off the sell-out Above the Noise Tour 2011
Above the Noise Tour 2011
The "Above the Noise Tour" is the first worldwide tour by British pop-rock band McFly, after almost 7 and a half years of their career. The tour is in support of their fifth studio album Above the Noise, and revolutionary website Supercity.-Background:...
across the UK. Cameras follow the boys everywhere, and fans get a real taste of what it's like being in McFly.
In January 2005, the band guest-starred in an episode of the long-running British drama series Casualty.[99] In May 2006, they starred in the teen comedy film Just My Luck with Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine, which was released in the US on 12 May 2006 and in the UK on 30 June 2006.[9] They play themselves in the film and the soundtrack features a variety of their songs from their first two albums.[10] The band also recorded another song, "Just My Luck", which was to be included on the US-only album release of the same name. McFly held a concert at the London Hammersmith Apollo on 19 May 2005 which was used in the film.[100] The UK premiere of the film took place on 28 June 2006 in London.[101] The film generally did not receive good reviews, gaining a 13% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[102] On 16 March 2007, McFly guest starred in the Top Gear comic relief show Top Gear of the Pops, where they were given a challenge to come up with a song from scratch without using the words 'love', 'baby', or 'heart'. In addition, they had to include in the song the words 'sofa', 'administration', and 'Hyundai'. It was later renamed 'Sofa, Hyundai Administration' and placed as a B Side on The Heart Never Lies Single. Near the end of the show they performed the song they named 'The Top Gear Blues'. On 23 June 2007, McFly made a cameo appearance in an episode of the science fiction series Doctor Who. The episode "The Sound of Drums", saw the band appearing in a spoof party political broadcast, which featured testimonials from British celebrities such as McFly and Sharon Osbourne showing their support for Mr Saxon to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.[103]
On 22 October 2007, McFly hosted the first annual Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards.[104] McFly also appeared on the show Ghosthunting with... in 2007.[105]
On 27 May 2008 McFly appeared on Gordon Ramsay's The F Word as the celebrity guests and cooked a three course meal for 50 customers. Their score was that 115 out of 150 dishes were paid for. On 20 July 2008, McFly also played at T4 on the Beach in Weston-super-Mare.[106]
McFly's performance at KOKO on 24 July 2008, as part of the iTunes Live Festival '08, was broadcast at Vue cinemas across the UK on the same day.
On 25 August 2008, McFly performed at the London 2012 Olympic Visa Party.[96][107] On 14 December, they were the headline music act for Miss World in South Africa, which had a predicted worldwide audience of over 2 billion viewers. Their hits "5 Colours In Her Hair" and "Lies" were played during the show. They appeared in teen soap Hollyoaks on Channel 4 on Friday, 8 May 2009 performing in the SU Bar with The Somethings as a support group. On 31 May 2009, McFly performed at the biggest TV show in Brazil Domingão do Faustão which had a predicted audience of over 30 million viewers. In June and July 2009, they did a Woodland tour, performing at forest venues around the UK.
Furthermore, McFly have also been referenced on Television shows such as "Hope and Faith", "Skins" and "Pretty Little Liars" McFly made a cameo appearance in Derren Brown's Enigma tour in 2009-10. A recording of the live stage show first aired on Channel 4 on 6 January 2011.
McFly are made a return to T4 on the Beach in July 2011.
Drummer Harry took part in stricty come dancing 2011
Dougie Poynter took part in I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here in 2011 which ran for 3 weeks on ITV in late November/Early December.
Recent song appearances
Towards the end of 2010, McFly's song "Star Girl" has been featured every Friday on The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
. The feature has now been dubbed "McFlyday" and involves Chris and the team singing along to portions of the song.
"All About You/You've Got a Friend
All About You/You've Got a Friend
"All About You"/"You've Got a Friend" is the first single from British band McFly's second studio album, Wonderland. The single was the official Comic Relief charity single for 2005, with all royalties being donated to the charity. The single was also used to promote Make Poverty History. The...
", from the Wonderland
Wonderland (McFly album)
Wonderland is the second album by English pop rock boyband McFly. It was released in the UK on 29 August 2005 and was a success, certifying platinum after selling over 300,000 copies in the UK...
album, has been featured as the ending theme for the South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
n variety show Invincible Youth
Invincible Youth
Invincible Youth is a South Korean variety show which aired its first season on KBS2 from October 23, 2009 to December 24, 2010. Season 1 featured seven girls from K-pop idol groups wherein they experience how it is to live and survive in the rural Korea outdoors. It has started its second season...
since the show's original pilot episode, which aired on October 23, 2009. The variety show is still ongoing and continues to use the song to highlight the ending credits of each broadcast.
One of their newest singles "Party Girl" premiered on UK radio on 14 July 2010 at 7:20pm on In:Demand, and has been played every day since and will continue to be played every day until 8 August. They have recently paired with Taio Cruz
Taio Cruz
Taio Cruz is a British singer-songwriter, record producer, occasional rapper, and entrepreneur. In 2008, he released his debut album Departure, which Cruz wrote, arranged and produced himself. It achieved initial success in the UK and earned him a MOBO Award nomination...
, with a new hit "Shine A Light" which was released on 7 November 2010. Their new album Above The Noise was released on 15 November 2010.
The song Party Girl was played on the show Pretty Little Liars
Pretty Little Liars
Pretty Little Liars is a series of more than 10 young adult novels by Sara Shepard, from 1981–present, which have been made into a television show . The series follows the lives of four girls — Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily — whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their leader,...
and has been continually played on Eastenders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
.
Discography
- Room On the 3rd FloorRoom on the 3rd Floor-Release history:-Chart performance:-Year-end charts:-Awards:The Room on the 3rd Floor Album won Best Album at the 2004 Smash Hits Awards-External links:*...
(2004) - WonderlandWonderland (McFly album)Wonderland is the second album by English pop rock boyband McFly. It was released in the UK on 29 August 2005 and was a success, certifying platinum after selling over 300,000 copies in the UK...
(2005) - Motion In the OceanMotion In The OceanMotion in the Ocean is the third studio album by English pop rock band McFly and was released in the United Kingdom on 6 November 2006. The first single from the album, "Don't Stop Me Now/Please, Please", was released on 17 July 2006 in the UK and charted at number one in the UK Singles Chart...
(2006) - Radio:ACTIVERadio:ActiveRadio:ACTIVE is the fourth studio album by English pop punk boyband McFly, which also is the band's first under their new, self created label, Super Records after leaving Island Records. The first single from the album is "One for the Radio". "Lies", one of the tracks from the deluxe edition of...
(2008) - Above the NoiseAbove the Noise (McFly album)Above the Noise is the fifth studio album from British band McFly. The album was released on 15 November 2010. The album spawned three singles: "Party Girl", which was released on 6 September; "Shine a Light", which was released on 8 November; and "That's the Truth", which was released on 6 March...
(2010) - "HyperionHyperion-Computing:* Hyperion , an early portable computer* Hyperion Entertainment, a computer game producer* Hyperion Solutions, a business software company owned by Oracle* Hyperion, an IRC daemon previously used by the Freenode IRC network-In fiction:...
" (2012)
Members
- Danny Jones - Lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards
- Tom Fletcher - Lead vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, bass guitar
- Dougie Poynter - Bass guitar, guitar, vocals
- Harry Judd - Drums, percussion
Awards
2004- Walt Disney Awards - Best Newcomer
- Smash Hits AwardsSmash HitsSmash Hits was a pop music based magazine, aimed at teenagers and young adults and originally published in the United Kingdom by EMAP. It ran from 1978 to 2006 and was issued fortnightly for most of that time...
- Best UK Band - Smash Hits AwardsSmash HitsSmash Hits was a pop music based magazine, aimed at teenagers and young adults and originally published in the United Kingdom by EMAP. It ran from 1978 to 2006 and was issued fortnightly for most of that time...
- Best Album for Room on the 3rd Floor - Smash Hits AwardsSmash HitsSmash Hits was a pop music based magazine, aimed at teenagers and young adults and originally published in the United Kingdom by EMAP. It ran from 1978 to 2006 and was issued fortnightly for most of that time...
- Best Video for "That Girl" - Smash Hits AwardsSmash HitsSmash Hits was a pop music based magazine, aimed at teenagers and young adults and originally published in the United Kingdom by EMAP. It ran from 1978 to 2006 and was issued fortnightly for most of that time...
- Best Stars of the Year - Smash Hits AwardsSmash HitsSmash Hits was a pop music based magazine, aimed at teenagers and young adults and originally published in the United Kingdom by EMAP. It ran from 1978 to 2006 and was issued fortnightly for most of that time...
- Most Fanciable Male (Danny Jones)
2005
- Smash Hits AwardsSmash HitsSmash Hits was a pop music based magazine, aimed at teenagers and young adults and originally published in the United Kingdom by EMAP. It ran from 1978 to 2006 and was issued fortnightly for most of that time...
- Best UK Band - Smash Hits AwardsSmash HitsSmash Hits was a pop music based magazine, aimed at teenagers and young adults and originally published in the United Kingdom by EMAP. It ran from 1978 to 2006 and was issued fortnightly for most of that time...
- Most Snoggable Male (Danny Jones) - Smash Hits AwardsSmash HitsSmash Hits was a pop music based magazine, aimed at teenagers and young adults and originally published in the United Kingdom by EMAP. It ran from 1978 to 2006 and was issued fortnightly for most of that time...
- Best Single for "All About You'" - Smash Hits AwardsSmash HitsSmash Hits was a pop music based magazine, aimed at teenagers and young adults and originally published in the United Kingdom by EMAP. It ran from 1978 to 2006 and was issued fortnightly for most of that time...
- Best Album for Wonderland - BRIT Awards - Best Pop Act
2006
- Virgin.net Music AwardsVirgin MediaVirgin Media Inc. is a company which provides fixed and mobile telephone, television and broadband internet services to businesses and consumers in the United Kingdom...
- god Group - BT Digital Music Award for People's Choice Award for Best Official Music Site
2007
- Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice AwardsNickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards 2007The Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards was first announced in May 2007. It is the first ever Kids' Choice Awards for the UK Nickelodeon. The show was hosted at ExCeL Exhibition Centre, London which took place 20 October 2007 and was presented by pop band McFly....
- Best Band (also hosted) - UK Festival AwardsUK Festival AwardsThe UK Festival Awards are awarded annually, with various categories for all aspects of festivals that have taken place in the UK, and one category for European festivals. The Awards were first established in 2004, and are produced by Virtual Festivals.com. They are voted for by the public via the...
- Best Pop Act (for appearance at V FestivalV FestivalThe V Festival is an annual music festival held in England during the penultimate weekend in August. The event is held at two parks simultaneously which share the same bill; artists perform at one location on Saturday and then swap on Sunday. The sites are located at Hylands Park in Chelmsford and...
) - Virgin.net Music AwardsVirgin MediaVirgin Media Inc. is a company which provides fixed and mobile telephone, television and broadband internet services to businesses and consumers in the United Kingdom...
- Best Live Act
2008
- Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice AwardsNickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards 2008The Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards 2008 aired on 20 September 2008 on Nickelodeon. It was the UK's second Kids' Choice Awards. The ceremony was presented by Australian singer and former X Factor judge Dannii Minogue....
- Best Band - Star Smash Awards 2008 - Best Album (Radio:ACTIVE)
- Star Smash Awards 2008 - Best Band
- Star Smash Awards 2008 - Artist of the Year
2009
- Meus Premios Nickelodeon Brazil 2009Nickelodeon (TV channel)Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
- Best International Artist - UK Music Video AwardsUK Music Video AwardsThe UK Music Video Awards is an annual celebration of creativity, technical excellence and innovation in music video and moving image for music....
- Best Live Music Coverage - News of the WorldNews of the WorldThe News of the World was a national red top newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011. It was at one time the biggest selling English language newspaper in the world, and at closure still had one of the highest English language circulations...
- The Most Sexiest Men of the Year (Dougie PoynterDougie PoynterDougie Lee Poynter is an English musician and the bass guitarist and vocalist for the pop rock boyband McFly.- McFly :...
) - Also nominated for MTV Latin Awards
2010
- 4Music Video Honours - Best Video of 2010 for Party Girl
2011
- Nordoff Robbins - American Express Digital Innovation Award
- In Rock Magazine - Best British Band