"Room on the 3rd Floor" is the fourth and final single from British 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 Mcfly's debut studio album of the same name, Room on the 3rd Floor

Room on the 3rd Floor

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. It is also the title track from the album. It entered the chart at number five 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 song also appears as a B-Side for the band's next single, "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...

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Song information

Written by two of the band members: 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...

 and 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...

, the track is about the room in which Danny and Tom stayed at London

London

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's InterContinental Hotel (Room 363). The song is less upbeat and uptempo than their previous singles. The song was written during their two-month stay at the hotel, which they found a little tedious; they began listening in to arguments in the neighbouring rooms, and wrote about a rather annoying room-service maid, all of which are mentioned on the track.

Track listing

UK CD1

1. "Room on the 3rd Floor" - 3:16
2. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" - 2:27

UK CD2

1. "Room on the 3rd Floor" - 3:16
2. "Five Colours in Her Hair" (Live) - 3:15
3. "Deck the Halls" - 2:23
4. "Room on the 3rd Floor" (Live) - 3:37
5. "Room on the 3rd Floor" (Video) - 3:22

UK DVD Single

1. "Room on the 3rd Floor" (Audio) - 3:16
2. "Obviously" (Video) - 3:25
3. "McFly Home Movie" - 10:00
4. "Guitar Lessons with Tom & Danny" - 2:00

Music video

The video depicts the band as small plastic models (based on Tamiya models). During the shoot, the band were painted blue ("Like a smurf"- Danny) and then digitally enhanced to make them look like plastic. McFly can be seen in full colour playing on the packaging box; the McFly Set with Roadie and Fan is a nod to their then upcoming tour.

Chart performance

Chart	Position
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 ...	5
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	27