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McFly's name was chosen by Tom Fletcher, the band's founding member, based on his love for the American science-fiction comedy Back to the Future and Michael J. Fox's character Marty McFly. Tom had originally auditioned for Busted, but was rejected. He then started writing songs with Busted member James Bourne and was asked to come along to film auditions for a new band V. Danny Jones came along to the audition mistaking it for an audition for a Busted like band. Tom spoke to Danny after and Danny then moved in with Tom and his parents, and the two began writing songs along with James Bourne of Busted. To complete the band, they held auditions at London's Covent Garden for a drummer and a bass player. Those who auditioned but were rejected included future Elements of Refusal bassist Steven Parker. Coincidentally, Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd both auditioned on the same day.
McFly's early sound was a mixture of pop and punk. Their debut single, "5 Colours in Her Hair", which was released March 29, 2004, entered the UK Singles Chart at number one in April 2004 and stayed there for two weeks. 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 one in the UK Albums Chart. The album broke records, as McFly were the youngest band to have a debut album enter the charts in the top position, beating The Beatles. The third single, "That Girl", was released on September 6, 2004. It went to number three, despite topping midweek sales charts. The fourth single, Room on the 3rd Floor (the album's title track), was released on November 15, 2004 and made number five.
In March 2005, McFly released "All About You/You've Got A Friend", a double A-side of their sixth and seventh singles and the first release from their second album, Wonderland, which features a 60-piece orchestra. The single reached number one for a week on March 13, 2005 and the profits from the single were donated to Comic Relief. The video for "You've Got A Friend" was shot in Uganda, Africa, which McFly visited for the charity appeal. They completed their first arena tour in October 2005. 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 one. The album itself was released on 29 August 2005 debuting at number one. The third single from Wonderland, "I Wanna Hold You", was released October 17, giving them their sixth top three single, missing out on number one to the Arctic Monkeys. Their fourth single, "Ultraviolet/The Ballad of Paul K" was released on 12 December 2005 and reached number nine.
The first single from Motion in the Ocean was named, "Please, Please", released in the UK as a double A-side with the Queen hit "Don't Stop Me Now" on July 17, 2006 as the official song for Sport Relief 2006. The double A-side reached number one in the UK charts on July 23, 2006 making it the band's fifth number one single of their career. After losing a bet to the owner of G-A-Y, McFly had to appear naked on stage as they did in their "Please, Please" video. 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 November 6, 2006, and reached number 6. The second release from the album, "Star Girl" was released on October 23, 2006, to promote the album. "Star Girl" reached number one in its first week with 54,802 copies sold. The third release from the album, "Sorry's Not Good Enough/Friday Night", was released on December 18, 2006, and reached number three in the UK singles charts. "Friday Night" is featured in the movie Night at the Museum, which was released on December 22, 2006, in Canada and the US and December 26, 2006, in the UK. Another double A-side Transylvania/Baby’s Coming Back was next to be released in April, 2007. It charted at number one.
In November 2007 McFly’s greatest hits album was released along with single the Heart Never Lies which charted at number 3 due to stiff completion from Leona Lewis’ Bleeding Love and Take That’s Rule The World. The album entered the charts at number 3.
On 20 May 2008 McFly confirmed that their fourth studio album will be titled Radio:Active (typeset as Radio:ACTIVE). The album was given away for free as a supplement in The Mail on Sunday on 20 July 2008 and 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".[56] 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 1's A list, meaning that it receives primary airplay during the daytime. The single charted at number #2 in the charts. The boys 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 August 4, 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 #4 in the charts. McFly have currently embarked on their 2008 arena tour, starting from 7 November, 2008, attending 14 dates. 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 #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.
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