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McFly
Nazionalità	United Kingdom
Genere	Pop; soft Rock; Rock
Periodo attività	2003 - in attività
Etichetta	{{{Etichetta}}}
Album pubblicati	4
Studio	3
Live	1
Raccolte	0
Sito ufficiale	mcflyofficial.com
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I McFly sono una pop rock band Inglese che uscì nella mondo della musica nel 2004 con il loro singolo da numero uno "5 Colours in Her Hair". La band fu fondata da Tom Fletcher (nato il 17 luglio, 1985) ed è formata anche da Danny Jones (nato il 12 marzo, 1986), Dougie Poynter (nato il 30 novembre,1987) e Harry Judd (nato il 23 dicembre, 1985). Sono stati messi sotto contratto dall' etichetta discografica della Island Records e sono diretti dalla Prestige Management. Fino al Dicembre 2006, i mcfly cono usciti con 11 singoli da top ten, sei dei quali hanno raggiunto la numero uno nelle UK Singles Chart, e due album da numero uno Room on the 3rd Floor seguito da Wonderland. Il loro terzo album Motion in the Ocean, realizzato il 6 novembre, 2006 ed è arrivato alla numero 6.

Indice 1 Biografia 1.1 Primi anni 1.2 Room on the 3rd Floor 1.3 Wonderland 1.4 Motion in the Ocean 2 Stile musicale 3 Cover songs 3.1 2004 3.2 2005 3.3 2006 4 Acting career 5 Tours 6 Discography 6.1 Albums 6.2 DVDs 7 Awards 8 References 9 Collegamenti esterni

[modifica] Biografia

[modifica] Primi anni

Il nome dei McFly fu scelto da Tom Fletcher, il membro fondatore della band, il quale si ispirò alla fiction fantascientifica Americana "Ritorno al futuro" ed al protagonista Marty McFly , interpretato da Michael J. Fox. Tom, in origine, aveva fatto delle audizioni per entrare a far parte dei Busted, ma fu respinto. In seguito cominciò a scrivere canzoni con James Bourne, membro dei Busted, e fu chiamato per alcune audizioni per una nuova band chiamata"V". Danny Jones si precipitò all'audizione credendo il provino per una band come i Busted. Lì conobbe Tom e poco tempo dopo Jones si trasferì a casa Fletcher e i due continuarono a scrivere canzoni con James Bourne dei Busted. Per completare la band, Tom e Danny, tennero delle audizioni al Covent Garden di Londra per un bassista ed un batterista. Coloro che vennero all'audizione furono rifiutati, compreso il futuro bassista degli Elements of Refusal, Steven Parker. Per coincidenza, Dougie Poynter e Harry Judd fecero il provino lo stesso giorno e vennero presi.

[modifica] Room on the 3rd Floor

Lo stile musicale dei primi anni di vita dei McFly era un incrocio tra pop e punk. Il loro singolo di debutto, "5 Colours in Her Hair", realizzato il 29 marzo 2004, entrò nelle Charts britanniche alla numero #1 nell'Aprile 2004 e rimase al primo posto per due settimane. Nel Luglio 2004 il loro secondo singolo, "Obviously",raggiunse come il precedente la cima delle classifiche e fu seguito dall' album Room on the 3rd Floor che debuttò anch'esso alla numero uno della classifica degli album Britannici. L'album andò letteralmente a ruba poiché i McFly erano la band più giovane mai esistita che avesse debuttato con un album alla numero uno, battendo il primato dei Beatles. Il terzo singolo "That Girl, fu realizzato il 6 settembre 2004 e perse la battaglia nella top ten contro "Real To Me" di Brian McFadden. Raggiunse la posizione numero #3 malgrado l'eccellere nelle charts delle vendite infrasettimanali. Il quarto singolo "Room on the 3rd floor"(il pezzo che diede il nome all'album), fu realizzato il 15 novembre 2004,e raggiunse la numero #5.

[modifica] Wonderland

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.

[modifica] Motion in the Ocean

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.^[1] "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. ^[2]. Their next single, Transylvania, is set to be released in April, 2007.

[modifica] Stile musicale

Lo stile musicale dei Mcfly è stato definito dagli stessi ragazzi e dal mondo musicale in generale come "Nu-Pop" ^[3] ma è più comunemente considerato come musica pop o pop rock. Malgrado l'immagine e la reputazione che la band si è guadagnata, ci sono alcune diversità musicali che differenziano i Mcfly dalle altre Boybands. L'influenza viene apparentemente da bands come The Raspberries (in particolare Eric Carmen),The Beach Boys, e The Beatles (in particolare Paul McCartney). Dal punto di vista dei testi, tuttavia, il loro stile è originale anche se riconducibile a quello di bands come i Busted. I McFly infatti sono spesso considerati simili per stile agli orami sciolti Busted, con i quali hanno condiviso la casa discografica e una grande amicizia. Infatti, James Bourne dei Busted e dei Son of Dork, ha molte volte dato una mano nella scrittura di alcuni delle più famose hits dei McFly, e Tom Fletcher ha inoltre in parte scritto canzoni per le bands di cui James ha fatto parte. Comunque sebbene simili, I Busted evidenziano maggiormente l'influenza di bands pop punk come i Blink 182, i Sum 41 o musica rock degli anni '60, in aggiunta alle loro chiare melodie pop.

[modifica] Cover songs

McFly have recorded and performed a variety of officially released and unreleased cover versions of well-known songs.

[modifica] 2004

McFly collaborated with Busted for a cover of the Kinks song "Lola", which was a B-side on the Japanese version of the "5 Colours In Her Hair" 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. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", originally by Queen was featured on the Room on the Third Floor single.

[modifica] 2005

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^[4]. 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 Kaiser Chiefs, which they performed at Radio 1's Live Lounge session and is also featured on the "Ultraviolet" single. McFly also 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 ^[5]. They also released covers of songs as singles such as The Who's "Pinball Wizard", which they performed on Movie Music Mania on November 12, 2005^[6]. McFly also performed a version of The Used's "On My Own" on December 15, 2005 at a Harrods Winter Signing^[7].

[modifica] 2006

McFly performed a version of Thin Lizzy's "The Boys Are Back in Town" at The Prince's Trust on May 20, 2006^[8]. 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"^[9]. When performing this cover on their Motion In The Ocean tour 2006, 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 performed "Don't Stop Me Now" with the band at Wembley Arena and Manchester Evening News Arena. They also performed "Fight for Your Right", originally by the Beastie Boys and the "Ghostbusters" theme tune, originally by Ray Parker Jr. They also opened Children in Need 2006 with "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles. The Christmas song, "Rockin' Robin", originally by Bobby Day, was also featured on the "Sorry's Not Good Enough/Friday Night" single.

[modifica] Acting career

In 2005, the band guest-starred in an episode of the long-running British drama series Casualty^[10]. They also starred in the teen comedy film Just My Luck with Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine, which was released in the US on May 12, 2006 and in the UK on June 30, 2006 and was critically panned. They play themselves in the film, the soundtrack features a variety of their songs from both albums plus their latest song "Just My Luck" at the time. McFly held a concert at the London Hammersmith Apollo on May 19, 2005 which was used in the film. The Just My Luck UK premiere took place on June 28, 2006 in London.

[modifica] Tours

McFly have played four major tours to date:

• 2004 - Supporting Busted on their nationwide UK arena tour with V
• 2004 - UK Theatre Tour also known as, McFly The Tour
• 2005 - Wonderland Arena Tour
• 2006 - Motion in the Ocean Arena Tour
• 2007 - McFly Up Close and Personal: 24 locations not covered by their arena tours (tickets sold out in two hours)

[modifica] Discography

[modifica] Albums

Cover	Album Information
Immagine:RoomOnThe3rdFloor.jpg	Room on the 3rd Floor Released: 5 July, 2004 (UK) Charts: #1 UK BPI Cert: 2x Platinum [11] Singles: 5 Colours in Her Hair (April 2004) - #1 UK Obviously (July 2004) - #1 UK That Girl (September 2004) - #3 UK Room On The 3rd Floor (November 2004) - #5 UK
Immagine:Wonderland Album Cover.jpg	Wonderland Released: 29 August, 2005 (UK) Charts: #1 UK BPI Cert: Platinum [12] Singles: All About You/You've Got A Friend (March 2005) - #1 UK I'll Be OK (April 2005) - #1 UK I Wanna Hold You (October 2005) - #3 UK Ultraviolet/Ballad of Paul K (December 2005) - #9 UK
Immagine:Just My Luck Album Cover.jpg	Just My Luck Released: 12 May, 2006 (US debut) Charts: #25 US (TOP Heatseekers) Singles: "I Wanna Hold You" (US version)
Immagine:Motionintheocean.jpg	Motion in the Ocean Released: 6 November, 2006 (UK) Charts: #6 UK BPI Cert: Gold [13] Singles: Please, Please / Don't Stop Me Now (July 2006) - #1 UK Star Girl (October 2006) - #1 UK Sorry's Not Good Enough/Friday Night (December 2006) - #3 UK Transylvania (April, 2007) - #? [1]

[modifica] DVDs

• The Wonderland Tour 2005 - #1 UK

[modifica] Awards

In 2004, McFly won five Smash Hits Awards including Stars of the Year, Best UK Band, Best Album (Room on the 3rd Floor), Best Video (That Girl), Best Stars of the Year and Danny Jones won Most Fanciable Male ^[14]. McFly beat their number of awards in the 2005 Smash Hits Awards by winning Stars of the Year, Best UK Band, Best Single (All About You), Best Album (Wonderland) while Danny Jones won Most Snoggable Male and Dougie Poynter won Top Mop ^[15]. Also in 2005, McFly won Best Pop Act at the Brit Awards ^[16]. The band won Best Group and Dougie Poynter won Most Fanciable Male in the Virgin.net Music Awards for 2006 ^[17].

Although the quartet had a fantastic 2006, it has been announced that they are not up for any Brit awards for the second year in a row.

[modifica] References

[modifica] Collegamenti esterni

• Official Website
• McFly's MySpace Profile

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