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Cover songs
McFly have recorded and performed a variety of officially released and unreleased cover versions of well-known songs.
2004
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. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", originally by Queen, was featured on the "Room on the Third Floor" single.
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.[7] 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 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.[8] They also released covers of songs as singles such as The Who's "Pinball Wizard", which they performed on Movie Music Mania on 12 November 2005.[9] McFly also performed a version of The Used's "On My Own" on 15 December 2005 at a Harrods Winter Signing.[10]
2006
McFly performed a version of Thin Lizzy's "The Boys Are Back in Town" at The Prince's Trust on 20 May 2006.[11] 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".[12] 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 also despite "Don't Stop Me Now" with the band at Wembley Arena and 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 Wanna Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles. The song "Rockin' Robin", originally by Bobby Day, was featured on the "Sorry's Not Good Enough/Friday Night" single, and the band also performed it at the Top Of The Pops Christmas Special.
2007
On the 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 is the double A-side to "Transylvania", out 7 May 2007. This double-A single was number one in the Official UK Top 40, before dropping nineteen places to chart at #20 in only its second week of release. It is their seventh number one. McFly recorded the song "You're The One That I Want", from Grease for an album which was recorded in just five days, Over the Rainbow. The proceeds from the Challenge Anneka album go to childrens' hospices across the UK. McFly are among a long list of artists who have recorded a track for Radio1’s forthcoming 40th birthday celebrations. Each artist contributing to the album had to choose a song from a given year in the last 40. McFly were handed 1982 and chose to cover The Jam classic Town Called Malice.[13]
Television and film appearances
In January 2005, the band guest-starred in an episode of the long-running British drama series Casualty.[14] 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 was critically panned. [citation needed]
On June 23, 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 |
