Busted (2002 Busted album)

With the original line-up of Busted having broken up in 2001, guitarist James Bourne and bassist Matt Willis set about finding a new band member. Charlie Simpson and Tom Fletcher both originally made it in, but the latter was cut from the final lineup.{{Cite web |date=2021-02-16 |title=Seven fun facts you may not know about McFly {{!}} Get to know the band! |url=https://www.musicplussport.com/get-to-know-mcfly/ |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=Music Plus Sport |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Gibsone |first=Harriet |date=2022-10-29 |title=McFly's Tom Fletcher looks back: 'People threw things at us in the street. These days, they just want to say something nice' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/oct/29/mcfly-tom-fletcher-looks-back-songwriter-author-boyband |access-date=2023-04-19 |issn=0261-3077}}

Six tracks on the album were co-written with John McLaughlin and Steve Robson, who often collaborate with each other.{{cite web |url=http://www.windsweptpacific.com/thewriters/j_mclaughlin.asp |title=John McLaughlin: Songwriter |work=The Writers |publisher=Windswept Pacific |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020614162348/http://www.windsweptpacific.com/thewriters/j_mclaughlin.asp |archivedate=14 June 2002}} The other remaining songs were written by the band themselves.{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r645696|label="Busted > Review" |first=Johnny |last=Loftus |accessdate=25 September 2011}}

The first single released from Busted was "What I Go to School For", which reached number 3. This was followed by "Year 3000", which reached number 2, "You Said No" and "Sleeping with the Light On". "You Said No" peaked at number 1 and "Sleeping with the Light On" peaked at number 3. With "You Said No", Busted entered the Guinness World Records for being the first artist to have their first three singles enter the top three of the UK Singles Chart in ascending order.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a531065/10-things-about-mcbusted.html|title=10 Things About... McBusted|last=Warner|first=Sam|date=18 November 2013|work=Digital Spy|publisher=Hearst Magazines UK|access-date=19 April 2023}}

A European-only single, "Hurra, hurra, die Schule brennt", was released on the same date as "You Said No" was released in the UK.

"You Said No" is titled "Crash and Burn" on the original album release, but its title was changed for the single release because of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.{{cite news |author=Jeff C |date=12 February 2003 |title=Busted Rename New Single After Shuttle Disaster |url=http://popdirt.com/busted-rename-new-single-after-shuttle-disaster/12986/ |access-date=19 April 2023 |website=Pop Dirt |language=en-US}} In an interview with Newsround, Willis said, "We were deciding what single to go for just as that happened and we really wanted to use Crash and Burn but we thought the name was inappropriate - it would have been bad taste."{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/music/newsid_2970000/2970419.stm|title=Busted boys gossip about fans and fame|date=23 April 2003|work=Newsround|publisher=CBBC|access-date=19 April 2023}} Simpson also stated in 2016 that "we thought it was a bit insensitive around 9/11."{{cite news |last=Wilson-Taylor |first=James |date=4 November 2016 |title=INTERVIEW: Busted Reveal All On Jonas Brothers Covers, "Dated" Pop Punk & Their Whole New Sound |url=https://www.popbuzz.com/music/news/busted-interview-night-driver/ |access-date=19 April 2023 |website=PopBuzz |language=en}}

On the cassette release of the album, "Losing You" is advertised as a single. However, the song never was released as a single, and it is unknown whether it was planned to be or if this was a mistake. In 2018, Willis said that they would never play the song live, stating "We've never played that song. For a very good reason – we don't like it. It's not very good, it's quite embarrassing."{{cite web |last1=Earp |first1=Catherine |title=Busted reveal songs they'll never play live |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/news/a871731/busted-matt-willis-charlie-simpson-james-bourne-new-album-songs-never-play-live/ |website=Digital Spy |accessdate=3 December 2018 |language=en |date=30 November 2018}}

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AllMusic states: "[Busted] slide smoothly between... dull teen pop ballads with the sickeningly overwrought vocals typical of the genre... and relatively more creative stuff that punches up the formula with pop-ternative production and smirking, yet still squeaky clean lyrical witticisms. At best it's BBMak with better cheekbones; at worst, Busted is a neutered Sum 41". On bbc.co.uk, Jacqueline Hodges wrote: "Think a younger, British Wheatus or Blink-182 junior and you will be along the right lines. Their cheeky and geeky Green Day-type lyrics... are endearingly refreshing in these days of Gareth Gates and Ronan Keating mush".{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/n4gb/ |title=Busted Review |first=Jacqueline |last=Hodges |date=20 November 2002 |publisher=BBC Music |accessdate=25 September 2011}} Q was more positive, Dan Stubbs writing: "Tales of copping off, time travel and a five-fingered fantasy about a schoolteacher with a nice bottom are delivered through inspired one-liners and clever gimmicks".Stubbs, Dan, Busted, review, Q, December 2002.

Busted recorded a number of B-sides for their album campaign, including a number of classic covers, including cover versions of "Brown Eyed Girl", "Fun Fun Fun" and "Mrs Robinson", as well as new tracks including "Late Night Sauna", "My Good Friend" and "Last Summer", as well as the demo version of "Year 3000". The version of "Year 3000" which appears as the B-side to "Sleeping with the Light On" is the version which the band presented to Universal Music before they were signed by the label. "My Good Friend" has never been released on CD, and only appears on the cassette release of "You Said No", becoming one of the rarest Busted tracks around. The demo version of "Year 3000" was also only released on cassette, meaning it is also very rare and hard to find.

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| extra_column = Producer(s)

| headline = Busted — {{nobold|Standard edition}}

| total_length = 45:57

| title1 = What I Go to School For

| writer1 = {{hlist|James Bourne|Charlie Simpson|Matt Willis|John McLaughlin|Steve Robson}}

| extra1 = Steve Robson

| length1 = 3:30

| title2 = You Said No

| writer2 = {{hlist|Bourne|Simpson|Willis|McLaughlin|Robson|Richard Mark Rashman}}

| extra2 = Robson

| length2 = 2:47

| title3 = Britney

| writer3 = {{hlist|Bourne|McLaughlin|Robson}}

| extra3 = Robson

| length3 = 3:31

| title4 = Losing You

| writer4 = {{hlist|Bourne|Simpson|Willis|McLaughlin|Robson}}

| extra4 = Robson

| length4 = 3:54

| title5 = Year 3000

| writer5 = {{hlist|Bourne|Simpson|Willis|Robson|Tom Fletcher}}

| extra5 = Robson

| length5 = 3:17

| title6 = Psycho Girl

| writer6 = {{hlist|Bourne|Rashman}}

| extra6 = Robson

| length6 = 3:51

| title7 = All the Way

| writer7 = {{hlist|Simpson|Bourne}}

| extra7 = Robson

| length7 = 2:26

| title8 = Sleeping with the Light On

| writer8 = {{hlist|Bourne|Willis}}

| extra8 = Robson

| length8 = 3:38

| title9 = Dawson’s Geek

| writer9 = {{hlist|Bourne|Simpson|Willis}}

| extra9 = Robson

| length9 = 2:27

| title10 = Without You

| writer10 = {{hlist|Simpson|Robson}}

| extra10 = Robson

| length10 = 4:09

| title11 = Loser Kid

| writer11 = {{hlist|Bourne|Simpson|Willis}}

| extra11 = Robson

| length11 = 3:48

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| extra_column = Producer(s)

| headline = Busted — {{nobold|British and Japanese special edition bonus tracks}}

| total_length = 52:28

| title10 = When Day Turns into Night

| writer10 = Simpson • Bourne

| extra10 = Steve Robson

| length10 = 3:35

| title11 = Everything I Knew

| writer11 = Bourne • Willis

| extra11 = Steve Robson

| length11 = 3:10

| title13 = Extra Exceedingly Fitness

| note13 = Interlude

| writer13 = Bourne • Simpson

| extra13 = James Bourne

| length13 = 0:18

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| headline = Busted — {{nobold|German edition bonus track}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title12 = Hurra, hurra, die Schule brennt

| writer12 = Schlasse • Klein • Hönig • Larson • Möller

| extra12 = Steve Robson

| length12 = 3:35

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• "You Said No" was originally titled "Crash and Burn" prior to the album's re-issue.

• James Bourne – guitars, vocals, keys, production
• Charlie Simpson – guitars, vocals, drums
• Matt Willis – bass, vocals
• Steve Robson – production, synths

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