The Lost Songs
{{short description|2019 studio album by McFly}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox album
| name = The Lost Songs
| type = studio
| artist = McFly
| cover = McFLY_-_The_Lost_Songs_cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 3 July 2020 {{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/McFly-Red-The-Lost-Songs/release/14583471|title=McFly - Red (The Lost Songs)|website=Discogs|date=15 September 2019 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/McFly-Man-On-Fire-The-Lost-Songs/release/14583591|title=McFly - Man On Fire (The Lost Songs)|website=Discogs|date=17 November 2019 }}
| recorded = 2011−2013
| venue =
| studio =
| length =
| label = Super Records
| producer = Danny Jones, Jason Perry
| prev_title = Memory Lane: The Best of McFly
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = Young Dumb Thrills
| next_year = 2020
}}
The Lost Songs is a collection of demo recordings released by English pop rock band McFly in 2019 and 2020. The songs were originally intended for the band's sixth studio album which was then shelved.{{Cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/10/mcflys-tom-fletcher-says-even-didnt-lost-songs-band-announce-comeback-gig-10717543/|title=McFly admit even they didn't have all of The Lost Songs ahead of comeback gig|date=2019-09-10|website=Metro|language=en|access-date=2020-02-24}} McFly recorded a full album in 2011 before focusing on supergroup McBusted.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-49647089|title='McFly is forever': The boyband is back|date=2019-09-10|work=BBC News|access-date=2020-02-24|language=en-GB}}
One song from the collection was released per week leading up to the band's concert in the O2 Arena in London on 20 November 2019, marking the end of a three-year hiatus.{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/mcfly-announce-comeback-with-arena-show-at-the-o2-in-london-on-november-20-2019__27241/|title=McFly are back with an arena show and unreleased music|website=www.officialcharts.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-24}} The release of the songs was accompanied by a YouTube series of the same name, in which the band discussed one song per episode.{{Cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/mcfly-tickets-o2-london-show-new-album-the-lost-songs-release-date-551373|title=McFly announce London O2 show and new album – how to get tickets, and when The Lost Songs comes out|website=inews.co.uk|date=15 September 2019 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-25}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjQ0ssnnljE|title=McFly {{!}} The Lost Songs {{!}} Episode 01 - Red|last=|first=|date=10 September 2019|website=YouTube|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}} The collection was initially only available on streaming but it has since been released on digital downloads.
Tracklisting
{{Tracklisting
| all_writing = Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones and Dougie Poynter, except where noted
| title1 = Red
| length1 = 3.24
| title2 = Touch the Rain
| length2 = 4.28
| title3 = We Were Only Kids
| length3 = 4.49
| title4 = Hyperion
| length4 = 6.09
| title5 = Dare You to Move
| length5 = 4.26
| title6 = Break Me
| length6 = 4.34
| title7 = Corner of My Mind
| length7 = 3.49
| title8 = Something About You
| length8 = 2.47
| title9 = Those Were the Days
| length9 = 3.37
| title10 = Josephine
| length10 = 4.06
| title11 = Lucky Ones
| length11 = 3.42
| title12 = Man On Fire
| length12 = 3.58
| title13 = Pretty Girls
| length13 = 3.38
| total_length = 53:00
| extra_column = Writers
| music5 = Fletcher, Jones, Anthony Kluge, Poynter
| music7 = Bourne, Fletcher
| music8 = James Bourne, Fletcher, Poynter
| music9 = Fletcher, Jones, John King, Poynter, Lindy Robbins
| music10 = Fletcher, Jones, Harry Judd
| music11 = Bourne, Fletcher, Jones, Poynter
| music12 = Fletcher, Bourne
| music13 = Fletcher, Bourne
| note9 = feat. Ximena Sariñana
}}
References
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