Young Dumb Thrills

In November 2010, McFly released their fifth studio album, Above the Noise, which became their lowest charting album in the UK. This was followed by a compilation album, Memory Lane: The Best of McFly, in November 2012. In 2013, McFly's sixth studio album was put on hold when they teamed up with Matt Willis and James Bourne from Busted to form the supergroup McBusted. After two years of touring and a self-titled album, Willis and Bourne's former bandmate Charlie Simpson agreed to return to Busted, thus bringing McBusted to an end.

On 3 July 2020, McFly announced The Lost Songs, a collection of demo recordings and their first unreleased material in nearly a decade. That same month, the band revealed that their long-awaited sixth studio album would be called Young Dumb Thrills, and also announced "Happiness" as its lead single.{{Cite web|last=Clarke|first=Emma|date=27 July 2020|title=McFly announce new single Happiness ahead of their album launch|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/mcfly-new-single-happiness-a4509206.html|access-date=16 November 2020|website=Evening Standard|language=en}} The track "Wild and Young" was initially going to be released as part of Danny Jones' debut solo album, but was instead used for McFly's comeback album when the band reunited.

"Happiness" was released as the album's lead single on 20 July 2020.{{cite news|date=27 July 2020|title=McFly announce new single and album|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2020/0727/1155756-mcfly-announce-new-single-and-album/|access-date=16 November 2020|work=RTÉ|language=en}}

"Growing Up" featuring Mark Hoppus was the second, released on 4 September 2020.{{cite web | title=Blink-182's Mark Hoppus features on McFly's new single 'Growing Up' | last=Richards | first=Will | website=NME | date=2020-09-04 | url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/blink-182s-mark-hoppus-features-on-mcflys-new-single-growing-up-2746207 | access-date=2020-11-09}} Judd stated on Twitter that this was a promotional single, and not an official single. It failed to chart on the UK Singles Top 100 but debuted and peaked at number 80 on the Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100 on 11 September 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-sales-chart/20200911/7509/|title=Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100 11 September 2020 - 17 September 2020|website=Official Charts|date=11 September 2020|access-date=6 December 2021}}

"Tonight Is the Night" was the third single, released on 1 October 2020.{{Cite web|title=McFly release new single 'Tonight Is The Night'|url=https://www.music-news.com/news/Underground/134898/McFly-release-new-single-Tonight-Is-The-Night|access-date=2020-11-16|website=Music-News.com|language=en-US}}

"You’re Not Special" is the fourth single, released 21 January 2021.

{{Track listing

| headline = Young Dumb Thrills track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Happiness

| writer1 = {{hlist|Tom Fletcher|Danny Jones|Dougie Poynter|Harry Judd|Jordan Cardy|Jason Perry|Oberdan Oliveira}}

| extra1 = Jason Perry

| length1 = 3:14

| title2 = Another Song About Love

| writer2 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Poynter|Judd|Perry}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Jones|Perry}}

| length2 = 2:59

| title3 = You're Not Special

| writer3 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Poynter|Judd}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Jones|Perry}}

| length3 = 3:25

| title4 = Head Up

| writer4 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Poynter|Judd|Perry|Cardy}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Jones|Perry}}

| length4 = 3:46

| title5 = Tonight Is the Night

| writer5 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Poynter|Judd|Perry|Cardy}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Jones|Perry}}

| length5 = 3:56

| title6 = Young Dumb Thrills

| note6 = featuring Rat Boy

| writer6 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Poynter|Judd|Perry|Cardy|Todd Dorigo}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Jones|Perry}}

| length6 = 4:10

| title7 = Growing Up

| note7 = featuring Mark Hoppus

| writer7 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Poynter|Judd|Perry|Jordan Cardy|Mark Hoppus}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Jones|Perry|Hoppus}}

| length7 = 2:48

| title8 = Mad About You

| writer8 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Poynter|Judd|Perry|Cardy}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Jones|Perry}}

| length8 = 4:54

| title9 = Sink or Sing

| writer9 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Poynter|Judd}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Jones|Perry}}

| length9 = 3:31

| title10 = Like I Can

| writer10 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Poynter|Judd}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Jones|Perry}}

| length10 = 3:01

| title11 = Wild and Young

| writer11 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Poynter|Judd|Jake Gosling|Chris Leonard|Zachary Pajak}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Jones|Perry}}

| length11 = 3:56

| title12 = Not the End

| writer12 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Poynter|Judd}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Jones|Perry}}

| length12 = 5:25

| total_length = 45:06

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