I Wanna Hold You

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"I Wanna Hold You"
Single by McFly
from the album Wonderland
Released	October 17, 2005
Format	CD
Genre	Pop rock
Length	2:59
Label	Island Records
Chart positions
#3 (UK)
McFly singles chronology
"I'll Be OK" (2005)	"I Wanna Hold You" (2005)	"Ultraviolet/Ballad of Paul K" (2005)

"I Wanna Hold You" is the third single to be taken from McFly's second album Wonderland. The single was released October 17, 2005 and peaked at number three in the UK singles chart.

Contents 1 The Song 1.1 Different Versions 2 Track Listing 3 The Video

[edit] The Song

"I Wanna Hold You" was written band Members Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones and Dougie Poynter.

[edit] Different Versions

The original version of the song was different to the single. Its lyrics were "less mature" and resembled a song more suited to the "Room on the 3rd Floor" album than the new and "grown-up" Wonderland album. The track was therefore edited and re-recorded to be added onto McFly's second studio album, but not before it was featured on the album demo which has subsequently been spread across the internet.

The new album version however was still critiscised. It's lyrics "I'd destroy the World for you" were deemed inappropriate for a pop song. So McFly edited and re-recorded the song a further time changing the lyrics to "I'll change the world for you" instead.

[edit] Track Listing

CD1

1. 1. I Wanna Hold You
2. 2. Mr Brightside

CD2

1. 1. I Wanna Hold You
2. 2. Easy Way Out
3. 3. Interview
4. 4. I Wanna Hold You (Instrumental)

DVD Single

1. 1. I Wanna Hold You
2. 2. McFly Mini Movie
3. 3. I Wanna Hold You (Video)

[edit] The Video

Reminding fans of Green Day's "American Idiot" video, McFly's video for "I Wanna Hold You" is more mature, removing McFly's signature comedic sketches for a serious performance-based video. The band, suited up, perform the whole video infront of an Orcestra of beautiful women in Blonde wigs. During the guitar solo, a woman appears to rise through the ground before McFly, dripping with a metallic looking paint.