| "All About You/You've Got a Friend" | ||||
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| Single by McFly | ||||
| from the album Wonderland | ||||
| Released | March 7, 2005 | |||
| Format | CD Single | |||
| Recorded | 2004-2005 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 3:05 / 4:27 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | Jason Perry | |||
| Certification | Gold | |||
| McFly singles chronology | ||||
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"All About You"/"You've Got a Friend" is the first single from British band McFly's second studio album, Wonderland. The single was the official Comic Relief charity single for 2005, with all royalties being donated to the charity. The single was also used to promote Make Poverty History. The single peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Chart, as well as peaking at #1 in Ireland. It is also the band's first double A-side single. The single has received a Gold sales status certification. "All About You" was also nominated for the Record of the Year in 2005.
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"All About You" was McFly's third number one in the UK singles chart and fifth hit in less than a year. Also, this is their first chart-topping success of the year 2005 and the first single to be taken from McFly's second studio album, Wonderland. It was at the top of the charts for one week, only to be knocked off the top spot by the unofficial Comic Relief single "Is This the Way to Amarillo", by Tony Christie and (mimed by) Peter Kay. It is the lead A-side single, and the first of McFly's singles to feature an orchestra, conducted by Simon Hale and the string leader, Gavin Wright. The second track on the double A-side was "You've Got a Friend", written and originally recorded by Carole King. Tom Fletcher wrote this song for his fiancé Giovanna Falcone.
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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| Irish Singles Chart |
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| UK Singles Chart |
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| UK Download Chart |
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| U.S. Billboard European Hot 100 |
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| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
| UK Singles Chart |
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| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
| South Korea (GAON)[1] | 64 |
| End of year chart (2005) | Position |
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| Ireland Singles Chart | 19 |
| UK Singles Chart | 5 |
| Preceded by "Over and Over" by Nelly and Tim McGraw |
Irish Singles Chart number-one single March 17, 2005 – March 31, 2005 (2 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Is This the Way to Amarillo" by Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay |
| Preceded by "Dakota" by Stereophonics |
UK number one single March 13, 2005 – March 20, 2005 (1 week) |
| Country | Certification |
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| UK | Gold |
The video for "All About You" was filmed on January 14, 2005, the same day good friends Busted announced their break-up. In the video, Harry, the drummer, tries to get into the studio where the rest of McFly are in progress recording the song, but a security guard outside refuses to let him in, until Harry sneaks in by distracting the guard with Busted magazines (to which a badge announced him to be a fan of) and finishing the recording. The comedic video features a number of British celebrities including Fearne Cotton, Johnny Vegas, Davina McCall, Ben Miles, Lee Hurst, Graham Norton, Dermot O'Leary, Simon Amstell, Ruby Wax, Kate Thornton and Harry Hill as the security guard.
"You've Got a Friend" was shot on location in Uganda. The boys spent a week there in January 2005 for Comic Relief. The video sees McFly with the children of Uganda, playing with them, performing for them, and teaching them to sing. Towards the end of the video, McFly's vocals are removed for a chorus sung by the children.[2]
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