All About You/You've Got a Friend

Infobox Single
Name = All About You/You've Got a Friend


Artist = McFly
from Album = Wonderland
Released = March 7, 2005
Format = CD
Recorded =
Genre = Pop rock
Length =
Label = Island
Producer =
Last single = "Room on the 3rd Floor" (2004)
This single = "All About You"/"You've Got a Friend" (2005)
Next single = "I'll Be OK" (2005)

"All About You"/"You've Got a Friend" is the fifth single from the British pop band McFly and their first double A-side single.

"All About You/You've Got a Friend" was the official Comic Relief single for 2005, and the single's net earnings were donated to the charity event. It was also used to promote Make Poverty History. The single charted at #1 in the UK charts and was their first Irish no 1 #.

The songs

"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.

Track listings

CD Maxi
# "All About You"
# "You've Got a Friend"
# "Room on the 3rd Floor"
# "All About You" [Orchestral Version]
# "All About You" [Video] [Enhanced]
* [Includes Comic Relief insert]

Chart performance

In the UK, All About You/You've Got a Friend debuted and peaked at number 1 in the singles chart, sales 158,000.In next week the song fell 1 place to #2

The videos

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 points to a badge saying "I'm a Busted Fan". Ironic? The video features a number of British celebrities including Fearne Cotton, Johnny Vegas, Davina McCall, Lee Hurst, Graham Norton, Dermot O'Leary, Simon Amstell, 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.

Video Trivia

*The part where Harry Judd tries to get into the studio is reminiscent of Patrick Wilson getting seduced by Miss Piggy to try to keep up with the rest of the band in Weezer's Keep Fishin' video.

External links

* [http://www.mcflyofficial.com/home/ Official Site]