Star Girl (song)

Single infobox
Name = Star Girl


Artist = McFly
from Album = Motion in the Ocean
Released = October 23, 2006
Format = CD, Maxi CD & DVD
Recorded = 2006
Genre = Pop
Length = 3:29
Label = Island Records
Producer = Julian Emery, Jason Perry
Chart position =

#1 (UK)

#14 (Ireland)

Reviews =
Last single = "Please, Please"/"Don't Stop Me Now" (2006)
This single = "Star Girl" (2006)
Next single = "Sorry's Not Good Enough"/"Friday Night" (2006) | Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate Cover
Type = single


Lower caption = CD2 Cover

"Star Girl" is the second single from McFly's third studio album, "Motion in the Ocean", which was released in the UK on October 23, 2006. The song was the band's sixth #1 single in the UK, staying in the Top Ten for two weeks.

The Song

"Star Girl" was written by McFly and Perry, Emery and Carter. The single features a live recording of "Silence is a Scary Sound" from the Wonderland Tour 2005 DVD. "Silence is a Scary Sound" was written by McFly bassist, Dougie, when he was just 14 years old. The single also includes the first track from the Motion in the Ocean album, "We are the Young".

The song was written about Fletcher's dream about falling in love with an alien.

Track listings

CD1
# "Star Girl"
# "We Are the Young"

CD2 (Enhanced CD)
# "Star Girl"
# "Silence is a Scary Sound - live from Manchester MEN"
# "Transylvania"
# "Star Girl - U-MYX track"
# "Silence Is a Scary Sound - live from Manchester MEN (video)"
# "Just My Luck DVD trailer"+ poster

DVD Single
# "Star Girl (audio)"
# "Star Girl (video)"
# "Behind the scenes footage from the Just My Luck set (video)"
# "Harry's scene in "Just My Luck"+ poster

Chart performance

The Video

The video featured home footage of the band as well as a performance scene filmed in South London in front of a live, fan-based audience. The home footage featured the boys sending Dougie Poynter into "space" and testing out a variety of Don't-Try-These-At-Home type stunts.