"Five Colours In Her Hair"
Single by McFly
From the album Room On The 3rd Floor
Single Released	March 2004
B-side	"Saturday Nite" "Lola" "The Guy Who Turned Her Down"
Single Format	CD 2 Track Single CD Maxi Single 12" Maxi Single
Genre	Pop
Song Length	2:58
Record Label	Island Records
Writers	Tom Fletcher Danny Jones James Bourne
Producer	Craig Hardy Tim 'Spag' Speight
Chart Positions	#1 UK
McFly Singles
N/A	"Five Colours In Her Hair" (2004)	"Obviously" (2004)

"Five Colours in Her Hair" is the debut single from the British Pop band McFly. This is their first number 1 in the UK singles chart. It stood at the top for 2 weeks. Image File history File links 1st Single - Five Colours In Her Hair - McFly Sources: www. ... The British pop band McFly McFly is a pop group based in the United Kingdom The band members are Danny Jones (born March 12, 1986), Dougie Poynter (born November 30, 1987), Tom Fletcher (born July 17, 1985) and Harry Judd (born December 23, 1985). ... Room On The 3rd Floor was the 2004 debut album from Brit pop rockers McFly. ... 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths • 08 Abu Abbas • 20 Queen Juliana • 28 Peter Ustinov • 30 Alistair Cooke More March 2004 deaths Ongoing events EU Enlargement Exploration of Mars: Rovers Haiti Rebellion Israeli-Palestinian conflict Occupation of Iraq Same-sex marriage in... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ... Lola is a popular song by the Kinks which details an encounter between a naive young man and a person named Lola in a Soho club. ... A CD Single is a music single in the form of a compact disc. ... The 12-inch [30 cm] single gramophone record gained popularity with the advent of disco music in the 1970s. ... Musical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. ... This article mainly describes pop as used in its more recent sense, as a subgenre of popular music. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Island Records is a record label that was founded in Jamaica in 1959 by Chris Blackwell. ... A songwriter is someone who writes either the lyrics or the music for songs. ... Tom Fletcher (born in Harrow on July 17, 1985) is the lead singer for the band McFly. ... Danny Alan David Jones is one of the lead vocalists in the British pop group McFly with fellow band members Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd. ... James James Bourne (born 13 September 1983) was a member of the highly successful British pop group Busted, together with Charlie Simpson and Matt Jay, before its split in 2005. ... In the music industry, a record producer is responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ... The British pop band McFly McFly is a pop group based in the United Kingdom The band members are Danny Jones (born March 12, 1986), Dougie Poynter (born November 30, 1987), Tom Fletcher (born July 17, 1985) and Harry Judd (born December 23, 1985). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Obviously is the second single from the British Pop band McFly. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article mainly describes pop as used in its more recent sense, as a subgenre of popular music. ... The British pop band McFly McFly is a pop group based in the United Kingdom The band members are Danny Jones (born March 12, 1986), Dougie Poynter (born November 30, 1987), Tom Fletcher (born July 17, 1985) and Harry Judd (born December 23, 1985). ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by the Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the music industry. ...

The CD features a duet with Busted. The British pop band Busted, James, Matt and Charlie from left to right. ...

Do, Do, Do, Do, Do, Do

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The Song

Written by two of the band members: Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones and their friend from Busted James Bourne. The track is especially well known for its catchy Do, Do, Do, Do, Do, Do, Do! lyrics, played from the beginning and ending of the song. Tom Fletcher (born in Harrow on July 17, 1985) is the lead singer for the band McFly. ... Danny Alan David Jones is one of the lead vocalists in the British pop group McFly with fellow band members Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd. ... James James Bourne (born 13 September 1983) was a member of the highly successful British pop group Busted, together with Charlie Simpson and Matt Jay, before its split in 2005. ...

The track is an homage to As If actress Emily Corrie. As If was a British teen drama series broadcast on Channel 4 in its native UK. There were four series, the first broadcast in January 2001 and the last in July 2004. ...

The Video

The video begins by introducing the band members in a comical style, by getting their names all wrong.

It also features the band messing around at various different scenes, but telling the overall main story about a girl with 5 colours in her hair, who was miserable. They eventually drag her into the TV where she joins the band in a club setting where the band are playing to a crowd.

They also shoot various well know scenes as a tribute to their main influences including The Beatles and the Beach Boys. The Beatles (L-R, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, John Lennon), in 1964, performing on The Ed Sullivan Show promoting their first U.S. hit song, I Want To Hold Your Hand, and ushering in the British Invasion of American popular music. ... The Beach Boys 1976 album 15 big ones The Beach Boys are a pop music group formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961, whose popularity has lasted into the twenty-first century. ...

The video was shot in front of a green screen. The bluescreen setup The final image Bluescreen is the film technique of shooting foreground action against an even-lighted blue background, which is then replaced by a separately shot background plate scene by optical composition. ...

Introducing... McFly

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Track Listings

CD1

1. Five Colours In Her Hair
2. Lola (Feat. Busted)

CD2

1. Five Colours In Her Hair
2. Saturday Night
3. The Guy Who Turned Her Down
4. Five Colours In Her Hair [Video] (Enhanced Section)

• [Double Sided Band Poster]

7” Picture Disc

1. Five Colours In Her Hair
2. Lola (Feat. Busted)

UK Chart Runs

The Beatles Walk

Released: 29th March 2004 Image File history File links Sources: www. ... Image File history File links Sources: www. ...

Entered in the Chart: 1

Peak UK Chart Entry: 1 - 2 Weeks

1 - 1 - 6 - 9 - 13 - 16 - 28 - 38 - 47 - 53 - 62 - 69 - OUT

It has spent an overall 12 weeks in the UK Top 75 Singles.

References

• Official Site
• HMV