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			{{Short description\|2006 single by McFly}}
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	{{Infobox single
			{{Infobox song
	\| Name = Star Girl
	\| ~~Cover~~ ~~= Stargirl1.jpg~~		\| name = Star Girl
	\| ~~Artist~~ = ]		\| cover = Stargirl1.jpg
	\| ~~from~~ ~~Album~~ = ]		\| alt =
	\| ~~Released~~ ~~= 23 October~~ ~~2006~~		\| caption = One of artwork variants
			\| type = single
	\| Format = ], ]
	\| ~~Recorded~~ = ~~2006~~		\| artist = ]
	\| ~~Genre~~ = ], ]		\| album = ]
			\| released = {{start date\|2006\|10\|23\|df=y}}<ref>{{cite magazine\|title=New Releases: Singles\|magazine=]\|page=33\|date=21 October 2006}}</ref>
	\| Length = 3:29
			\| recorded =
	\| Label = Island Records
			\| studio =
	\| Producer = Julian Emery, ]
			\| venue =
	\| Writer = Fletcher, Jones, Poynter, Judd, Perry, Emery, Carter
			\| genre = <!-- Do not add unsourced genres -->
	\| Last single = "]"<br/>(2006)
			\| length = 3:29
	\| This single = "'''Star Girl'''"<br/>(2006)
			\| label = {{hlist\|]\|]}}
	\| Next single = "]"<br/>(2006)
			\| writer = {{hlist\|]\|]\|]\|]\|]\|]\|Daniel Carter}}
	\| Misc = {{Extra album cover
			\| producer = {{hlist\|Julian Emery\|Jason Perry}}
	\| Upper caption = Alternative Cover
			\| prev_title = ]
	\| Type = single
			\| prev_year = 2006
	\| Cover = Stargirlsingle2.jpg
			\| next_title = ]
	\| Lower caption = CD2 Cover
			\| next_year = 2006
	}}
	}}		}}

	"'''Star Girl'''" is the second single from ]'s third studio album, '']'', ~~which~~ ~~was released~~ in the UK on 23 October 2006. ~~The~~ song was the band's sixth #1 single in the UK, staying in the ~~Top~~ ~~Ten~~ for two weeks. In 2009, the song was played in space to wake up the astronauts on the space station, with thanks to a successful Twitter campaign asking ] to play the song in space ~~started by band member ]~~. <ref>{{ cite web \| url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmyIMrUo-20 \| title=Tom Fletcher talks to Harry Judd about how Star Girl will be played in space \| publisher=YouTube \| ~~accessdate~~=~~2009-06-~~15 }}</ref>		"'''Star Girl'''" is the second single from English pop rock band ]'s third studio album, '']'' (2006). Released in the UK on 23 October 2006, the song was the band's sixth number-one single in the UK, staying in the top 20 for two weeks. In 2009, the song was played in space to wake up the astronauts on the space station, with thanks to a successful ] campaign started by band member ], asking ] to play the song in space.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmyIMrUo-20 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624120521/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmyIMrUo-20 \|archive-date=2014-06-24 \|url-status=dead\|title=Tom Fletcher talks to Harry Judd about how Star Girl will be played in space\|publisher=]\|access-date=15 June 2009}}</ref>
	The Song Also Marked ] As The first band to have Two Number One Singles on the ]
	==Song Information==
	"Star Girl" was written by ] and Jason Perry, Julian Emery and ]. The single features a live recording of "Silence is a Scary Sound" from the ] 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 ] album, "We are the Young". The song was inspired by a dream Tom Fletcher had, about falling in love with an alien woman. The song was originally called 'Good Night', but the band felt the lyrics didn't fit. Tom had a dream about writing a massive, Westlife style song written about falling in love with an alien women so he decided to replace the 'Good Night' lyrics with the new lyrics hoping it would be a bigger success than the song he wrote in his dream. On 15 June 2009 McFly made a surprise guest appearance at the ] concert in Wembley Arena where they performed 'Star Girl' along with the Jonas Brothers. Since the start of 2010, Star Girl was played every Friday morning on ] on ] in a feature called "McFlyday", on the final Chris Moyles Show broadcast 14 September 2012 the band re-recorded the track with altered lyrics relating to Chris Moyles and BBC Radio 1. <ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM7lWXqp8Oo</ref>

	==~~Track listing~~==		==Background==
			"Star Girl" was written by McFly, ], ] and ]. The single features a live recording of "Silence is a Scary Sound" from the ] DVD. "Silence is a Scary Sound" was written by McFly bassist ] when he was 14 years old. The single also includes the first track from the '']'' album, "We Are the Young". The song was inspired by a dream ] had, about falling in love with an alien woman. The song was originally called "Good Night", but the band felt the lyrics didn't fit. Tom had a dream about writing a massive, ] style song written about falling in love with an alien woman so he decided to replace the "Good Night" lyrics with the new lyrics, hoping it would be a bigger success than the song he wrote in his dream.
	; UK CD1
	# "Star Girl" – 3:29
	# "We Are the Young" – 3:02

			On 2 June 2008 McFly made a surprise guest appearance at ]' concert at ], where they performed "Star Girl" along with the Jonas Brothers. Beginning in early 2010, Star Girl was played every Friday morning on '']'' on ] in a feature called "McFlyday". On the final Chris Moyles Show broadcast 14 September 2012 the band re-recorded the track with altered lyrics relating to Chris Moyles and BBC Radio 1.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM7lWXqp8Oo \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211218/WM7lWXqp8Oo \|archive-date=2021-12-18 \|url-status=live\|title=McFly - STAR BOY for Chris Moyles!\|work=YouTube\|date=14 September 2012 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>
	; UK CD2
	# "Star Girl" – 3:29
	# "Silence Is a Scary Sound" (Live from the Manchester MEN) – 3:55
	# "Transylvania" – 3:27
	# "Star Girl" (U-Myx Version)
	# "Silence Is a Scary Sound" (Live from the Manchester MEN – Video) – 3:55
	# "Just My Luck DVD Trailer" – 1:00

			==Chart performance==
	; UK DVD Single
			The song debuted at number one on the ]. Although debuting at number one, the single dropped to number nine the following week and spent just six weeks in the top 75.<ref name="uk"/>

			==Music video==
			The video featured home footage of the band at Danny's house in ] as well as a performance scene filmed in ] in front of a live, fan-based audience. The home footage featured the boys sending ] into "space" and testing out a variety of Don't-Try-These-At-Home type stunts, Later in that video Dougie is in a spaceship eating a floating on air malteaser.

			==Track listings==
			'''UK CD1'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes\|title=Star Girl\|others=]\|year=2006\|type=UK CD1 liner notes\|publisher=], ]\|id=1709444}}</ref>
			# "Star Girl"
			# "We Are the Young"

			'''UK CD2'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes\|title=Star Girl\|others=McFly\|year=2006\|type=UK CD2 liner notes\|publisher=Island Records, Universal Records\|id=1709445}}</ref>
	# "Star Girl" – 3:29		# "Star Girl" – 3:29
			# "Silence Is a Scary Sound" (live from the Manchester MEN)
	# "Star Girl" (Video) – 3:35
			# "]"
	# "Behind the Scenes Footage" (From the 'Just My Luck' Set) – 4:00
			# "Star Girl" (U-Myx version)
	# "Harry's Scene in Just My Luck" – 2:34
			# "Silence Is a Scary Sound" (live from the Manchester MEN – video)
			# "Just My Luck DVD Trailer"

			'''UK DVD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes\|title=Star Girl\|others=McFly\|year=2006\|type=UK DVD single liner notes\|publisher=Island Records, Universal Records\|id=1709446}}</ref>
			# "Star Girl"
			# "Star Girl" (video)
			# "Behind the Scenes Footage" (from the 'Just My Luck' Set)
			# "Harry's Scene in 'Just My Luck'"

	==Charts==		==Charts==
			{{col-begin}}
	The song debuted at #1 on the ]. Although debuting at #1, the single dropped to #9 the following week and spent just 6 weeks in the top 75.<ref>http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=32798</ref>
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			===Weekly charts===
			{\|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
			!Chart (2006)
			!Peak<br/>position
	\|-		\|-
			!scope="row"\|Europe (])<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2006/BB-2006-11-11.pdf\|title=Hits of the World – Eurocharts\|magazine=]\|volume=118\|issue=45\|page=99\|date=11 November 2006\|access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref>
	! Chart (2006)
			\|7
	! Position
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|Ireland2\|14\|song=Star Girl\|rowheader=true}}
	\| ]
	\|<center> 33
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|Scotland\|1\|date=20061104\|rowheader=true}}
	\| ]
	\|<center> 14
	\|-
	{{singlechart\|UK\|1\|date=4 November 2006}}
	\|-
	\| ]
	\|<center> 1
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|UK\|1\|date=20061104\|rowheader=true\|refname="uk"}}
	\|}		\|}
			{\|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

	{\|class="wikitable sortable"
	!Chart (2010)		!Chart (2010)
	!Peak<br>position		!Peak<br/>position
	\|-
	\|] (])<ref>http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/search/list.gaon?Search_str=mcfly&x=48&y=15</ref>
	\|align="center"\|171
	\|-		\|-
			!scope="row"\|South Korea (])<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/search/list.gaon?Search_str=mcfly&x=48&y=15\|title=국내 대표 음악 차트 가온차트!}}</ref>
			\|171
	\|}		\|}
			{{col-2}}

	===~~End of year~~ charts===		===Year-end charts===
	{\| class="wikitable ~~sortable~~"		{\|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
	!~~align="left"\|End of year chart~~ (2006)		!Chart (2006)
	!~~align="center"\|~~Position		!Position
	\|-
	\|UK Singles Chart
	\|align="center"\|88
	\|-		\|-
			!scope="row"\|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20060108/37501/\|title=End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2006\|publisher=]\|access-date=8 July 2018}}</ref>
			\|88
	\|}		\|}
			{{col-end}}

			==Certifications==
	{{S-start}}
			{{Certification Table Top}}
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			{{Certification Table Entry\|region=United Kingdom\|type=single\|artist=McFly\|title=Star Girl\|award=Platinum\|relyear=2006\|certyear=2023\|id=13301-1409-1\|access-date=24 March 2023}}
	\| before = "]" by ]
			{{Certification Table Bottom\|nosales=true\|noshipments=true\|streaming=true}}
	\| title = ] ]
	\| years = 29 October 2006 (1 week)
	\| after = "]" by ]
	}}
	{{S-end}}

	==Music video==
	The video featured home footage of the band at Danny's house in ] as well as a performance scene filmed in ] in front of a live, fan-based audience. The home footage featured the boys sending ] into "space" and testing out a variety of Don't-Try-These-At-Home type stunts, Later in that video Dougie is in a spaceship eating a floating on air malteaser.

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Latest revision as of 01:14, 13 September 2024

2006 single by McFly

"Star Girl"

One of artwork variants

Single by McFly

from the album Motion in the Ocean

Released

23 October 2006 (2006-10-23)

Length

3:29

Label

Songwriter(s)

Producer(s)

Julian Emery
Jason Perry

McFly singles chronology

"Don't Stop Me Now / Please, Please"
(2006)

"Star Girl"
(2006)

"Sorry's Not Good Enough/Friday Night"
(2006)

"Star Girl" is the second single from English pop rock band McFly's third studio album, Motion in the Ocean (2006). Released in the UK on 23 October 2006, the song was the band's sixth number-one single in the UK, staying in the top 20 for two weeks. In 2009, the song was played in space to wake up the astronauts on the space station, with thanks to a successful Twitter campaign started by band member Tom Fletcher, asking NASA to play the song in space.

Background

"Star Girl" was written by McFly, Jason Perry, Julian Emery and Daniel P. 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 Poynter when he was 14 years old. The single also includes the first track from the Motion in the Ocean album, "We Are the Young". The song was inspired by a dream Tom Fletcher had, about falling in love with an alien woman. The song was originally called "Good Night", but the band felt the lyrics didn't fit. Tom had a dream about writing a massive, Westlife style song written about falling in love with an alien woman so he decided to replace the "Good Night" lyrics with the new lyrics, hoping it would be a bigger success than the song he wrote in his dream.

On 2 June 2008 McFly made a surprise guest appearance at the Jonas Brothers' concert at Wembley Arena, where they performed "Star Girl" along with the Jonas Brothers. Beginning in early 2010, Star Girl was played every Friday morning on The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1 in a feature called "McFlyday". On the final Chris Moyles Show broadcast 14 September 2012 the band re-recorded the track with altered lyrics relating to Chris Moyles and BBC Radio 1.

Chart performance

The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart. Although debuting at number one, the single dropped to number nine the following week and spent just six weeks in the top 75.

Music video

The video featured home footage of the band at Danny's house in Bolton 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, Later in that video Dougie is in a spaceship eating a floating on air malteaser.

Track listings

UK CD1

"Star Girl"
"We Are the Young"

UK CD2

"Star Girl" – 3:29
"Silence Is a Scary Sound" (live from the Manchester MEN)
"Transylvania"
"Star Girl" (U-Myx version)
"Silence Is a Scary Sound" (live from the Manchester MEN – video)
"Just My Luck DVD Trailer"

UK DVD single

"Star Girl"
"Star Girl" (video)
"Behind the Scenes Footage" (from the 'Just My Luck' Set)
"Harry's Scene in 'Just My Luck'"

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)	7
Ireland (IRMA)	14
Scotland (OCC)	1
UK Singles (OCC)	1

Chart (2010)	Peak position
South Korea (GAON)	171

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)	Position
UK Singles (OCC)	88

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)	Platinum	600,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

"New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 21 October 2006. p. 33.
"Tom Fletcher talks to Harry Judd about how Star Girl will be played in space". YouTube. Archived from the original on 24 June 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
"McFly - STAR BOY for Chris Moyles!". YouTube. 14 September 2012. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
Star Girl (UK CD1 liner notes). McFly. Island Records, Universal Records. 2006. 1709444.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Star Girl (UK CD2 liner notes). McFly. Island Records, Universal Records. 2006. 1709445.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
Star Girl (UK DVD single liner notes). McFly. Island Records, Universal Records. 2006. 1709446.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
"Hits of the World – Eurocharts" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 118, no. 45. 11 November 2006. p. 99. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
"The Irish Charts – Search Results – Star Girl". Irish Singles Chart.
"Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
"국내 대표 음악 차트 가온차트!".
"End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2006". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
"British single certifications – McFly – Star Girl". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

v t e McFly
Tom Fletcher Danny Jones Harry Judd Dougie Poynter
Studio albums	Room on the 3rd Floor Wonderland Motion in the Ocean Radio:Active Above the Noise Young Dumb Thrills Power to Play
Compilation albums	All the Greatest Hits The Greatest Bits: B-Sides & Rarities Memory Lane: The Best of McFly The Lost Songs
Other albums	Just My Luck Radio:Active – Live at Wembley
Video albums	The Wonderland Tour 2005 Motion in the Ocean Tour All the Greatest Hits Radio:Active Live at Wembley Behind the Noise
Singles	"5 Colours in Her Hair" "Obviously" "That Girl" "Room on the 3rd Floor" "All About You/You've Got a Friend" "I'll Be OK" "I Wanna Hold You" "Ultraviolet/The Ballad of Paul K" "Don't Stop Me Now / Please, Please" "Star Girl" "Sorry's Not Good Enough/Friday Night" "Baby's Coming Back/Transylvania" "The Heart Never Lies" "One for the Radio" "Lies" "Do Ya/Stay with Me" "Falling in Love" "Party Girl" "Shine a Light" "That's the Truth" "Love Is Easy" "Love Is on the Radio"
Films	Just My Luck Nowhere Left to Run
Tours	The Wonderland Tour (2005) Motion in the Ocean Tour (2006) The Greatest Hits Tour (2007) Radio:Active Tour (2008) Above the Noise Tour (2011) McBusted Tour (2014) McBusted's Most Excellent Adventure Tour (2015) Busted vs McFly Tour (2025)
Related articles	Discography Song list Super Records Busted V McBusted

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