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's third studio album, ''

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'' (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

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campaign started by band member

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, asking

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to play the song in space.

Background

"Star Girl" was written by McFly, Jason Perry,

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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

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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,

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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

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' concert at

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, where they performed "Star Girl" along with the Jonas Brothers. Beginning in early 2010, Star Girl was played every Friday morning on ''

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'' on

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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

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. 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

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as well as a performance scene filmed in

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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 # "Star Girl" # "We Are the Young" UK CD2 # "Star Girl" – 3:29 # "Silence Is a Scary Sound" (live from the Manchester MEN) # "

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" # "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 and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Star Girl (Song) McFly songs 2006 singles Island Records singles Number-one singles in Scotland Songs written by Danny Jones Songs written by Dougie Poynter Songs written by Jason Perry (singer) Songs written by Julian Emery Songs written by Harry Judd Songs written by Tom Fletcher UK Singles Chart number-one singles Universal Records singles