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band

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. It was written by frontman

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and Busted's

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. The song was released on 6 September 2004 as the lead single from the band's debut studio album ''

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'' (2004). It was their first single not to reach the top spot in the

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, peaking at number three. In Ireland, it reached number 14.

Background

The song was written by McFly frontman

and

of Busted. It is a fun and

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track and was the third single lifted from McFly's debut album ''

'', but the first to be released after the album. The lyrics tells a story of how someone felt that they couldn't get that girl, ended up with 'That Girl' but soon found 'That Girl' cheating on him and eventually breaking up with them. Bass lyrics are accompanied with backing lyrics that changed gradually due to the outcomes of the actions of 'That Girl'. The CD features their second

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cover track, "

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". It also features previous tracks performed live. It is the first single by them to feature on a

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which features footage of performances "She Loves You" at the

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Torch Ceremony and also some home footage.

Music video

The music video shows the band working at a service/petrol station. They begin by being rather bored, as the probable lack of customers. 'That Girl' arrives and starts flirting with Danny as he fixes her car. As she leaves, she gives him her phone number. She arrives "three days later" and is seen with another man. Tom, Dougie and Harry cause havoc - Harry overfills the car, Dougie takes parts out of the car that are actually needed for it to work, and Tom destroys his credit card by swiping it repeatedly really fast. At the end of the video, the boys run away seeing as the car crashed after Dougie 'helped' with 'fixing' it. The video won Best Video at the 2004 Smash Hits Awards.

Track listings

UK CD1 and 7-inch picture disc # "That Girl" # "

" UK CD2 # "That Girl" # " Obviously" (live) # "She Loves You" (live) # "That Girl" (live) # "That Girl" (video) # "''

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'' Premiere Footage" (Part 1) UK DVD single # "That Girl" (audio) # "She Loves You" (live from the Olympic Torch Ceremony) # "McFly Home Movie – The Life of McFly" # "''Spider-Man 2'' Premiere Footage" (Part 2)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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