"Baby's Coming Back" / "Transylvania" (single release titled "Baby's Coming Back & Transylvania") is the fourth and final single from English

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's third studio album, ''

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, while "Transylvania" is an original by McFly. The single debuted at number one on the

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but fell to number 20 the following week, setting the record for the biggest drop off number one until 2016, when " A Bridge over You" by the

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fell to number 29 from the top spot.

Background

It was originally announced that "Transylvania", written by

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and

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and produced by Jason Perry, would be released by itself, before the announcement of a further

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was made on 20 March 2007. "

" is a cover of the 1991

song. The

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introduction to "Transylvania" is the opening of

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. The B-side is a live recording cover of the

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song " Fight for Your Right".

Music videos

"Baby's Coming Back"

The official video is like their previous song,

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, as it sees the boys performing on stage with tour footage from their recent tour, "Up Close and Personal". The video was filmed during their "Up Close And Personal" tour 2007 at the

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tour date.

"Transylvania"

McFly's official site reported in January that the video "will see all the boys dressed up as girls in a gothic castle, with nasty villains, damsels in distress, and over the top shenanigans". The silent-movie-style black-and-white video, shot in late January 2007 and viewable on

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from 3 February 2007, features the boys dressed up in costumes from a variety of mismatched time periods.

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is portrayed by

Track listings

UK CD single # "

" # "Transylvania" # " Fight for Your Right" (live) UK DVD single # "Baby's Coming Back" (audio) # "Transylvania" (audio) # "Transylvania" (video) # "Opening Night of 'Up Close & Personal Tour'" (video) # "Studio Tour" (video)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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