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band Busted. It was released on 16 February 2004 as the second single from their second studio album, ''

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'' (2003). It was co-written by

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, one of the lead vocalists and guitarists from the band

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. The single features the live version of "

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", which the band performed at the

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ceremony. In response to being frequently asked "who is David?", Willis claimed that David is the name of his

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. The song was written about experiences with a girl who is unfaithful. The single peaked at number one on the

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, becoming the group's third number-one single, and their second consecutive. In 2004, "Who's David" came 20th in a

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viewer survey of the worst number-one singles of all time.

Music video

The official music video features Busted before they go on stage for a gig. The video begins with the band backstage, followed by thousands of fans piling into the arena. Busted are swamped by paparazzi as they go towards the stage, but are helped there by management. The video ends with Busted running up a ramp onto the stage.

Track listings

UK CD1 and cassette single # "Who's David" (single version) # "

" UK CD2 # "Who's David" (single version) # "

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" # "Who's David" (video) Japanese CD single # "Who's David" # "Where Is the Love?" # "Fall at Your Feet" # "Teenage Kicks" # "Who's David" (video)

Personnel

Personnel are taken from the ''

'' album booklet. *

James Bourne James Elliot Bourne (born 13 September 1983) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is known as the co-founder of pop punk bands Busted and Son of Dork, and he also created his own electronic project: Future Boy. From 2013 to 2015 ...

– writing *

Steve Power Steve Power (born in Liverpool) is an English record producer best known for his work with Robbie Williams. He has produced and mixed a wide variety of artists over the years, including Blur, Busted, Andrea Bocelli, Feeder, Joe Cocker,Perciv ...

– production, mixing, programming * Dan Porter – assistant recording engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Authority control 2003 songs 2004 singles Busted (band) songs Island Records singles Song recordings produced by Steve Power Songs written by James Bourne Songs written by Tom Fletcher Universal Records singles