''Young Dumb Thrills'' is the sixth

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from English

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band

McFly McFly are an English pop rock band formed in London in 2003. The band took their name from the '' Back to the Future'' character Marty McFly. The band consists of Tom Fletcher (lead vocals, guitar, and piano), Danny Jones (lead vocals, har ...

. Their first studio album since 2010 (in nearly ten years), the album was released on 13 November 2020, and is their first under record label

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. The album debuted at number 2 in the UK selling 20,750 in its first week. It became the band's highest charting album since '' Wonderland'' in 2005.

Background

In November 2010, McFly released their fifth studio album, ''

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'', which became their lowest charting album in the UK. This was followed by a compilation album, '' Memory Lane: The Best of McFly'', in November 2012. In 2013, McFly's sixth studio album was put on hold when they teamed up with

Matt Willis Mathew James Willis (born 8 May 1983), also previously known as Mattie Jay, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, television personality and actor. He is known as co-founder, bassist and the co-vocalist of the pop rock band, Busted. Will ...

and

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 ...

from Busted to form the supergroup

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. After two years of touring and a self-titled album, Willis and Bourne's former bandmate

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agreed to return to Busted, thus bringing McBusted to an end. On 3 July 2020, McFly announced ''

The Lost Songs ''The Lost Songs'' is a collection of demo recordings released by English pop rock band McFly in 2019 and 2020. The songs were originally intended for the band's sixth studio album which was then shelved. McFly recorded a full album in 2011 be ...

'', a collection of demo recordings and their first collection of unreleased material in nearly a decade. That same month, the band revealed that their long-awaited sixth studio album would be called ''Young Dumb Thrills'', and also announced "Happiness" as its lead single. The track "Wild and Young" was initially going to be released as part of

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' debut solo album, but was used for McFly's comeback album when the band reunited instead.

Singles

"Happiness" was released as the album's lead single on 20 July 2020. "Growing Up" featuring

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was the second, released on 4 September 2020. Judd stated on Twitter that this was a promotional single, and not an official single. It failed to chart on the UK Singles Top 100 but debuted and peaked at number 80 on the Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100 on 11 September 2020. "Tonight Is the Night" was the third single, released on 1 October 2020. "You’re Not Special" is the fourth single, released 21 January 2021.

Track listing

Charts

References

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