"Who's David" is a song by British

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band Busted. It was released on 16 February 2004 as the second single from their second studio album, '' A Present for Everyone'' (2003). It was co-written by

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. The single features the live version of "

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", which the band performed at the 2004 Brit Awards ceremony. In response to being frequently asked "who is David?", Willis claimed that David is the name of his facial mole. The song was written about experiences with a girl who is unfaithful. It peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's third number-one single and their second consecutive.

Critical reception

In August 2004, "Who's David" came 20th in a

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viewer survey of the worst number-one singles of all time. In her review of Busted's May 2016 show at

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during the

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, ''

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''s Alice Vincent wrote: "Who's David, which paints its female muse crudely, has dated badly – especially when misogynistic epithets came from the mouths of now fully grown men." When asked about it by Harriet Gibsone of ''

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'', Bourne seemed confused; Willis replied "Basically, it's not cool to call women bitches any more.", whilst Simpson said "

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not sure it ever was."

Music video

The official music video features Busted before they go on stage for a gig at

. 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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Personnel

Personnel are taken from the '' A Present for Everyone'' album booklet. *

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– writing *

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

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

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