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"Thunderbirds / 3AM"
Single by Busted
from the album A Present for Everyone (re-issue) and A Ticket for Everyone: Busted Live
Released26 July 2004 (2004-07-26)[1]
Length
  • 3:02 ("Thunderbirds")
  • 3:35 ("3AM")
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Busted singles chronology
"Air Hostess"
(2004) 		"Thunderbirds / 3AM"
(2004) 		"She Wants to Be Me"
(2004)

"Thunderbirds / 3AM" (titled "Thunderbirds Are Go" on some editions of the single and album) is a double A-side single by English pop punk band Busted. It was released on 26 July 2004 as the fourth single from their second studio album, A Present for Everyone (2003). "Thunderbirds" was not originally included on the album, having been written specifically for the 2004 film Thunderbirds, although it later appeared on a re-issue of the album in Europe. "Thunderbirds" was not released on an album in the United Kingdom until the release of the group's live album A Ticket for Everyone: Busted Live in 2005.

"Thunderbirds / 3AM" was Busted's last single to enter the UK Singles Chart until the release of "On What You're On" in 2016, reaching number one. It was the 19th best-selling single of 2004 in the UK and also won the title of 2004 Record of the Year, and received an 8/10 rating from Stylus Magazine.[2] "3AM" was later performed by Matt Willis during his 2007 solo tour, and by James Bourne on his 2012 acoustic solo tour.[3]

Track listings

Personnel

"Thunderbirds"

Personnel are taken from the A Ticket for Everyone: Busted Live album booklet.[7]

"3AM"

Personnel are taken from the A Present for Everyone album booklet.[8]

  • The Matrix – production, arrangement, recording
  • Charlie Simpson – writing
  • James Bourne – writing
  • Andrew Nast – production, arrangement, and recording assistant
  • Steve Power – mixing
  • Tim Young – mastering

Charts and certifications

All entries charted as "Thunderbirds" except where noted.

References

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 24 July 2004. p. 27.
  2. ^ ""Gotta Get Thru This": Dom Passantino's Survey of the New Millenium's UK #1 Singles – Article – Stylus Magazine". stylusmagazine.com.
  3. ^ Full Set - James Bourne Acoustic Tour, Manchester Academy 3 12/3/12 14:00. Published 21 January 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  4. ^ Thunderbirds / 3AM (UK CD1 liner notes). Busted. Universal Music, Island Records. 2004. MCSTD40375, 986741-6.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ Thunderbirds / 3AM (UK CD2 liner notes). Busted. Universal Music, Island Records. 2004. MCSXD40375, 986741-7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ 3AM / Thunderbirds (UK DVD single liner notes). Busted. Universal Music, Island Records. 2004. MCSVD 40375, 986 741-8.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ A Ticket for Everyone: Busted Live (UK CD album booklet). Busted. Universal Records, Island Records. 2005. MCD60096, 986 854-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ A Present for Everyone (UK CD album booklet). Busted. Universal Records, Island Records. 2003. MCD60090, 9865875.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ "Busted – Thunderbirds" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  10. ^ "Hits of the World: Eurocharts". Billboard. Vol. 116, no. 33. 14 August 2003. p. 61.
  11. ^ "Busted – Thunderbirds" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  12. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Thunderbirds". Irish Singles Chart.
  13. ^ "Busted – Thunderbirds" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  14. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  15. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  16. ^ "End of Year Charts: 2004" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  17. ^ Copsey, Rob (6 October 2015). "Are Busted reforming? Their Official Top 10 songs revealed". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  18. ^ "British single certifications – Busted – Thunderbirds/3AM". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
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