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Greatest Hits 2.0
''Greatest Hits 2.0'' is the first compilation album by English pop punk band Busted (band), Busted. It consists of re-recordings of tracks from their first two albums, ''Busted (2002 Busted album), Busted'' (2002) and ''A Present for Everyone'' (2003), as well as new song "Good One". It was released on 15 September 2023 through Absolute Label Services. The album reached number-one in the UK album chart. The deluxe version of the album, ''Greatest Hits 2.0 (Guest Features Edition)'', features duets of their hits with other pop punk and pop rock artists and bands, as well as a duet with Hanson (band), Hanson on "MMMBop, MMMBop 2.0". Background Busted released their fourth studio album, ''Half Way There'' on 1 February 2019, accompanied by the Half Way There tour. After this, each member of the band pursued solo projects for the next few years: James Bourne released his first solo albums, ''Safe Journey Home'' (2020) and ''Sugar Beach'' (2022), while Simpson brought out his fourth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busted (band)
Busted are an English pop-punk band from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, consisting of James Bourne, Matt Willis and Charlie Simpson. Formed in 2000, the band has had four UK number-one singles, won two Brit Awards, released four studio albums and sold over 5 million records worldwide. The band released the albums ''Busted (2002 Busted album), Busted'' in 2002 and ''A Present for Everyone'' in 2003 before disbanding in January 2005. Following the split, all three members pursued separate musical careers: Simpson as the frontman for the post-hardcore band Fightstar, Bourne as the lead singer of pop-punk band Son of Dork and Willis as a solo artist. The band reunited in 2015, embarking on the Pigs Can Fly Tour 2016, Pigs Can Fly arena tour in May 2016 and releasing their third studio album, ''Night Driver (album), Night Driver'', on 25 November 2016. On 26 October 2018, Busted announced their fourth album, ''Half Way There'', released on 1 February 2019, as well as a UK arena tour. At t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Official Charts Company
The Official UK Charts Company Limited (formerly Music Industry Chart Services Limited), trading as the Official Charts Company (OCC) or the Official Charts (formerly the Chart Information Network), is a British inter-professional organisation that compiles various official record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France. In the United Kingdom, its charts include ones for singles, albums and films, with the data compiled from a mixture of downloads, purchases (of physical media) and streaming. The OCC produces its charts by gathering and combining sales data from retailers through market researchers Kantar, and claims to cover 99% of the singles market and 95% of the album market, and aims to collect data from any retailer who sells more than 100 chart items per week. The OCC is operated jointly by the British Phonographic Industry and the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) (formerly the British Association of Record Dealers (BARD)) and is incorporated as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Said No
"You Said No" (originally titled "Crash and Burn") is a song by English pop punk band Busted. It was released on 21 April 2003 as the third single from their debut studio album, '' Busted'' (2002). The song was written by band members James Bourne, and Charlie Simpson, and was produced by Robson and Graham Stewart. "You Said No" became Busted's first song to reach number one on the UK Singles Chart. Background "You Said No" is about being rejected at a disco by a girl and feeling humiliated. The song was first recorded under the title "Crash and Burn", and this version was included on the first pressing of '' Busted''. The title of the song was changed in the aftermath of the ''Columbia'' Shuttle disaster of February 2003, as the original name was deemed "inappropriate". In an interview with ''Newsround'', Matt Willis said, "We were deciding what single to go for just as that happened and we really wanted to use Crash and Burn but we thought the name was inappropriate - it wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What I Go To School For
"What I Go to School For" is the debut single of English pop rock band Busted. It was written by James Bourne, Charlie Simpson, Matt Willis, Steve Robson, and John McLaughlin and produced by Robson. The track was inspired by a teacher that Matt Willis had a crush on at school. Released on 16 September 2002, the song reached number three on the UK Singles Chart. A young Jade Ewen (who would later join girl group Sugababes) appears in the music video. Background Matt Willis told the '' Essex Chronicle'' that the song came about after a night out in TOTs 2000 (now known as Talk nightclub) in James Bourne's hometown of Southend-on-Sea. "We were too young, we got drunk and went to TOTs," Willis said. "Then we walked home and continued drinking on the way – it took us ages. When we got back to James' house, we went to his bedroom and just picked up the guitar and that's when we started writing What I Go to School For." In 2003, the real-life inspiration for the song was revealed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunderbirds / 3AM
"Thunderbirds" (titled "Thunderbirds Are Go" on some editions of the single and album) and "3AM" are two songs by English pop punk band Busted. The songs were issued as a double A-side single 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. "3AM" was later performed by Matt Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loser Kid
''Busted'' is the self-titled debut album by English pop rock band Busted. It was released in the UK in September 2002 and peaked at number 2 the following January after the success of second single "Year 3000", which reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. Five singles were released from the album: "What I Go to School For", "Year 3000", "You Said No", " Hurra, hurra, die Schule brennt" (released in continental Europe only) and " Sleeping with the Light On". ''Busted'' was the 9th best-selling album of 2003 in the UK. The album has sold over 1.2 million copies and been certified as 4× Platinum in the UK. The album spent 77 weeks on the UK Top 75 Albums chart. Both "What I Go to School For" and "Year 3000" were covered by the Jonas Brothers, and released on their 2006 album '' It's About Time''. Background With the original line-up of Busted having broken up in 2001, guitarist James Bourne and bassist Matt Willis set about finding a new band member. Charlie Simpson and Tom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Willis
Matt Willis (born 8 May 1983) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, television personality and actor. He is known as co-founder, bassist and co-vocalist of the pop-punk band Busted (band), Busted. Willis released his debut solo album ''Don't Let It Go to Waste'' on 20 November 2006. It contains three top-20 singles. In December 2006, Willis won the I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British series 6), sixth series of the ITV (TV network), ITV reality series ''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''. He co-presented the ITV2 I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW!, spin-off show with his wife Emma Willis, Emma in 2007 and 2008. In 2014 Willis played the role of Garth Stubbs in the revived ITV (TV network), ITV sitcom ''Birds of a Feather (TV series), Birds of a Feather'' and List of EastEnders characters (2014)#Luke Riley, Luke Riley in the BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders''. Early life Willis attended Sylvia Young Theatre School in Marylebone, London, where he met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Simpson
Charles Robert Simpson (born 7 June 1985) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician from Suffolk. He is a member of the pop punk band Busted (band), Busted and the rock band Fightstar. AllMusic has noted that Simpson is "perhaps the only pop star to make the convincing transition from fresh-faced boy bander to authentic hard rock frontman". Simpson is a multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, bass, keyboards, drums and the harmonica. Simpson has achieved eleven UK Albums Chart top 40 releases across his musical career – six of which entered the UK top 10. He has also had four UK number-one singles with Busted, as well as two top-20 singles with Fightstar and two UK top-10 solo albums. Between Busted, Fightstar and his solo projects, he has sold over five million records worldwide, winning two Brit Awards, a Rock Sound Award and being nominated for two Kerrang! Awards. Early life and family The youngest of three boys, Simpson was born in Woodbridge, Suffolk. He has two bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Arthur
James Andrew Arthur (born 2 March 1988) is an English singer and songwriter. He rose to fame after winning the ninth series of ''The X Factor'' in 2012. His debut single, a cover of Shontelle's " Impossible", was released by Syco Music after the final, and debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart. Since then, it has gone on to sell over 2.5 million copies worldwide, making it the most successful winner's single in the show's history. The follow-up single, " You're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You", reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. He released his self-titled debut studio album in November 2013. The album debuted and peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart. After the release of his debut studio album '' James Arthur'', he was involved in a series of controversies that led iTunes to offer refunds for the album. Arthur parted ways with Simon Cowell's record label Syco in 2014. In 2015, he signed a new deal with Columbia Records and released his second studi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheatus
Wheatus is an American rock band from Northport, New York, formed in 1995. They are known principally for their 2000 single, "Teenage Dirtbag". They also experienced success with their 2001 cover version of Erasure (duo), Erasure's "A Little Respect#Wheatus version, A Little Respect", and their Wheatus (album), self-titled album was certified platinum in the United Kingdom. History 1995–2002: Formation and ''Wheatus'' Wheatus was formed by Brendan Bernard Brown in 1995, who plays guitar and sings, on the Lower East Side of New York City. Brown began by writing a few songs and subsequently enlisted the help of his brother Peter on drums, Rich Liegey on bass and backing vocals, and Philip A. Jimenez on various percussion instruments, keyboards, harmonica, samples, and special effects. The band derives its name from the nickname "wedus" given to the Brown brothers by their father when they were children. In 1999, they hired New York entertainment executive and producer Ray Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
