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. It was released on 17 September 2007 and has been certified 3 times platinum in the United Kingdom since its release. It contains the hit singles "

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" as well as their song "It's Not About You", which was only released as a limited-copy EP in June 2007. The album had a two-week run as the UK Album Chart 'Number 1 album' on 20 January 2008 after taking over from

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's debut album '' This Is The Life''. It was replaced on 3 February 2008 by

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's debut album '' 19''.

Singles

*"It's Not About You" was released as the first single on 25 June 2007. It peaked at #31 on the UK Singles Chart. *"

" was released as the second single on 27 August 2007. It peaked at #7 on the UK Singles Chart as the most successful single on the album. *"

" was released as the third single on 17 December 2007. It peaked at #8 on the UK Singles Chart. *"

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" was released as the fourth single on 7 April 2008. It peaked at #10 on the UK Singles Chart. *"I Wish I Was James Bond" was released as the fifth single on 7 November 2008. It peaked at #40 on the UK Singles Chart. *"Keep on Walking" was originally released on the eponymous EP as the band's debut in Australia. The single charted at number 198 on the UK Singles Chart. As their single for the full-length debut album, "Keep on Walking" was initially set for release as the fifth single, yet instead it was released as a promotional single on 9 March 2009. It peaked at #78 on the UK Singles Chart. It was featured on

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on 9 February 2009.

Track listing

Bonus tracks

Chart performance

When it was first released in September 2007, ''Scouting for Girls'' debuted at No.12. The next week it fell down 8 places and then fell out of the top 40 in October 2007. It started to climb back up the chart in January 2008 until it reached its new peak of No.4 on 13 January. The next week it climbed to No.1 after 18 weeks of falling and climbing then it remained there for two weeks. On 28 December 2008, it was announced as the 10th biggest selling album of 2008 after 60 weeks on the chart. The album has sold 952,303 copies as of October 2015.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Personnel

;Performance credits *

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: Greg Churchouse, Peter Ellard,

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: Greg Churchouse, Roy Stride *

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: Greg Churchouse *

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: Peter Ellard *

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: Roy Stride *

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: Randy Blong *

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: James McMillan *

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: Otis Spooge ;Technical credits *

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: Julian Wilmott, Andy Green *

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: Andy Green *

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: Andy Green * Mixing: Andy Green * Mastering: Ted Jenson

References

{{Authority control 2007 debut albums Scouting for Girls albums