Five Colours In Her Hair

Album: Room On The Third Floor (2003)
Charted: 1
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Songfacts®:

  • This debut UK #1 single for McFly was written by two of the band members, Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones, plus James Bourne from their fellow British pop group, Busted. The song was written about actress Emily Corrie's character Suzanne 'Sooz' Lee, who appears in the British TV teen drama As If. Emily Corrie also appears in the American version of As If. >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Edward Pearce - Ashford, Kent, England
  • The video was shot just after Christmas 2003, largely in front of a green screen. It opens with a comic intro that deliberately gets Danny's and Dougie's names wrong, then cuts to the band performing in various stylised settings while singing about the "girl with five colours in her hair."

    The narrative follows that girl (played by Molly Portsmouth) escaping a drab black‑and‑white world by stepping through the TV into the band's colorful club performance. Several setups are direct homages to their heroes, notably references to the Beatles' Abbey Road and the Beach Boys' Surfer Girl artwork.
  • McFly cut a re‑recorded pop‑punk/remix version with minor lyric changes for the 2006 film Just My Luck, which doubled as their US debut album. That version was issued in the UK on the "Please Please" single and added to the deluxe fan edition of All the Greatest Hits. Over time, that pop‑punk re‑recording became their default live arrangement; it's the one typically used in later shows and TV performances.
  • Speaking on the Song Cake podcast, McFly said they'd like to revisit "Five Colours in Her Hair" by re-recording the vocals while leaving the original backing track intact. The band joked about how the production made them sound like "Alvin, Simon and Theodore" from Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Comments: 10

  • Joclyn from Lovelock, NvI never listened to McFly till I saw Just My Luck ever since then ive loved them :) this song isnt their best but it is good :) i love the lyrics..just wish they were popular in the US!
  • Allyson from Tucson, Azthey didn't change it to "She's just a Boner with a sexy atittude I'd like to phone her cos she puts me in the mood". they changed it to "She's just a loner with a sexy atittude.I'd like to bone her cos she puts me in the mood."

  • Latasha from Austin, Txi luv this song!! but im mad they never play it here in america oh yeah and u anzi person down there i totaly agree with u dougie is so hot!!
  • Neil from Middlesbroughin the US Version have of the Song there change the Lyrics from "She's just a loner with a sexy atittude.I'd like to phone her cos she puts me in the mood."

    to "She's just a Boner with a sexy atittude
    I'd like to phone her cos she puts me in the mood"
  • Patrick Hamilton from Braintree, England'did anyone else notice that the opening guitar melody is a rip-off of "gay bar" by electric 6?, oh and this song sucks by the way
    - Doug, Balintore, Scotland'

    hes right. on both counts.
  • Helen from England, EnglandI think McFly is fantastic! They're my all time favourite band! Dougie Poynter Rocks!
  • Anzi from London, EnglandWorship Mc Fly! They seriously rock! especially dougie! H.O.T! Mmmm.... this song is awesomeness! love always
  • Sinead from Dublin, IrelandI luv this song, its so fun and happy :D
  • Neil from Middlesbroughthis is the song the mcfly boys use in the movie "Just My Luck" staring Lindsay Lohan. when i trying to get a record deal
  • Doug from Balintore, Scotlanddid anyone else notice that the opening guitar melody is a rip-off of "gay bar" by electric 6?, oh and this song sucks by the way
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