Busted

Busted

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Originally called Buster, boyband Busted adopted their new name after Geri Halliwell mispronounced their name while introducing them on a TV show. They went through various line-ups and at one time briefly included Tom Fletcher - later a founder of McFly - as singer and lead guitarist. Charlie Simpson took over the front man role when they signed to Universal in 2002 and the boys featured on the cover of Smash Hits magazine before they'd even released a record. Their run of hits began the same year with 'What I Go to School For' followed by 'Year 3000', although they didn't get their first UK number one until their third single 'You Said No'.

They were back at number one the following year with 'Crashed the Wedding' and recorded the theme music for the 2004 'Thunderbirds' movie. The group was a hugely popular live act, too, inciting enthusiastic reactions from a mainly female audience with their high energy sound. However, Charlie Simpson's penchant for heavy metal was always an issue and when he launched his offshoot band Fightstar in 2005, it triggered the beginning of the end for Busted. James Bourne went on to form Son of Dork and also released music through his solo alias of Future Boy and Matt Willis, after a spell in rehab, released a solo album and was crowned winner of reality show 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here' in 2006.

In 2013, after years of rumour and speculation, Bourne and Willis reunited to join long-time friends McFly on their tenth anniversary tour. Simpson stated that he would never again be part of Busted, but in 2014 Bourne and Willis revealed a partnership with Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd that they would call McBusted, with a sold-out UK tour and a self-titled album. After years of refusing to partake, Simpson eventually rejoined Busted in 2015 and they embarked on a UK arena tour with new album 'Night Driver' released in 2016. They followed this with 'Half Way There' in 2019.

Top tracks

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Year 3000
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2000's Pop Hits
03:16
Writer: Steve Robson - Bourne - Jay - Simpson / Composers: Steve Robson - Bourne - Jay - Simpson
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MMMBop 2.0
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MMMBop 2.0
02:57
Writer: Zachary Hanson - Taylor Hanson - Isaac Hanson / Composers: Zachary Hanson - Taylor Hanson - Isaac Hanson
02
Night Driver
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Night Driver
03:52
Composers: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne - John Fields - Matt Willis
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Thunderbirds Are Go
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Thunderbirds
03:09
Writer: James Bourne - Charlie Simpson - Matt Willis - Tom Fletcher - Barry Gray / Composers: James Bourne - Charlie Simpson - Matt Willis - Tom Fletcher - Barry Gray
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Loser Kid 2.0
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Loser Kid 2.0
03:43
Writer: Matt Willis - Charlie Simpson - James Bourne / Composers: Matt Willis - Charlie Simpson - James Bourne
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On What You're On
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Night Driver
03:09
Composers: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne - John Fields - Lauren Christy - Matt Willis
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What Happened to Your Band
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Half Way There
04:03
Composers: James Bourne - Mike R - Tommy H
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Meet You There 2.0
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Meet You There 2.0
03:22
Writer: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne / Composers: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne
02
Crashed The Wedding
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A Present For Everyone
02:38
Composers: James Bourne - Tom Fletcher
01
Coming Home
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Night Driver
03:13
Composers: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne - Matt Willis
05
3am
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A Present For Everyone
03:37
Composers: Charlie Simpson - Matt Willis - James Bourne - Lauren Christy - Scott Spock - Graham Edwards
01
Greatest Hits 2.0 (Another Present For Everyone)
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Year 3000 2.0
03:17
Writer: Charlie Simpson - Steve Robson - Matthew Sargeant - Matthew Fletcher - James Bourne / Composers: Charlie Simpson - Steve Robson - Matthew Sargeant - Matthew Fletcher - James Bourne
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Radio
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Radio
04:03
Composers: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne - Josh Wilkinson - Matt Willis
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Year 3000 (Live)
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A Ticket For Everyone: Busted Live
03:55
Composers: Bourne - Jay - Simpson - Steve Robson
04
Shipwrecked in Atlantis
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Half Way There
03:21
Composers: Charlie Simpson - Christopher Bourne - James Bourne - Matt Willis
01
One Of These Days
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One Of These Days
02:37
Writer: Phil Gornell - Matt Willis - Charlie Simpson - James Bourne / Composers: Phil Gornell - Matt Willis - Charlie Simpson - James Bourne
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Who's David 2.0
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Greatest Hits 2.0 (Another Present For Everyone)
03:26
Writer: James Bourne - Tom Fletcher / Composers: James Bourne - Tom Fletcher
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Air Hostess
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A Present For Everyone
03:56
Composers: James Bourne - Charlie Simpson - Tom Fletcher
01
Crashed The Wedding 2.0
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Crashed The Wedding 2.0
02:41
Writer: James Bourne - Tom Fletcher / Composers: James Bourne - Tom Fletcher
06
She Wants To Be Me
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03:36
Writer: Lauren Christy - Scott Spock - Graham Edwards - Charlie Simpson - Matt Willis - James Bourne / Composers: Lauren Christy - Scott Spock - Graham Edwards - Charlie Simpson - Matt Willis - James Bourne
06
Falling For You
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A Present For Everyone
03:25
Composers: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne - Tom Fletcher
03
Who's David
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A Present For Everyone
03:30
Composers: James Bourne - Tom Fletcher
02
Reunion
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Half Way There
03:26
Composers: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne - Matt Willis - Wilkinson
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Nineties
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Nineties
03:02
Composers: Charlie Simpson - Dougie Poynter - James Bourne - Matt Willis
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Thunderbirds Are Go 2.0
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Greatest Hits 2.0
03:24
Writer: Barry Gray - Charlie Simpson - Matthew Sargeant - James Bourne - Tom Fletcher / Composers: Barry Gray - Charlie Simpson - Matthew Sargeant - James Bourne - Tom Fletcher
02
What I Go To School For
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What I Go To School For
03:32
Composers: Bourne - Jay - Simpson - Robson - McLaughlin
07
You Said No (Clean version)
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02:47
Writer: John McLaughlin - James Bourne - Matt Willis - Charlie Simpson - Steve Robson / Composers: John McLaughlin - James Bourne - Matt Willis - Charlie Simpson - Steve Robson
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Sleeping With The Light On
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03:15
Writer: Bourne - Jay / Composers: Bourne - Jay
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Easy
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Night Driver
03:31
Composers: Eric Bazilian - James Bourne
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Better Than This
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A Present For Everyone
03:58
Composers: Matt Willis - Steve Power - Guy Chambers
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You Said No (Hits Version)
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Greatest Hits 2.0 (Another Present For Everyone)
02:50
Writer: Richard Rashman - Matt Willis - John McLaughlin - Charlie Simpson - Steve Robson - James Bourne / Composers: Richard Rashman - Matt Willis - John McLaughlin - Charlie Simpson - Steve Robson - James Bourne
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Good One
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Good One
03:41
Writer: Phil Gornell - Josh Wilkinson - Charlie Simpson - James Bourne / Composers: Phil Gornell - Josh Wilkinson - Charlie Simpson - James Bourne
02
What I Go To School For
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03:32
Writer: Bourne - Jay - Simpson - Robson - McLaughlin / Composers: Bourne - Jay - Simpson - Robson - McLaughlin
10
Meet You There
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A Present For Everyone
03:07
Composers: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne
09
Nostalgia
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Half Way There
03:32
Composers: Charlie Simpson - Christopher Bourne - James Bourne - Matt Willis
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What I Go To School For (Hits Version)
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Greatest Hits 2.0 (Another Present For Everyone)
04:07
Writer: Richard Rashman - Matt Willis - John McLaughlin - Charlie Simpson - Steve Robson - James Bourne / Composers: Richard Rashman - Matt Willis - John McLaughlin - Charlie Simpson - Steve Robson - James Bourne
05
Teenage Kicks
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02:21
Writer: John O'Neill / Composers: John O'Neill
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Without It
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Night Driver
04:42
Composers: Charlie Simpson - Eric Bazilian - James Bourne - John Fields - Lauren Christy - Matt Willis
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I Will Break Your Heart
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Night Driver
03:51
Composers: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne - John Fields - Matt Willis
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Nerdy
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A Present For Everyone
03:43
Composers: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne - Tom Fletcher
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She Wants To Be Me 2.0
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Greatest Hits 2.0
03:18
Writer: Matt Willis - Scott Spock - Graham Edwards - Lauren Christy - Charlie Simpson - James Bourne / Composers: Matt Willis - Scott Spock - Graham Edwards - Lauren Christy - Charlie Simpson - James Bourne
04
New York
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Night Driver
04:26
Composers: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne - John Fields - Matt Willis
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Out of Our Minds
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Night Driver
03:21
Composers: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne - John Fields - Matt Willis
03
What I Go To School For (Live)
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A Ticket For Everyone: Busted Live
03:32
Composers: Bourne - Jay - Simpson - Robson - McLaughlin
05
Thinking of You
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Night Driver
03:15
Composers: Alex Drury - Charlie Simpson - Eric Bazilian - James Bourne - John Fields - Matt Willis
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Why
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A Present For Everyone
04:46
Composers: Charlie Simpson - Will Simpson
07
Everything I Knew 2.0
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Greatest Hits 2.0 (Another Present For Everyone)
03:10
Writer: John McLaughlin - Charlie Simpson - Steve Robson - Matthew Sargeant - James Bourne / Composers: John McLaughlin - Charlie Simpson - Steve Robson - Matthew Sargeant - James Bourne
06
Thunderbirds Are Go (Live)
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A Ticket For Everyone: Busted Live
03:15
Composers: James Bourne - Charlie Simpson - Matt Willis - Tom Fletcher - Barry Gray
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Sleeping With The Light On 2.0
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Greatest Hits 2.0
03:41
Writer: Matthew Sargeant - James Bourne / Composers: Matthew Sargeant - James Bourne
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Loner In Love
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A Present For Everyone
03:58
Composers: James Bourne - Tom Fletcher
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Air Hostess (Hits Version)
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Greatest Hits 2.0 (Another Present For Everyone)
03:40
Writer: Matt Willis - Charlie Simpson - James Bourne - Tom Fletcher / Composers: Matt Willis - Charlie Simpson - James Bourne - Tom Fletcher

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  • Discography
Albums
Greatest Hits 2.0
(P) 2023 Busted Live LLP
15-09-2023
Greatest Hits 2.0
01
Greatest Hits 2.0 (Another Present For Everyone)
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Greatest Hits 2.0
03:17
Writer: Charlie Simpson - Steve Robson - Matthew Sargeant - Matthew Fletcher - James Bourne / Composers: Charlie Simpson - Steve Robson - Matthew Sargeant - Matthew Fletcher - James Bourne
02
Loser Kid 2.0
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Greatest Hits 2.0
03:43
Writer: Matt Willis - Charlie Simpson - James Bourne / Composers: Matt Willis - Charlie Simpson - James Bourne
03
3AM 2.0
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Greatest Hits 2.0
03:35
Writer: Scott Spock - Graham Edwards - Lauren Christy - Charlie Simpson - Matthew Sargeant - James Bourne / Composers: Scott Spock - Graham Edwards - Lauren Christy - Charlie Simpson - Matthew Sargeant - James Bourne
04
Crashed The Wedding 2.0
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Greatest Hits 2.0
02:41
Writer: James Bourne - Tom Fletcher / Composers: James Bourne - Tom Fletcher
05
Meet You There 2.0
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Greatest Hits 2.0
03:22
Writer: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne / Composers: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne
06
Air Hostess 2.0
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Greatest Hits 2.0
03:40
Writer: Charlie Simpson - Matthew Sargeant - James Bourne - Tom Fletcher / Composers: Charlie Simpson - Matthew Sargeant - James Bourne - Tom Fletcher
07
Everything I Knew 2.0
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Greatest Hits 2.0
03:10
Writer: John McLaughlin - Charlie Simpson - Steve Robson - Matthew Sargeant - James Bourne / Composers: John McLaughlin - Charlie Simpson - Steve Robson - Matthew Sargeant - James Bourne
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Greatest Hits 2.0 (Another Present For Everyone)
(P) 2024 Busted Live LLP
15-09-2023
Greatest Hits 2.0 (Another Present For Everyone)
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Greatest Hits 2.0 (Another Present For Everyone)
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Greatest Hits 2.0 (Another Present For Everyone)
03:17
Writer: Charlie Simpson - Steve Robson - Matthew Sargeant - Matthew Fletcher - James Bourne / Composers: Charlie Simpson - Steve Robson - Matthew Sargeant - Matthew Fletcher - James Bourne
02
Loser Kid 2.0
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Greatest Hits 2.0 (Another Present For Everyone)
03:43
Writer: Matt Willis - Charlie Simpson - James Bourne / Composers: Matt Willis - Charlie Simpson - James Bourne
03
3AM 2.0
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Greatest Hits 2.0 (Another Present For Everyone)
03:35
Writer: Scott Spock - Graham Edwards - Lauren Christy - Charlie Simpson - Matthew Sargeant - James Bourne / Composers: Scott Spock - Graham Edwards - Lauren Christy - Charlie Simpson - Matthew Sargeant - James Bourne
04
Crashed The Wedding 2.0
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Greatest Hits 2.0 (Another Present For Everyone)
02:41
Writer: James Bourne - Tom Fletcher / Composers: James Bourne - Tom Fletcher
05
Meet You There 2.0
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Greatest Hits 2.0 (Another Present For Everyone)
03:22
Writer: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne / Composers: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne
06
Air Hostess 2.0
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Greatest Hits 2.0 (Another Present For Everyone)
03:40
Writer: Charlie Simpson - Matthew Sargeant - James Bourne - Tom Fletcher / Composers: Charlie Simpson - Matthew Sargeant - James Bourne - Tom Fletcher
07
Everything I Knew 2.0
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Greatest Hits 2.0 (Another Present For Everyone)
03:10
Writer: John McLaughlin - Charlie Simpson - Steve Robson - Matthew Sargeant - James Bourne / Composers: John McLaughlin - Charlie Simpson - Steve Robson - Matthew Sargeant - James Bourne
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Half Way There
â„— 2019 Juno Music
01-02-2019
Half Way There
01
Nineties
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Half Way There
03:02
Composers: Charlie Simpson - Dougie Poynter - James Bourne - Matt Willis
02
Reunion
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Half Way There
03:26
Composers: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne - Matt Willis - Wilkinson
03
What Happened to Your Band
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Half Way There
04:03
Composers: James Bourne - Mike R - Tommy H
04
Shipwrecked in Atlantis
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Half Way There
03:21
Composers: Charlie Simpson - Christopher Bourne - James Bourne - Matt Willis
05
Race to Mars
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Half Way There
03:21
Composers: Charlie Simpson - Christopher Bourne - James Bourne - Joshua Wilkinson - Matt Willis
06
All My Friends
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Half Way There
03:51
Composers: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne - John Fields - Matt Willis
07
MIA
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Half Way There
03:25
Composers: Charlie Simpson - Christopher Bourne - James Bourne - Matt Willis
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Night Driver
â„— 2016 Juno Music
11-11-2016
Night Driver
01
Coming Home
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Night Driver
03:13
Composers: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne - Matt Willis
02
Night Driver
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Night Driver
03:52
Composers: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne - John Fields - Matt Willis
03
On What You're On
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Night Driver
03:09
Composers: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne - John Fields - Lauren Christy - Matt Willis
04
New York
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Night Driver
04:26
Composers: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne - John Fields - Matt Willis
05
Thinking of You
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Night Driver
03:15
Composers: Alex Drury - Charlie Simpson - Eric Bazilian - James Bourne - John Fields - Matt Willis
06
Without It
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Night Driver
04:42
Composers: Charlie Simpson - Eric Bazilian - James Bourne - John Fields - Lauren Christy - Matt Willis
07
One of a Kind
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Night Driver
03:50
Composers: James Bourne - John Fields - Kelly Scott Orr
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A Ticket For Everyone: Busted Live
â„— 2004 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
01-01-2004
A Ticket For Everyone: Busted Live
01
Intro / Air Hostess (Live)
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A Ticket For Everyone: Busted Live
06:31
Composers: Charlie Simpson - Matt Willis - Chris Banks - James Bourne - Wag Marshall-Page - Tom Fletcher
02
That Thing You Do (Live)
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A Ticket For Everyone: Busted Live
03:48
Composers: James Bourne - Charlie Simpson - Tom Fletcher
03
What I Go To School For (Live)
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A Ticket For Everyone: Busted Live
03:32
Composers: Bourne - Jay - Simpson - Robson - McLaughlin
04
3am (Live)
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A Ticket For Everyone: Busted Live
03:54
Composers: James Bourne - Charlie Simpson - Matt Willis - Lauren Christy - Scott Spock - Graham Edwards
05
Who's David (Live)
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A Ticket For Everyone: Busted Live
03:55
Composers: James Bourne - Tom Fletcher
06
Thunderbirds Are Go (Live)
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A Ticket For Everyone: Busted Live
03:15
Composers: James Bourne - Charlie Simpson - Matt Willis - Tom Fletcher - Barry Gray
07
Teenage Kicks (Live)
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A Ticket For Everyone: Busted Live
02:54
Composers: John O'Neill
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A Present For Everyone
â„— 2003 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
01-01-2003
A Present For Everyone
01
Air Hostess
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A Present For Everyone
03:56
Composers: James Bourne - Charlie Simpson - Tom Fletcher
02
Crashed The Wedding
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A Present For Everyone
02:38
Composers: James Bourne - Tom Fletcher
03
Who's David
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A Present For Everyone
03:30
Composers: James Bourne - Tom Fletcher
04
She Wants To Be Me
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A Present For Everyone
03:36
Composers: Lauren Christy - Scott Spock - Graham Edwards - Charlie Simpson - Matt Willis - James Bourne
05
3am
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A Present For Everyone
03:37
Composers: Charlie Simpson - Matt Willis - James Bourne - Lauren Christy - Scott Spock - Graham Edwards
06
Falling For You
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A Present For Everyone
03:25
Composers: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne - Tom Fletcher
07
That Thing You Do
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A Present For Everyone
03:23
Composers: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne - Tom Fletcher
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Busted
â„— 2004 Universal-Island Records Ltd., under exclusive license to Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
30-09-2002
Busted
01
Air Hostess
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Busted
03:56
Writer: James Bourne - Charlie Simpson - Tom Fletcher / Composers: James Bourne - Charlie Simpson - Tom Fletcher
02
What I Go To School For
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Busted
03:32
Writer: Bourne - Jay - Simpson - Robson - McLaughlin / Composers: Bourne - Jay - Simpson - Robson - McLaughlin
03
Crashed The Wedding
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02:38
Writer: James Bourne - Tom Fletcher / Composers: James Bourne - Tom Fletcher
04
3am
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Busted
03:37
Writer: Charlie Simpson - Matt Willis - James Bourne - Lauren Christy - Scott Spock - Graham Edwards / Composers: Charlie Simpson - Matt Willis - James Bourne - Lauren Christy - Scott Spock - Graham Edwards
05
Teenage Kicks
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02:21
Writer: John O'Neill / Composers: John O'Neill
06
She Wants To Be Me
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03:36
Writer: Lauren Christy - Scott Spock - Graham Edwards - Charlie Simpson - Matt Willis - James Bourne / Composers: Lauren Christy - Scott Spock - Graham Edwards - Charlie Simpson - Matt Willis - James Bourne
07
You Said No (Clean version)
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02:47
Writer: John McLaughlin - James Bourne - Matt Willis - Charlie Simpson - Steve Robson / Composers: John McLaughlin - James Bourne - Matt Willis - Charlie Simpson - Steve Robson
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Singles
One Of These Days
(P) 2023 Busted Live LLP
01-12-2023
One Of These Days
01
One Of These Days
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One Of These Days
02:37
Writer: Phil Gornell - Matt Willis - Charlie Simpson - James Bourne / Composers: Phil Gornell - Matt Willis - Charlie Simpson - James Bourne
Good One
(P) 2023 Busted Live LLP
07-09-2023
Good One
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Good One
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Good One
03:41
Writer: Phil Gornell - Josh Wilkinson - Charlie Simpson - James Bourne / Composers: Phil Gornell - Josh Wilkinson - Charlie Simpson - James Bourne
Year 3000 2.0
(P) 2023 Busted Live LLP
28-07-2023
Year 3000 2.0
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Greatest Hits 2.0 (Another Present For Everyone)
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Year 3000 2.0
03:17
Writer: Charlie Simpson - Steve Robson - Matthew Sargeant - Matthew Fletcher - James Bourne / Composers: Charlie Simpson - Steve Robson - Matthew Sargeant - Matthew Fletcher - James Bourne
Crashed The Wedding 2.0
(P) 2023 Busted Live LLP
23-06-2023
Crashed The Wedding 2.0
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Crashed The Wedding 2.0
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Crashed The Wedding 2.0
02:41
Writer: James Bourne - Tom Fletcher / Composers: James Bourne - Tom Fletcher
MMMBop 2.0
(P) 2023 Busted Live LLP
26-05-2023
MMMBop 2.0
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MMMBop 2.0
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MMMBop 2.0
02:57
Writer: Zachary Hanson - Taylor Hanson - Isaac Hanson / Composers: Zachary Hanson - Taylor Hanson - Isaac Hanson
Meet You There 2.0
(P) 2023 Busted Live LLP
05-05-2023
Meet You There 2.0
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Meet You There 2.0
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Meet You There 2.0
03:22
Writer: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne / Composers: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne
Loser Kid 2.0
(P) 2023 Busted Live LLP
14-04-2023
Loser Kid 2.0
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Loser Kid 2.0
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Loser Kid 2.0
03:43
Writer: Matt Willis - Charlie Simpson - James Bourne / Composers: Matt Willis - Charlie Simpson - James Bourne
Radio
â„— 2019 Juno Music
09-01-2019
Radio
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Radio
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Radio
04:03
Composers: Charlie Simpson - James Bourne - Josh Wilkinson - Matt Willis