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5 Colours in Her Hair

2004 single by McFly

Summary

2004 single by McFly

Field	Value
name	5 Colours in Her Hair
cover	5 Colours in Her Hair - McFly cover art.JPG
type	single
artist	McFly
album	Room on the 3rd Floor
B-side	Lola
released
genre
length	2:58
producer	Craig Hardy
next_title	Obviously
next_year	2004
misc

| B-side = Lola

Island
Universal
Tom Fletcher
James Bourne
Danny Jones
Ben Sargeant

"5 Colours in Her Hair" is a song by English pop rock band McFly, released on 29 March 2004 as both their debut single and the lead single from their debut album, Room on the 3rd Floor. Written by Tom Fletcher, James Bourne, Danny Jones and Ben Sargeant, the track is well known for its "Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo!" lyrics at both the beginning and the ending of the song, with the music itself being indebted to 1960s surf and beat music, and was inspired by Susan Lee, a character played by actress Emily Corrie in the TV series As If, who wore coloured dreadlocks. The CD and 7-inch formats feature a duet with Busted singing a cover of the Kinks song "Lola".

The track debuted atop the UK Singles Chart on 4 April 2004, becoming the band's first number-one single, and stayed at the top for two weeks. Overall, it spent 12 weeks on the chart and also reached number seven in Ireland. The song was also nominated for The Record of the Year in 2004 but finished in second place just one point behind the winner, "Thunderbirds" / 3AM by Busted.

Music video

McFly shot the video for "5 Colours in Her Hair" just after Christmas 2003. Simon Amstell recorded an interview and footage behind the scenes for Channel 4 music show, Popworld. The video, shot in front of a green screen, begins by comically introducing the band members, getting Danny's and Dougie's names wrong. It also features the band messing around at various different scenes, but telling the overall main story about a "girl with 5 colours in her hair" (played by Molly Portsmouth), who miserably lives in a black and white world. She then follows them into the TV where she joins the band in a club setting where the band are playing to a crowd. They also shoot various well known scenes as a tribute to their main influences including the Beatles and the Beach Boys.

US version

A rerecorded pop punk version of the song, with minor lyrical alterations, appeared on the soundtrack to the 2006 film Just My Luck, which was also McFly's debut album in the US. The song was included on the "Please, Please" single release in the UK, as well as on the All the Greatest Hits deluxe fan edition. It would go on to be the default way they would perform the song live.

Track listings

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2004)	Peak
position	Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)	UK Airplay (Music Week)
5
35

Year-end charts

Chart (2004)	Position	Singapore (SPVA)	UK Singles (OCC)
80
32

Certifications

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.	United Kingdom	Japan
29 March 2004
7 July 2004	CD

References

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(3 April 2004). "CBBC Newsround: HOTSEAT. In the hotseat: McFly". BBC.
"McBusted Hyde Park". Mcflyofficial.com.
(2004). "5 Colours in Her Hair". [[Island Records]], [[Universal Records]].
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(17 April 2004). "Hits of the World – Eurocharts".
(17 April 2004). "Top 50 Airplay Chart".
(December 31, 2004). "Singapore – 98.7 FM Top 100 Singles For 2004". 987 FM.
"The Official UK Singles Chart 2004". [[UKChartsPlus]].
Copsey, Rob. (7 April 2017). "McFly's debut single hit Number 1 13 years ago this week". [[Official Charts Company]].
(27 March 2004). "New Releases: Singles".
"2004/7月新譜リリース表". [[Universal Music Japan]].

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