Radio:ACTIVE is the fourth studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by English pop punk

Pop punk

Pop punk is a fusion music genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. Allmusic describes the genre as a strand of alternative rock, which typically merges pop melodies with speedy punk tempos, chord changes and loud guitars...

 boyband McFly

McFly

McFly are an English pop rock band who first found fame in 2004. The band consists of Tom Fletcher , Danny Jones , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd . They were signed to the Island Records label from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label, Super Records...

, which also is the band's first under their new, self created label, Super Records after leaving Island Records

Island Records

Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...

. The first single from the album is "One for the Radio

One for the Radio

"One for the Radio" is the fourteenth McFly single, and first single from their fourth studio album, Radio:Active, which was released 20 July 2008 via British national paper. "One for the Radio" is described as being about the band's "constant struggle for critical acceptance". The single was...

". "Lies

Lies (McFly song)

"Lies" is the fifteenth single from British pop rock band, McFly, released on the 15 September 2008. "Lies" did not feature on the promotional 10-track copy of the album Radio:Active which was given away in The Mail on Sunday in July 2008, however it features as one of the four additional tracks on...

", one of the tracks from the deluxe edition of Radio:Active, is the second single from the album. The third single from the album is "Do Ya

Do Ya/Stay With Me

"Do Ya"/"Stay with Me" is McFly's third single taken from the album Radio:Active and was the official Children in Need Single for 2008. It was released physically on 24 November 2008 and for download on 23 November 2008. "Stay with Me" is a cover of a song by The Faces, and was the main Children...

", which was released on 23 November 2008. On 24 June 2008, McFly announced that they would be giving away Radio:Active free with copies of The Mail on Sunday

The Mail on Sunday

The Mail on Sunday is a British conservative newspaper, currently published in a tabloid format. First published in 1982 by Lord Rothermere, it became Britain's biggest-selling Sunday newspaper following the closing of The News of the World in July 2011...

on 20 July 2008, with a deluxe edition of the album available in shops on 22 September 2008, following that a release of a second single on 15 September 2008. The deluxe edition includes four extra songs, a bonus DVD and a 32-page booklet. On 8 December 2008 a single disc version of the album was released in the UK. This version had everything but the DVD and lyrics in the booklet, although some new pictures were featured in the booklet. This version of the album has replaced the Deluxe Edition version in stores. Singles from the album were released in a recyclable digipak form, instead of the normal plastic cd case. In Japan the album has three different covers, all of which contain different bonus tracks and different DVD features. The first single in Brazil from the album is "Falling in Love

Falling in Love (McFly song)

"Falling in Love" is the fourth and final single taken from British boyband McFly's fourth studio album, Radio:Active. On 29 April 2009, the song was added to BBC Radio 1's C-List and BBC Radio 2's B-List. In the UK, "Falling in Love" was released to promote the Radio:Active DVD. In Brazil, the...

" (promo single), and in UK

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 "Falling in Love" was promo single from Radio:Active DVD

Radio:Active (DVD)

Radio:Active - Live at Wembley is a DVD by the pop punk band McFly. The DVD was filmed at Wembley Arena, London, during their Radio:Active Tour on 27 November 2008....

. "Lies" and "One for the Radio" received a platinum sales status certification for sales of over 100,000 in the Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

. "Radio:Active" received a Silver sales status certification for sales of over 90,000 in UK

Album information

McFly gave away 2.4 million copies of Radio:Active with The Mail On Sunday, which represented a 300,000 copy increase from the paper's average circulation. Singer Tom Fletcher revealed about the new strategy: "We get to put it into almost three million homes, which is an incredible opportunity for us. Hopefully the three million people will all enjoy the music and they'll decide to see us when we go on tour." Mail on Sunday managing director Stephen Miron said both "the band and the paper were very happy with the sale". Since its release Radio:Active has sold over 500,000 copies worldwide.

• "One For the Radio", originally called "Radio", was decided to be the first single from Radio:ACTIVE Charting in the UK at 2. It was Released on the 9th July 2008 on a 3CD Format. Vocalist and guitarist Tom Fletcher explained to Click Music: "We definitely don't want it to be seen as a negative song at all. It's more positive, you know, uniting the people together that do like us, and saying if you don't, well, we don't care as we're happy and proud of who we are.
• "Lies" was released on the 6th September the same year and charted 4th in the UK, It features an acoustic cover of an Abba hit 'The Winner takes It All' later to be performed at the Olympic Torch Event.
• "Everybody Knows": Tom said in a interview "'Everybody Knows' is about growing up being in a band. When most kids were leaving school and going to college, we were leaving home and recording our debut album, so we went through those tough, teenage years together."
• "Do Ya" is the 3rd single from Radio:ACTIVE a Double A Side to Rod Stewart's 'Stay with Me' for Comic Relief. It peaked at 18 in the UK Charts. McFly explained 'Do Ya' We wanted to write a song that everyone could sing along to. It's us doing what we do best - big, ballsy pop."
• "Falling In Love" was released to download on the 10th May 2009, It wasn't brought out as a Single CD. It was brought to download to promote McFly's 'Radio:ACTIVE Live at Wembley' DVD. Tom revealed what the track was about "This song came from one of (lead guitarist) Danny (Jones') ideas. It's about a missed opportunity. Someone has left your life and you can't help but think that if she had stayed then you could have fallen in love. It's never too late, though".
• "POV (Point Of View)" has been known as the song what completes the album slow with a explosive anthemic chorus. McFly said about POV "This is about a girlfriend who's not happy no matter what I do. In the end, I realize she's making me feel so bad that I wouldn't wish for her to feel the way I do"
• "Corrupted": Backing vocals Dougie features on this song briefly. Tom Fletcher explained this track as "This number is about a messed-up relationship, where neither partner is right for each other but both of them realize that it's the bad stuff they love. Is breaking up really what they want, when doing what they know is wrong feels so good?" Danny Jones used a high pitched kazoo in this song.
• "Smile": Tom Fletcher explained how this song came about "I was singing in my car one day and 'Smile' just started pouring out of me. I always make sure my mobile has a voice recorder feature for such occasions!" He explained the track also. "This song deals with those times when you're feeling down and you need something to smile about to get through the day."This song deals with those times when you're feeling down and you need something to smile about to get through the day."This song deals with those times when you're feeling down and you need something to smile about to get through the day".
• "The End" is a slow track but picks up throughout wrote with writing group 'The Matrix' has been held back for 3 albums before McFly decided it'd to go on R:A.
• "Going Through The Motions (GTTM)": Tom said they had a title and tried to find the lyrics for the title "There was talk of us doing some sort of musical and I thought if we were going to play a band in a film again (we played ourselves in the Lindsay Lohan film Just My Luck, a couple of years ago) then we should be called 'The Motions.' If that ever happens, this is the track we would play. They then wrote the track from Radio:ACTIVE 'Going Through The Motions'.
• "Down Goes Another One": According to McFly on their Radio:ACTIVE DVD, this song is about the boy in the relationship with the girl from McFly's 2005 track "She Falls Asleep.
• "Only the Strong Survive", an upbeat song which was considered to make the numbers on the album and branded the 'Weakest album track' by Digital Spy.
• "The Last Song": "Imagine being able to sing one final song before you die…you'd give it everything: slow, quiet moments, huge rock parts and lots of emotion. That's what we wanted to achieve with this one." Tom Fletcher said.

Varations

• CD version from The Mail on Sunday
  The Mail on Sunday
  The Mail on Sunday is a British conservative newspaper, currently published in a tabloid format. First published in 1982 by Lord Rothermere, it became Britain's biggest-selling Sunday newspaper following the closing of The News of the World in July 2011...
  
   (July 2008, UK)
• CD+DVD version "Deluxe edition" (September 2008, UK)
• CD+DVD "Woolworths edition" with bous tracks (September 2008, UK)
• CD version (December 2008, UK)
• CD "Townsend Records" edition with bonus disc (September 2008)

Awards and accolades

McFly spent six months in Latin America, therefore winning them 2 big award nominations.
They were nominated for "Best New International Artist" in the Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009

Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009

The eighth annual Premios MTV Latinoamérica 2009 took place on October 15, 2009 in Bogotá, Colombia at Corferias, at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, United States, Mexico City, Mexico and Buenos Aires, Argentina....

 Awards and "Best International Artist" in the Nickelodeon Brazil Awards. They won the Nickelodeon Brazil Award, making that their first international award.

Track listing

Deluxe edition
The Mail On Sunday track listing
Japanese bonus track - 1st release
Japanese bonus track - 2nd release
Woolworths deluxe edition bonus tracks
UK deluxe edition bonus DVD
Japanese deluxe edition bonus DVD
Townsend Records bonus disc

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format
United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	22 September 2008	Super Records	CD+DVD, CD, digital download
Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...	22 September 2008	Super Records	CD+DVD, CD, digital download
Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	27 October 2008	EMI Music Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	CD, DVD, digital download
Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	11 February 2009	Avex Trax Avex Trax , listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange as 7860 and abbreviated as AGHD, is the holding company for a group of entertainment-related subsidiaries based in Japan...	CD+DVD, CD, digital download
Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... , Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... , Colombia Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...	18 May 2009	EMI Music	CD, digital download
Rest of Latin America Latin America Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...	May 2009	EMI Music	CD
Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...	12 June 2009	Warner Music	CD+DVD, CD
Philippines Philippines The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...	November 2009	Warner Music	CD+DVD
Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	1 December 2009	EMI Music Spain	CD+DVD, CD

Tour

The 15 date Radio:ACTIVE tour took place throughout November 2008. McFly played the venues, in order, Sheffield Arena, Newcastle Metro Radio Arena, Belfast Odyssey, Dublin RDS, Birmingham NEC, Bournemouth Internation Centre, Brighton Centre, Cardiff Internation Arena, Plymouth Pavilions, Nottingham Arena, Manchester Evening News Arena, Aberdeen AECC, Glasgow SECC, London Wembley Arena and Liverpool Echo Arena. A live concert DVD was filmed at Wembley Arena on November 27 2008 and released on May 11 2009.

Set List

• "One For The Radio"
• "Everybody Knows"
• "Going Through The Motions"
• "Obviously"
• "Transylvania"
• "Corrupted"
• "POV"
• "Falling In Love"
• "Star Girl" (flying b-stage)
• "That Girl" (b-stage)
• "Do Ya" (b-stage)
• "Black Or White" (Michael Jackson
  Michael Jackson
  Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
  
   cover)
• "Room On The 3rd Floor"
• "All About You"
• "The Last Song"

Encore:

• "Lies"
• "5 Colours In Her Hair"

Personnel

• Danny Jones
  Danny Jones
  Daniel Alan David "Danny" Jones is an English musician who is one of the lead vocalists and guitarists for pop rock band McFly, alongside fellow members Tom Fletcher , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd .-McFly:McFly rose to fame in 2004, in part due to their association with Busted who helped launch...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , lead vocals, executive producer
• Tom Fletcher
  Tom Fletcher
  Thomas Michael "Tom" Fletcher is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known as one of the lead vocalists and guitarists of English pop rock band McFly, in addition to being the group's founder and principal songwriter...
  
   - guitar, lead vocals, piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  , keyboard
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  
• Harry Judd
  Harry Judd
  Harry Mark Christopher Judd is an English musician who is best known as the drummer for British pop rock band McFly, along with fellow band members Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter and Danny Jones...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
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• Dougie Poynter
  Dougie Poynter
  Dougie Lee Poynter is an English musician and the bass guitarist and vocalist for the pop rock boyband McFly.- McFly :...
  
   - bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , backing vocals
• James Norton - keyboard
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
   (only in "Lies")
• Jason Perry
  Jason Perry
  Jason Perry is a record producer, song writer, and lead vocalist of the Suffolk based band ’A’. He has an identical twin brother, Adam, and a younger brother, Giles, both of whom are also members of the band...
  
   - guitar (only in "Do Ya" and "Everybody Knows"), backing vocals (only in "Do Ya"), producer, executive producer
• Tom Lord-Alge
  Tom Lord-Alge
  Tom Lord-Alge is a four-time Grammy Award–winning record producer and mixer. He is the youngest of Vivian Lord's five children, Mark Lord-Alge, Lisa Lord-Alge, Chris Lord-Alge, Jeff Lord-Alge and Tom Lord-Alge...
  
   - mixer

Chart performance

Chart (2008)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	8
Irish Album Chart	26
Billboard European Top 100 Albums European Top 100 Albums The European Top 100 Albums chart is the European adaptation of the Billboard 200 albums chart. It was created in March 1984.The European Top 100 Albums, commonly referred to as Eurochart Top 100 Albums shows the sales of an act in 19 European countries based on IFPI data.The European Top 100...	34
Japan Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...  Weekly Albums Chart	49
Japan Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...  Weekly International Albums Chart	15

Singles

Song	Peak chart positions
	UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	IRE Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	JAP	EU Eurochart Hot 100 Singles The European Hot 100 Singles has been compiled by Billboard and Music & Media magazine since March, 1984. The chart is based on national singles sales charts in 15 European countries: Austria, Belgium , Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden,...
"One for the Radio One for the Radio "One for the Radio" is the fourteenth McFly single, and first single from their fourth studio album, Radio:Active, which was released 20 July 2008 via British national paper. "One for the Radio" is described as being about the band's "constant struggle for critical acceptance". The single was... "	2	20	26	12
"Lies Lies (McFly song) "Lies" is the fifteenth single from British pop rock band, McFly, released on the 15 September 2008. "Lies" did not feature on the promotional 10-track copy of the album Radio:Active which was given away in The Mail on Sunday in July 2008, however it features as one of the four additional tracks on... "	4	30	—	14
"Do Ya/Stay With Me Do Ya/Stay With Me "Do Ya"/"Stay with Me" is McFly's third single taken from the album Radio:Active and was the official Children in Need Single for 2008. It was released physically on 24 November 2008 and for download on 23 November 2008. "Stay with Me" is a cover of a song by The Faces, and was the main Children... "	18	—	—	53
"Falling In Love Falling in Love (McFly song) "Falling in Love" is the fourth and final single taken from British boyband McFly's fourth studio album, Radio:Active. On 29 April 2009, the song was added to BBC Radio 1's C-List and BBC Radio 2's B-List. In the UK, "Falling in Love" was released to promote the Radio:Active DVD. In Brazil, the... "	87	—	—	—