Thunderbirds / 3AM

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"Thunderbirds / 3AM"
Busted-Thunderbirds--3am-292738.jpg
Single by Busted
from the album A Present for Everyone (re-issue) and A Ticket for Everyone: Busted Live
Released26 July 2004 (2004-07-26)
Length
  • 3:02 ("Thunderbirds")
  • 3:35 ("3AM")
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Busted singles chronology
"Air Hostess"
(2004)		"Thunderbirds / 3AM"
(2004)		"She Wants to Be Me"
(2004)

"Thunderbirds / 3AM" (titled "Thunderbirds Are Go" on some editions of the single and album) is a double A-side single by English pop punk band Busted. It was released on 26 July 2004 as the fourth single from their second studio album, A Present for Everyone (2003). "Thunderbirds" was not originally included on the album, having been written specifically for the 2004 film Thunderbirds , although it later appeared on a re-issue of the album in Europe. "Thunderbirds" was not released on an album in the United Kingdom until the release of the group's live album A Ticket for Everyone: Busted Live in 2005.

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"Thunderbirds / 3AM" was Busted's last single to enter the UK Singles Chart until the release of "On What You're On" in 2016, reaching number one. It was the 19th best-selling single of 2004 in the UK and also won the title of 2004 Record of the Year, and received an 8/10 rating from Stylus Magazine. [1] "3AM" was later performed by Matt Willis during his 2007 solo tour, and by James Bourne on his 2012 acoustic solo tour. [2]

Track listings

UK CD1 [3]

  1. "3AM" (live from tour)
  2. "Thunderbirds"

UK CD2 [4]

  1. "3AM" (radio edit)
  2. "Thunderbirds"
  3. "Runaway Train" (Soul Asylum cover)
  4. "3AM" (acoustic version)
  5. "Thunderbirds" (acoustic version)
  6. "Busted in Japan" (Part 1)

UK DVD single [5]

  1. "3AM"
  2. "Thunderbirds"
  3. "Crashed the Wedding" (live audio mix from tour)
  4. "Crashed the Wedding" (live footage from tour)
  5. "Thunderbirds" (video)
  6. "Busted in Japan" (Part 2)

Japanese CD single [6]

  1. "Thunderbirds"
  2. "3AM"
  3. "Runaway Train" (Soul Asylum cover)
  4. "3AM" (acoustic version)
  5. "Thunderbirds" (acoustic version)
  6. "Thunderbirds" (video)
  7. "Crashed the Wedding" (live footage from tour)

Personnel

"Thunderbirds"

Personnel are taken from the A Ticket for Everyone: Busted Live album booklet. [7]

"3AM"

Personnel are taken from the A Present for Everyone album booklet. [8]

  • The Matrix – production, arrangement, recording
  • Charlie Simpson – writing
  • James Bourne – writing
  • Andrew Nast – production, arrangement, and recording assistant
  • Steve Power – mixing
  • Tim Young – mastering

Charts

All entries charted as "Thunderbirds" except where noted.

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [17] Silver258,000 [18]

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom26 July 2004CD [19]
Japan4 August 2004 Universal Music Japan [20]

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