Busted (2002 Busted album)

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Busted
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Cover of the 2003 edition. The original cover is identical but without the Busted or enhanced CD logos. (Band members left to right) Matt Willis, Charlie Simpson and James Bourne.
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Released30 September 2002 (2002-09-30)
Recorded2002
Genre
Length37:17
Label Universal Island
Producer
Busted chronology
Busted
(2002)
A Present for Everyone
(2003)
Singles from Busted
  1. "What I Go to School For"
    Released: 16 September 2002
  2. "Year 3000"
    Released: 13 January 2003
  3. "You Said No (a.k.a. Crash and Burn)"
    Released: 21 April 2003
  4. "Hurra, hurra, die Schule brennt"
    Released: 21 April 2003
  5. "Sleeping with the Light On"
    Released: 11 August 2003
BustedStandard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."What I Go to School For"
Steve Robson3:30
2."You Said No"
  • Bourne
  • Simpson
  • Willis
  • McLaughlin
  • Robson
  • Richard Mark Rashman
Robson2:47
3."Britney"
  • Bourne
  • McLaughlin
  • Robson
Robson3:31
4."Losing You"
  • Bourne
  • Simpson
  • Willis
  • McLaughlin
  • Robson
Robson3:54
5."Year 3000"
  • Bourne
  • Simpson
  • Willis
  • Robson
  • Tom Fletcher
Robson3:17
6."Psycho Girl"
  • Bourne
  • Rashman
Robson3:51
7."All the Way"
  • Simpson
  • Bourne
Robson2:26
8."Sleeping with the Light On"
  • Bourne
  • Willis
Robson3:38
9."Dawsons’s Geek"
  • Bourne
  • Simpson
  • Willis
Robson2:27
10."Without You"
  • Simpson
  • Robson
Robson4:09
11."Loser Kid"
  • Bourne
  • Simpson
  • Willis
Robson3:48
Total length:45:57
BustedBritish and Japanese special edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
10."When Day Turns into Night"Simpson • BourneSteve Robson3:35
11."Everything I Knew"Bourne • WillisSteve Robson3:10
13."Extra Exceedingly Fitness" (Interlude)Bourne • SimpsonJames Bourne0:18
Total length:52:28
BustedGerman edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
12."Hurra, hurra, die Schule brennt"Schlasse • Klein • Hönig • Larson • MöllerSteve Robson3:35

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [1] 4× Platinum1,200,000
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [32] Platinum1,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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