Everybody Wants to Be on TV

All lyrics are written by Roy Stride; all music is composed by Roy Stride.

Everybody Wants to Be on TV
Studio album by Scouting for Girls
Released	12 April 2010
Recorded	2008–2009 at Helioscentric Studios, England
Genre	Pop rock, indie pop, indie rock, piano rock
Label	Epic
Producer	Andy Green
Scouting for Girls chronology
Scouting for Girls (2007) Everybody Wants to Be on TV (2010) The Light Between Us (2012)
Singles from Everybody Wants to Be on TV
"This Ain't a Love Song" Released: 29 March 2010 "Famous" Released: 18 July 2010 "Don't Want to Leave You" Released: 10 October 2010 "Take a Chance" Released: 10 December 2010

No.	Title	Length
1.	"This Ain't a Love Song"	3:30
2.	"Little Miss Naughty"	3:12
3.	"Goodtime Girl"	3:13
4.	"Famous"	2:35
5.	"Silly Song" (since renamed "Don't Want to Leave You")	2:57
6.	"On the Radio"	3:27
7.	"Blue as Your Eyes"	3:42
8.	"Posh Girls"	3:08
9.	"1+1"	2:47
10.	"Take a Chance"	5:19

iTunes bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"A New Day"	4:59
12.	"This Ain't a Love Song" (acoustic)	3:32
13.	"Scouting for Girls TV" (video)	9:13
14.	"This Ain't a Love Song" (video band edit)	3:07
15.	"Everybody Wants to Be on TV" (digital booklet)

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Album chart (2010) Peak position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [21] 45 Irish Albums (IRMA) [22] 11 Scottish Albums (OCC) [23] 2 UK Albums (OCC) [24] 2 "Don't Want to Leave You" (2010) Peak position Scotland (OCC) [25] 72 UK Singles (OCC) [26] 69 "Famous" (2010) Peak position Scotland (OCC) [27] 24 Switzerland Airplay (Schweizer Hitparade) [28] 77 UK Singles (OCC) [29] 37

Year-end charts Album chart (2010) Position UK Albums (OCC) [30] 58 Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales United Kingdom (BPI) [31] Platinum 300,000‡ ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

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Personnel Band Roy Stride – guitar, piano, lead vocals Greg Churchouse – bass, backing vocals Pete Ellard – drums, percussion

Technical credits Production Andy Green – producer, mixing engineer Julian Willmott – audio engineer Ted Jenson – mastering Artwork Lisa Peardon; Dean Chalky; Ellis Parrinder; Lisa Gold – photography Fern's Dad – Artwork

Notes

1. "Press release at 'The Music Fix'" . Retrieved 22 January 2010.^{[ dead link ]}
2. "New album artwork!". scoutingforgirls.co.uk. 19 January 2010. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
3. Stride, Roy; Greg Churchouse; Pete Ellard (19 March 2010). "A message from SFG!". scoutingforgirls.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
4. "Everybody Wants to Be on TV". Amazon . Retrieved 19 March 2010.
5. "Scouting for Girls announce new album details". scoutingforgirls.co.uk. 4 December 2009. Archived from the original on 21 December 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
6. "Scouting For Girls — News | Download the new single 'Famous' now, digital E.P released on 18th July!". Archived from the original on 3 July 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
7. BBC – Radio 1 – Playlist
8. "ITunes – Music – Don't Want to Leave You – EP by Scouting for Girls". iTunes . Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
9. "Don't Want to Leave You". Amazon UK.
10. "Nieuwe Video Scouting for Girls – Take a Chance". Dutch: Future Music Charts. Archived from the original on 26 December 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
11. Scouting For Girls Take a Chance Video clip – YouTube (Music video). Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2010– via YouTube.
12. "18 October 2009 – Centenary BIG GIG goes off with a bang!". Archived from the original on 30 April 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
13. Scouting For Girls – We All Want to be Famous (new song) – Big Gig 2009 – YouTube
14. Video on YouTube
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17. Sullivan, Caroline (8 April 2010). "Scouting for Girls: Everybody Wants to Be on TV, CD review". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
18. Arwa Haider Metro, 12 April 2010
19. Snapes, Laura (16 April 2010). "Album Review: Scouting For Girls -'Everybody Wants To Be on TV' (Epic)". NME . Retrieved 3 August 2013.
20. "Metacritic – Everybody Wants to Be on TV". Metacritic . Retrieved 3 August 2013.
21. "Offiziellecharts.de – Scouting for Girls – Everybody Wants to Be on TV" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
22. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Scouting for Girls". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
23. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
24. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
25. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
26. "The Official Charts Company – Scouting For Girls – Don't Want To Leave You". Official Charts Company .
27. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
28. "Schweizer Airplay Charts 31/2011 – hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
29. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
30. "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2010". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
31. "British album certifications – Scouting for Girls – Everybody Wants to Be on TV". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 25 February 2022.
32. Everybody Wants to Be on TV (booklet). Scouting for Girls. Epic Records. 2010. p. 9.