On What You're On

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"On What You're On"
Busted - On What You're On (Single Artwork).jpg
Single by Busted
from the album Night Driver
Released30 September 2016
Genre Disco [1]
Length3:09
Label East West
Songwriter(s) James Bourne, Charlie Simpson, Matt Willis, Lauren Christy, John Fields
Producer(s) John Fields, Alex Metric
Busted singles chronology
"She Wants to Be Me"
(2004)		"On What You're On"
(2016)		"Thinking of You"
(2016)
Music video
"On What You're On" on YouTube

"On What You're On" is the lead single by English pop rock band Busted from their third studio album, Night Driver (2016). [2] It was written by the band and John Fields, and produced by Fields and co-produced by Alex Metric.

The single was first announced on 19 September when a short teaser trailer for the song was uploaded to the band's Twitter account. [3] Similar short videos were used to generate hype in the lead up to the release of the single at midnight on 30 September (on iTunes and Spotify). [4]

The song made its radio debut on the day of its release when the band was interviewed by Scott Mills during his show on BBC Radio 1. [5] The music video was released the same day. [6]

Musically, the song has been compared to Daft Punk and The 1975. [7] [8]

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Scotland (OCC) [9] 26
UK Singles (OCC) [10] 60
UK Singles Downloads (OCC) [11] 24

References

  1. ↑ Paine, Andre (25 November 2016). "Busted - Night Driver review: 'a more sophisticated album'". Evening Standard . Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Singles Club: Solange brings Lil Wayne back to his best, Busted swap pop-punk for disco". FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  3. ↑ Busted (30 September 2016). "Busted on Twitter: "#OnWhatYoureOn will be the first single to be taken from 'Night Driver' Stay tuned..."". Twitter . Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  4. ↑ On What You're On - Single by Busted iTunes. Accessed 30 September 2016
  5. ↑ Busted (30 September 2016). "Busted on Twitter: "TOMORROW... we're headed into @BBCR1 from 1pm to join @scott_mills on his show for the first play of #OnWhatYoureOn"". Twitter . Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Busted - On What You're On (Official Video)". YouTube. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Corner, Lewis (30 September 2016). "Busted channel Daft Punk on their massive comeback single 'On What You're On' - watch the video here". Digital Spy . Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Pop Corner: Busted are back, and more importantly, Niall Horan is back". The Irish Times .
  9. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 October 2016.


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