History Music / McFly

Yes, they are indeed named after the family from ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.

** Their name is a one to ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.
** The opening of the "One For the Radio" music video recreates the opening scene of ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', with Danny turning up the power and volume of a giant amp, then it overloading in power when he strums on his guitar, sending him flying backwards.

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** 'I Wanna Hold You' was reworked slightly to change some of the lyrics to make it commercially viable as a single after a reviewer noted it was a bit too violent to be a serious pop hit (note that the only real lyrical change is changing "destroy the world" to "change the world" and "It's like a neutron bomb" to "You keep polluting like the ocean").

* ''Power to Play''

** "Don't Know Why" could qualify too. Danny and his sister wrote it about their parent's split.

* LyricalDissonance: 'The Ballad Of Paul K' sounds quite cheerful and calming for a song about a man going through a mid-life crisis.

* PrecisionFStrike: 'Everybody Knows' leaves a space to be filled in by the word "fuck," which Dougie often fills in himself during live performances.
** 'Going through the Motions' has Danny saying, "The ''goddamn'' ship set sail!"

** When performing as [=McBusted=], the guys in [=McFly=] were more open to swearing, as they readily sang swear words in not only Busted's songs that have them, but also in some songs that were written by them for ''[=McBusted=].''

* RemakeCameo: Dougie played the guy the girl was in love with instead of one of the band members in The Vamps' remake music video for their cover of 'That Girl.'

** Their name is a Shout Out to ''Film/BackToTheFuture''. Used very nicely in their [=McBusted=] tour, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSKIsqk-gK4 the entire opening]] basically being a gigantic love-letter to fans of ''Back to the Future''. Helps that Busted's SignatureSong "Year 3000" was also based on the movie.
** 'One For the Radio's' video starts the same way as the opening scene of that film does, with Danny turning up the power and volume of a giant amp, then it overloading in power when he strums on his guitar, sending him flying backwards.

** In the video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mUFbdW0XwY All About You]], the security guard (Played by [[Series/HarryHillsTVBurp Harry Hill]]) wears a badge saying "I'm a Music/{{Busted}} fan". Coincidentally, the video was filmed on the same day Busted announced their split. This becomes HilariousInHindsight in light of their supergroup teamup, [[http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/11/mcbusted-tour-2014-busted-mcfly "McBusted"]].
* SpiritualSuccessor: To Music/{{Busted}}. Tom once auditioned for the band, they mostly became known through being Busted's support act on their arena tour, and they've remained friends with at least two of Busted's former members, James Bourne in particular helping to write several [=McFly=] songs for their first album (with Tom doing the same with Busted's songs on their second early in his career).
** To a lesser extent, Music/OneDirection have occasionally been considered this, due to members of [=McFly=] writing some of their songs and that they seem to [[FriendlyFandoms share a fanbase]].

* {{Supergroup}}: Matt and James from Busted joined them to become [=McBusted=] from 2013-2015, though they also performed 2 Busted songs and 1 [=McFly=] track at [=McFly's=] 10th anniversary concert and are credited both onstage and on the audio releases as [=McBusted=] before that.
* TransAtlanticEquivalent: Music/AllTimeLow can be seen as their American counterparts. They even wrote with Alex Gaskarth when they were in [=McBusted=], with Dougie even noting how they write in a similar style; starting with nothing, but then thinking of how a song should sound along the way rather than going in with a beat in mind.

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->''"Everyone asked me who the hell is she?\\
That weirdo with five colours in her hair."''
-->-- "'''[[SignatureSong 5 Colours in Her Hair]]'''"

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* ADayInTheLimelight: Dougie, who is normally reduced to just singing backup, gets to be the lead vocalist in 'Transylvania', and B-sides [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J8Fos-kap0 Ignorance]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRZ5bu8Y948 Silence is a Scary Sound]]. Also, the storyline part of the video for "That's The Truth" is about him.

** 'One For the Radio's' video starts the same way as the opening scene of that film does, with one of the guys turning up the power and volume of a giant amp, then it overloading in power when he strums on his guitar, sending him flying backwards.

* FilkSong: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JIGvB75lOw Dragonball]]" for... well, [[Franchise/DragonBall take a wild guess]].

* ADayInTheLimelight: Dougie, who is normally reduced to just singing backup, gets to be the lead vocalist in 'Transylvania', and B-sides [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J8Fos-kap0 Ignorance]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRZ5bu8Y948 Silence is a Scary Sound]].
** Also the storyline part of the video for "That's The Truth" is about him.

* BreakupSong: "Bubble Wrap". "POV", "Too Close For Comfort" too.

** 'Sorry's Not Good Enough' should qualify in ''spades''.

* NewSoundAlbum: 'Above The Noise'
* NonAppearingTitle: "Transylvania"