History Music / Busted

* PrecisionFStrike: The [=McBusted=] version of "What Happened to Your Band" included the line, "They '''fuck''' with my mind and make me miserable."

* LampshadeHanging: The Music/BowlingForSoup guest feature version of 'She Wants to Be Me 2.0' adds lines courtesy of Jeret Reddick that adds a lot of humor to the lyrics, one being "I'm saying something's wrong. She's out back playing soccer. (I thought it was Football?)," pointing out how odd it is for a British band to refer to the game as "soccer."

* LampshadeHanging: The Music/BowlingForSoup guest feature version of 'She Wants to Be Me 2.0' adds likes courtesy of Jeret Reddick that adds a lot of humor to the lyrics, one being "I'm saying something's wrong. She's out back playing soccer. (I thought it was Football?)," pointing out how odd it is for a British band to refer to the game as "soccer."

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In 'She Wants to Be Me,' while the phrases "fuck off" and "jerk off" were censored on the original studio version, James managed to get the word "shitty" passed the censors by slurring the word really heavily so it sounds like he's pronouncing "silly" as "shilly" and has a digital audio cut in the middle of the song to cut it up a bit.

** In the original version, 'She Wants to Be Me' had the words "fuck off" and "jerk off" in the lines, "She's analyzed my smile, she memorised my phonebook, she always wears my clothes, her favourite words are 'fuck off!" and "She wants sex all the time and still finds time to jack off!" censored with a "woo hoo" and a digital record scratch respectively. The 2.0 version leaves these uncensored.

** Also, as shown on the 2.0 versions of some songs, it was apparently the intent of the songs whenever the word "silly" comes up to actually mean "shitty." While this makes sense on 'Crashed the Wedding,' it makes no sense on 'She Wants to be Me' (where the line was originally "Your boyfriend's here to see you. Look pretty, take a bath. I like his silly band, can I get his autograph?") unless if it's self-depricating humor.

** Also, as shown on the 2.0 versions of some songs, it was apparently the intent of the songs whenever the word "Silly" comes up to actually mean "shitty."

* MythologyGag: ''Halfway There'' is named as such specifically because "Year 3000" bragged about the band's seventh album outselling Music/MichaelJackson, and ''Halfway There'' marks the point in which Busted are, well, halfway there. This was confirmed by James on Twitter.

* GenreShift: From Pop on their self-titled album, to a more PopPunk oriented sound on ''A Present for Everyone''.

Busted split up in 2005 due to Simpson wanting to focus on other music projects and the other two not wanting to continue the group without him. Simpson went on to start the PostHardcore band Fightstar and release a few solo albums, Bourne went on to form the pop punk band Son of Dork (which lasted three years before going on hiatus) and started a solo career under the name Future Boy (he ''really'' loves ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'') and as himself, and Willis continued by himself solo.

* ManOfAThousandVoices: Charlie, although he doesn't get to showcase it very much in Busted. In Fightstar it's not uncommon for him to be [[MetalScream screaming his ass off]] one line and then [[SopranoAndGravel performing an angelic chorus]] the next.

Busted split up in 2005 due to Simpson wanting to focus on other music projects and the other two not wanting to continue the group without him. Simpson went on to start the PostHardcore band Fightstar and release a few solo albums, Bourne went on to form the pop punk band Son of Dork (which lasted three years before going on hiatus) and started a solo career under the name Future Boy (he ''really'' loves ''Film/BackToTheFuture'') and as himself, and Willis continued by himself solo.

[[caption-width-right:350:We're glad they crashed the wedding. From left to right: Matt, Charlie and James.]]

'''Busted''' are a British PopPunk/[=Pop Rock=] BoyBand that formed in 2001, comprising band members James Bourne, Charlie Simpson, and Matt Willis. They'd initially split up in 2005, due to Charlie wanting to focus on other music projects and the other two didn't want to continue the group without him. Simpson had quit the band and started the PostHardcore band Fightstar, as well as releasing a few solo albums, Bourne went on to form the Pop Punk band Son of Dork, which lasted three years before going on hiatus, and started a solo career under the name Future Boy (he ''really'' loves ''Back to the Future'') and as himself, and Willis continued by himself solo.

Despite being mainly supplanted by {{Music/McFly}} and Music/ScissorSisters in the public consciousness, they were influential at the time in bringing back guitar-driven Pop bands and had a great many copy-cat acts at the time. They were also the number one selling band in the UK for two years, outselling Music/{{Coldplay}}.

They were best known for their songs "What I Go To School For" and "Year 3000" (both were later covered by Music/TheJonasBrothers for their first album, albeit with altered lyrics due to a demographic shift), and for covering Cruella De Vil from ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' in America for Disneymania 2 and their own TV show on the Disney Channel.

In 2013, Bourne and Willis reformed the band and teamed up with [=McFly=] to form a new supergroup called '''[=McBusted=]''', toured from 2013 to 2015, and released one studio album named after the group. They were good friends with [=McFly=] for years, as Tom Fetcher was briefly in Busted and wrote with them on many of their songs on their first few albums, so the team up made sense. Since this was only a temporary situation, the bands went their separate ways at the end of their 2015 tour.

In 2015 they reformed in their classic line-up, with a new album in preparation. This was accomplished after Bourne invited Simpson to come with him and Willis to Philadelphia to try to write songs in 2015. When this was successful, they subsequently started recording the songs in California and decided to reform the band, announcing a short reunion tour in late 2015, then they embarked on the Pigs Can Fly tour, referencing what Simpson had said years prior to the band reforming, released their third studio album as a band (in a different musical direction than what was probably expected), and toured around England, Scotland, and Ireland. A fourth album, ''Half Way There'' was released in 2019.

Additionally, Willis has carved out a career as an actor + TV personality after winning ''Series/ImACelebrityGetMeOutOfHere'' in 2006, appearing in roles in ''Series/EastEnders'' and ''Series/BirdsOfAFeather''. In 2023, Simpson won the fourth season of ''Series/TheMaskedSingerUK'', competing as the Rhino.

They've released 5 albums; 4 studio albums and 1 live album. They also released an album, sans Simpson, with [=McFly=] as the supergroup [=McBusted=].

** "Year 3000" contained references to ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'', as shown in the page quote. It also referenced Michael Jackson, and the line referring to a "triple-breasted women" was a reference to ''Film/TotalRecall1990''.