History Music / Busted

** 'Falling FOR You' has the words "whore" and "fuck/screw" censored from one of James' lines, "You showed up at my door just like in a teen movie. I said, 'Are you the whore I pay to come and fuck/screw me?'". The ''2.0'' version leaves it uncensored.

** Surprisingly, in the ''2.0''guest features version of 'Year 3000,' Nick Jonas sings "I've been to the year 3000, not much has changed, but they lived under water and your great-great-great grand daughter is pretty fine'. The Jonas Brothers' cover of the song changed that to "doin' fine."

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The Busted version of "What Happened to Your Band?" included on ''Half Way There'' removed the PrecisionFStrike present on the [=McBusted=] and original versions.

* ''Greatest Hits 2.0''

** In live performances of "3am" Charlie tends to {{metal scream}} the final "Can't take much more".

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

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The Busted version of "What Happened to Your Band?" included on ''Half Way There'' removed the PrecisionFStrike present on the [=McBusted=] version.

** "Year 3000" contained references to Film/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''.

* TheCameo: Harry Judd from Music/McFly played the drummer in the background for the video for "Crashed the Wedding". * CarefulWithThatAxe:

* TheCameo: Harry Judd from Music/McFly played the drummer in the background for the video for "Crashed the Wedding". * CarefulWithThatAxe: Charlie does a completely random scream just before one of the choruses of 'Air Hostess.' It's still his only recorded scream on a Busted album.
** In live performances of '3am' Charlie tends to {{metal scream}} the final "Can't take much more".

* ContinuityNod: 'Radio's' music video has the car from the 'What I Go to School For' music video.
** The 'Nineties' music video has them, in some shots, wearing their old school uniforms from the same music video stated above and even begins very similarly, with James, Matt, and Charlie sitting in a school classroom. Possibly [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] with the extras clearly being people college age or older as well.
** The name of their fourth studio album, ''Half Way There'', refers to a line in "Year 3000" about how "everybody bought our seventh album". ''Half Way There'' does, indeed, bring them halfway to that mythical seventh album.

** They're producing a redone version of James' song, 'What Happened to Your Band' for ''Half Way There,'' which was previously performed by Bourne's band Son of Dork and first recorded by [=McBusted=] for their album.

* BoyBand: Often incorrectly labelled as one (even on this site), though you'd be forgiven for thinking so, as they were marketed as one back in the early-2000s when they started and their first album is ''rife'' with several songs taking cues from boy bands from the same time. Thankfully, they moved away from this after their first album, though they've always played their own instruments (including Charlie having always been credited as playing the drums on their albums, though he's also shown doing so in a few of their music videos) and written their own songs. James Bourne has even refuted that they ''are'' a boyband on Twitter, but doesn't usually argue when people call them that most likely to not start pedantic arguments.

* FadingIntoTheNextSong: 'Meet You There' slowly fades into 'Why' on the album 'A Present for Everyone.'
** 'Air Hostess' also fades into the beginning of 'Crashed the Wedding' on the same album.

* NewSoundAlbum: Their comeback album ''Night Driver''. The album seems to have mostly abandoned the PopPunk elements of their sound in favour of something more influenced by funk, electronica and synthpop. The influence of Gunship, the {{Retraux}}-styled synth-wave side project of Charlie's Fightstar bandmates, is also noticeable on several songs.
** Technically, ''A Present For Everyone'' could count as well, since their first album, while having ''some'' Pop Punk elements, was more in the vein of Boy Band Pop than Pop Punk. Their second dives fully into Pop Punk, while retaining their previous sound enough so they're still recognizable as the same band.
** They announced that for their 4th album, they're going to go back to their signature sound (most likely updating it to be more modern and being a more logical step forward), so it seems that their 3rd album was just an experiment in that sound and nothing too permanent.

* ScrewYourself: Matt kisses himself in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXwq_XmSz-I music video for]] 'Crashed The Wedding,' much to James and Charlie's character's suggested chagrin. ItMakesSenseInContext.

* BodySnatcher: The last verse of 'She Wants to Be Me' indicates that the crazy girlfriend and the singer somehow switched bodies after the girl slowly morphed into him over the course of the song and the guy is now locked in a mental ward by her while she's living it up as him.
* BreakupSong: 'Over Now.'
* TheCameo: Harry Judd from [=McFly=] played the drummer in the background for the video for "Crashed the Wedding". Judd admitted in his band’s first interview with teen daytime talk show host Carly Simpson on her ITV show back in 2004 saying that it was a nightmare being in a Busted video.
* CarefulWithThatAxe: Charlie does a completely random scream just before one of the choruses of 'Air Hostess.' It's still his only recorded scream on a Busted album.

** 'Nineties' has Charlie do some pretty powerful screams, possibly hearkening back to 90s Alt. Rock vocalists.

* PerformanceVideo: '3AM' and 'She Wants To Be Me' both had montage videos from their live DVD.
* PrecisionFStrike:
** In 'What Happened to Your Band,' James included the line, "They '''fuck''' with my mind and make me miserable."
*** In the rerecorded version for ''Half Way There,'' they changed that line to say "mess" instead, which removes some of the punch of the line that was meant for the song. Why this was changed is is unknown.
** Earlier on their second album, 'Who's David' includes the word "bitch" (though censored out of the album version) and in the original version of the chorus, they sang the line "You're just a whore, who sleeps around the town" instead of the album's version of the line.
** They seem to do a bit more swearing nowadays, as their third album has songs with some light swearing at points.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: 'What Happened to Your Band' from was written after years of James being asked that same question by various fans of Busted and older people he knew.

** Post-Busted, Matt appeared on ''Series/ImACelebrityGetMeOutOfHere'', and won after eating a kangaroo's anus. Considered by Matt to be his personal OldShame.

* RepurposedPopSong: A strange example in that since they reformed, they made a reworked version of 'What I Go to School For' in a more Pop Punk/Alt Rock style for some reason. It sounds more like a cover from ''Punk Goes Pop'' now.

** 'Shipwrecked in Atlantis' is one to 'Air Hostess.'
** 'Loser Kid' is to 'What I Go to School for'. They end and begin their first album, respectively, so this makes sense.
* ShoutOut: James Bourne really likes this trope.
** 'Year 3000' contained references to Film/BackToTheFuture, as shown in the page quote. It also referenced Michael Jackson. The Jonas Brothers' cover got in on it too with some of the changed lines, changing Michael Jackson to Kelly Clarkson...for some reason and the "triple-breasted women" line, a likely reference to ''Film/TotalRecall1990'', was changed to a reference to ''Franchise/StarWars''.
** 'Dawson's Geek' is, you guessed it, a reference to someone who's obsessed with ''Series/DawsonsCreek,'' even containing a slight rendition of the show's theme song and a parody of the chorus of that song at the same time.
** 'Crashed the Wedding' was written as a shout out to ''Film/TheGraduate'' and the first line of the lyrics, "I'm so rushed off my feet, looking for Gordon Street" is one to ''Film/WaynesWorld2''.
** 'Fake' has shout-outs to ''Film/WhenHarryMetSally'', and 'Britney' has shout-outs to both [[Music/BritneySpears the titular Ms Spears]] and Music/{{NSYNC}}.
** [=McBusted's=] song 'Air Guitar' has the line, "Jimmy Page and Brian May won't believe the way that I can play my air guitar."
** Their song, 'On What You're On' references Bruce Springsteen's song, 'Born to Run.'
** Their song 'Nineties' shouts out ''Film/TheGoonies'', Hypercolor, Music/{{Oasis}}, Music/{{Nirvana}}, Music/TheSmashingPumpkins, Music/MichaelJackson, Creator/MacaulayCulkin, Roller City, and ''Series/SavedByTheBell''.

** The album cover for ''Half Way There'' is most likely one to Music/TheBeatles' ''A Hard Day's Night''.

* {{Supergroup}}: Matt and James joined [=McFly=] 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.
* StalkerWithACrush: 'She Wants to Be Me' was about this.

* TeacherStudentRomance: 'What I Go To School For' is about a male student with a crush on a teacher who finds out she feels the same way and the pair run away together. 'Loser Kid' from the same album reveals that they end up living together.
* TitleByYear: "Year 3000" where TimeMachine takes the band to said year.

* WeddingSmashers: Their 2003 song 'Crashed the Wedding' was about a guy who stormed into his ex-girlfriend's wedding to get back together with her.

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''. [[spoiler:In 2023, Simpson won the fourth season of ''Series/TheMaskedSingerUK'', competing as the Rhino.]]

They've released 7 albums; 4 studio albums, 1 live album, and a US-only compilation album comprised of tracks from their first 2 studio albums. They also released an album, sans Simpson, with [=McFly=] as the supergroup [=McBusted=].

* ''Busted (2004)'' (US debut album)

** There's an old ''Top Of The Pops'' performance of 'You Said No' from 2002 where Charlie mimed (nobody performed live on ''Top of the Pops'' as a general rule) the drum parts. Considering that Charlie is a very accomplished drummer himself, this is a bit of FridgeBrilliance on the part of the band.

* RealityShow: ''America or Busted''.

** [[spoiler:In 2023, Charlie competed on, and won, Series 4 of ''Series/TheMaskedSingerUK'' as the Rhino.]]

* VideoFullOfFilmClips: Everything I Knew from WesternAnimation/BrotherBear Cruella De Vil from WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians and Thunderbirds Are Go from WesternAnimation/KimPossible.

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''. [[spoiler:In 2023, Simpson won the fourth season of ''Series/TheMaskedSingerUK'', competing as the Rhino.]]

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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 Post-Hardcore 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.

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, as well as a surprise for Busted, although they wouldn't mind reforming the group in the future or at least touring together again at some point.

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. They're currently writing and recording their fourth album in Los Angeles.

They've released 6 albums; 3 studio albums, 1 live album, and a US studio album. They also released an album, sans Simpson, with [=McFly=] as the supergroup [=McBusted=].

* ''Busted (2003)'' (US debut album)

* Other albums:
** ''[=McBusted=]'' (2014) (w/ Music/{{McFly}}, sans Simpson)

* TheCameo: Harry Judd from [=McFly=] played the drummer in the background for the video for 'Crashed the Wedding.' Judd admitted in his band’s first interview with teen daytime talk show host Carly Simpson on her ITV show back in 2004 saying that it was a nightmare being in a Busted video.

** There's an old Top Of The Pops performance of 'You Said No' from 2002 where Charlie mimed (nobody performed live on Top of the Pops as a general rule) the drum parts. Considering that Charlie is a very accomplished drummer himself, this is a bit of FridgeBrilliance on the part of the band.

* RealityShow: ''America or Busted.''
** Post-Busted, Matt appeared on ''I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here'', and won after eating a kangaroo's anus. Considered by Matt to be his personal OldShame.

Despite being mainly supplanted by 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}}.

Despite being mainly supplanted by {{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}}.

Despite being mainly supplanted by {{Music/McFly}} 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.

->''He said, "I've been to the year 3000,\\
Not much has changed but they lived underwater,\\
And your great-great-great-granddaughter,\\
Is pretty fine, she's pretty fine."''
-->"Year 3000"

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[[caption-width-right:350 Ms. Mackenzie was What they went to School For, they went to the Year 3000 (before the Jonas Brothers), and then they Crashed the Wedding. Now they wanna be On What You're On.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Left to Right: Charlie Simpson, Matt Willis, and James Bourne. Ms. Mackenzie was What they went to School For, they went to the Year 3000 (before the Jonas Brothers), and then they Crashed the Wedding. Now they wanna be On What You're On.]]

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And your great, great, great granddaughter,\\

Busted are a British PopPunk/[=Pop Rock=] BoyBand that formed in 2001, comprising of 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 Post-Hardcore 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.

* VideoFullOfFilmClips: Everything I Knew from WesternAnimation/BrotherBear and'Cruella De Vil' from WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians.

* VideoFullOfFilmClips: 'Cruella De Vil' from WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians.

* TheCameo: Harry Judd from [=McFly=] played the drummer in the background for the video for 'Crashed the Wedding.' Judd admitted in his band’s first interview with teen talk show host Carly Simpson on her show back in 2004 saying that it was a nightmare being in a Busted video.

* TheCameo: Harry Judd from [=McFly=] played the drummer in the background for the video for 'Crashed the Wedding.' Judd admitted in his band’s first interview with Carly Simpson that it was a nightmare being in a Busted video.

* TheCameo: Harry Judd from [=McFly=] played the drummer in the background for the video for 'Crashed the Wedding.' Judd admitted in his band’s first interview with Carly Simpson was a nightmare being in a Busted video.

* TheCameo: Harry Judd from [=McFly=] played the drummer in the background for the video for 'Crashed the Wedding.'