| Cover | Obviously album cover.jpg |
|---|---|
| Artist | McFly |
| Album | Room on the 3rd Floor |
| B-side | Get Over You |
| Released | 21 June 2004[1] |
| Genre | |
| Length | 3:18 |
| Label | Island |
| Writer | |
| Producer | Hugh Padgham |
| Prev year | 2004 |
| Next year | 2004 |
"Obviously" is a song by English pop rock band McFly. It was released as the second single from their debut studio album, Room on the 3rd Floor. The single itself features a cover version of Beatles single, "Help!", as well as the band's first recorded interview—part one of which can be found on CD2, with part two appearing on a limited edition 7-inch picture disc. The single was the band's second number-one single on the UK Singles Chart, where it stayed for one week. It also reached number 14 in Ireland.
Lyrics
The song is about the lead singer having a crush on a girl he knows is completely "out of [his] league". He really wants that girl, but he knows that he "never will be good enough for her". Even though he had given up and desperately wanted to ignore the fact, it was impossible to get rid of it.
Tom Fletcher wrote the song about his ex-girlfriend, Giovanna Falcone, whom he had recently broken up with. Falcone had since started dating a police officer and Fletcher did not know if he would ever get back with her (Fletcher and Falcone would eventually marry in 2012). For the lyrics, the policeman's job was changed to Marines to make him, in Fletcher's own words, "sound harder".[3]
Music video
The video features the boys as caddies in a golf game which features the characters mentioned in the song. The band members eventually have fun around the golf course on the buggies. Shots also involve them being in a hall where they play their instruments.[4]
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[5] | 7 |
| UK Airplay (Music Week)[6] | 26 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2004) | Position |
|---|---|
| UK Singles (OCC)[7] | 42 |
Other performances
The Derren Brown stage show Enigma (2009–10) concluded with a video of McFly performing a version of the song. The new lyrics included Brown's prediction of the order in which randomly chosen members of the audience would shuffle a number of pictures.
References
- ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 19 June 2004. p. 29.
- ^ Passantino, Dom (10 April 2006). "Gotta Get Thru This: Dom Passantino's Survey of the New Millennium's UK #1 Singles". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 June 2006. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ McFly (2 July 2021). "We can't believe Obviously is now old enough to drive a car 🤯 Check out the new episode of Story of the Song on #McFlyTotalAccess as we discuss how the song came about, and the time that @derrenbrown used us as his glamorous assistants 💫". Instagram. Archived 25 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ "McBusted Hyde Park". Mcflyofficial.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
- ^ "Hits of the World – Eurocharts". Billboard. Vol. 116, no. 28. 10 July 2004. p. 59. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ "Top 50 Airplay Chart". Music Week. 10 July 2004. p. 27. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "The Official UK Singles Chart 2004". UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 7 July 2018.