Editing Room on the 3rd Floor (section)

==Background==
In 2001, [[Tom Fletcher]] auditioned for [[pop punk]] band [[Busted (band)|Busted]];<ref name="beatsbar">{{cite web|url=http://www.thebeatsbar.co.uk/ccinterviews/mcfly.html |title=McFly Interview by CMU's Chris Cooke |date=December 2005 |accessdate=23 November 2007 |work=CMU Beats Bar |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217185503/http://www.thebeatsbar.co.uk/ccinterviews/mcfly.html |archivedate=17 December 2007 }}</ref> it was the same audition [[Charlie Simpson]] was at. Fletcher was originally accepted as part of Busted's line-up, but [[Island Records]] went on to reassess the situation and eventually decided to have the band as a three-piece rather than a four-piece. Though the record label decided against offering Fletcher a place in Busted, they were intrigued by his songwriting talents and later offered him a place on Busted's songwriting 'team', alongside band member (and already accomplished songwriter) [[James Bourne]], whom Fletcher credits with helping him to compose melodies.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Warner|first=Sam|date=2013-11-18|title=10 Things About... McBusted|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/10-things-about/a531065/10-things-about-mcbusted/|access-date=2020-08-09|website=Digital Spy|language=en-GB}}</ref>

While writing Busted's second album, ''[[A Present for Everyone]]'', Fletcher was asked by the record label if he was available to film auditions for a new band, [[V (band)|V]]. It was at this time that Jones and Fletcher met for the first time; [[Danny Jones]] went to the audition mistaking the band to be an instrumental band rather than the conventional, all-singing, all-dancing boy band, for which they were intended.<ref name="Guardian04">{{cite news|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,,1266615,00.html|title=Mad about the boys|first=Alexis|last=Petridis|accessdate=23 November 2007|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London}}</ref> Fletcher was impressed with Jones' unique style and so approached and invited him to write with himself and Bourne. When writing projects for Busted had come to an end, the two began collaborating for their own (yet unnamed) band and, eventually, moved into the [[InterContinental|InterContinental Hotel]] in London for two months, (while still receiving help from Bourne)<ref name="RTTFofic">{{cite web|url=http://www.mcflyofficial.com/news/index.php?id=310 |title=Debut McFly album track by track |accessdate=23 November 2007 |work=McFly Official |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224051039/http://www.mcflyofficial.com/news/index.php?id=310 |archivedate=24 December 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> to concentrate on writing together. Bassist [[Dougie Poynter]] and drummer [[Harry Judd]] were subsequently recruited via a classified advertisement in the ''[[NME]]'' magazine.<ref name="beatsbar"/> The pair, both Essex lads, coincidentally turned up at the same audition and got to talking over their shared appreciation of the band [[The Starting Line]], after Poynter noticed their name and logo was printed on Judd's T-shirt.

The album was named after the hotel room where most of the songs were written.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-01|title=Come McFly with me: an interview with Tom Fletcher|url=https://thebathmagazine.co.uk/come-mcfly-with-me-an-interview-with-tom-fletcher/|access-date=2020-08-09|website=The Bath Magazine|language=en-GB}}</ref> The album's main songwriters include band members Fletcher and Jones, as well as contributions from James Bourne from the band Busted, as well as some of Busted's main producers. The album is directly influenced by three things: modern pop punk, 1960s surfer pop, and tales of unrequited love.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/ch63 |title=Music – Review of McFly – Room On The Third Floor |publisher=BBC |date=2004-07-05 |accessdate=2014-02-19}}</ref> The track "Get Over You" is hidden, and does not appear on the track listing. It can be accessed by rewinding into the [[pregap]], prior to the first track, "Five Colours in Her Hair". The track cannot be accessed if the album is played in a computer. The song was later released as a regular track on the deluxe edition of the band's 2012 compilation album ''[[Memory Lane: The Best of McFly]]''. Four singles were released from the album: "[[5 Colours in Her Hair|Five Colours in Her Hair]]" and "[[Obviously (song)|Obviously]]", which both went to number one, "[[That Girl (McFly song)|That Girl]]", which reached number three, and the title track, "[[Room on the 3rd Floor (song)|Room on the 3rd Floor]]", which peaked at five. A demo version of the track "Saturday Night" was previously released as "Saturday Nite" on the B-side of the "Five Colours in Her Hair" single. The international version of the album removes the songs "Broccoli" and "Surfer Babe" for contractual reasons. This version also features alternate artwork – the colour of the band logo is altered from yellow to red.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/entertainment/McFly-36.html|title=Mcfly New Album – 'Room On The Third Floor'|publisher=Femalefirst.co.uk|accessdate=2014-02-19}}</ref>