I Wanna Hold You

Infobox Single
Name = I Wanna Hold You


Artist = McFly
from Album = Wonderland
Released = October 17 2005
Format = CD
Recorded =
Genre = Pop Rock
Length = 2:59
Label = Island
Producer =
Chart position =

#3 (UK)

Reviews =
Last single = "I'll Be OK" (2005)
This single = "I Wanna Hold You" (2005)
Next single = "Ultraviolet"/"The Ballad of Paul K" (2005)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate Cover
Type = single


Lower caption = CD2 Cover Extra album cover 2
Type = single


Lower caption = DVD Cover

"I Wanna Hold You" is the third single to be taken from McFly's second album "Wonderland". The single was released October 17, 2005 and peaked at number three in the UK singles chart and no 13 in ireland.

The song

"I Wanna Hold You" was written by band Members Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones and Dougie Poynter.

Different versions

The original version of the song was different from the single, this version was written by Tom and Danny. Its lyrics were "less mature" and resembled a song more suited to the "Room on the 3rd Floor" album than the new and "grown-up" Wonderland album. The track was therefore edited. It was re-written by Tom and Dougie and re-recorded to be added onto McFly's second studio album, but not before it was featured on the album demo which has subsequently been spread across the internet.

The new album version however was still criticised. Its lyrics "I'd destroy the World for you" were deemed inappropriate for a pop song. So McFly edited and re-recorded the song a further time changing the lyrics to "I'll change the world for you" instead.

Track listing

CD1
# I Wanna Hold You
# Mr. Brightside (Flowers/Keuning)

CD2
# I Wanna Hold You
# Easy Way Out
# Interview
# I Wanna Hold You (Instrumental)

DVD Single
# I Wanna Hold You
# McFly Mini Movie
# I Wanna Hold You (Video)
# Dougie & Harry Tie The Knot

Digital Download
* I Wanna Hold You [Live]
* I Wanna Hold You [Acoustic]

Chart performance

The video

Reminding fans of Green Day's "American Idiot" video, McFly's video for "I Wanna Hold You" is more mature, removing McFly's signature comedic sketches for a serious performance-based video. The band, suited up, perform the whole video in front of an Orcestra of beautiful women in Blonde wigs. During the guitar solo, a woman appears to rise through the ground before McFly, dripping with a metallic looking paint.