I Wanna Hold You

"I Wanna Hold You"
CD1 single
Single by McFly
from the album Wonderland
Released	17 October 2005 (2005-10-17)[1]
Length	2:59
Label	Island Universal
Songwriter(s)	Tom Fletcher Danny Jones Dougie Poynter
Producer(s)	Hugh Padgham
McFly singles chronology
"I'll Be OK" (2005) "I Wanna Hold You" (2005) "Ultraviolet/The Ballad of Paul K" (2005)

"I Wanna Hold You" is a song by English pop rock band McFly. It was released on 17 October 2005 as the third single from their second studio album, Wonderland (2005). It was written by band members Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, and Dougie Poynter. The song peaked at number three in the UK Singles Chart and number 13 in Ireland.

Alterations to the lyric

The original version of the song was different from the final album and single releases, this version was written by Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones. Its lyrics were later deemed to be "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 lyric was therefore edited for the final cut of Wonderland. It was re-written by Fletcher and Dougie Poynter[2] and re-recorded, but not before it was featured on the album demo which had subsequently been spread across the internet.[3] The new album version however, was again altered for the single release in which the lines "I'd destroy the world for you" and "Every city's burning to the ground under your feet" were rephrased to "I'll change the world for you" and "Cities still surrender and they're falling at your feet". More recent live performances of the song feature a compromise in which the lines "I'll destroy the world for you" and "Cities still surrender and they're falling at your feet" are used.[4]

Music 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 orchestra 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.

Track listings

UK CD1[5]

1. "I Wanna Hold You"
2. "Mr. Brightside"

UK CD2[6]

1. "I Wanna Hold You"
2. "Easy Way Out"
3. "Interview – Tom Fletcher interviews Danny Jones"
4. "I Wanna Hold You" (instrumental)

UK DVD single[7]

1. "I Wanna Hold You" (audio)
2. "New McFly Home Movie"
3. "I Wanna Hold You" (video)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2005) Peak position Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[8] 12 Ireland (IRMA)[9] 15 Scotland (OCC)[10] 3 UK Singles (OCC)[11] 3

Year-end charts Chart (2005) Position UK Singles (OCC)[12] 130

References

1. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 15 October 2005. p. 25.
2. Wonderland (UK CD liner notes). McFly. Island Records, Universal Records. 2005.
3. "McFly - I Wanna Hold You {First Version}". You Tube. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
4. "McFly The 21st Birthday Party". ITVX. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
5. I Wanna Hold You (UK CD1 liner notes). McFly. Island Records, Universal Records. 2005. MCSTD 40436, 9874556.
6. I Wanna Hold You (UK CD2 liner notes). McFly. Island Records, Universal Records. 2005. MCSXD40436, 9874557.
7. I Wanna Hold You (UK DVD single liner notes). McFly. Island Records, Universal Records. 2005. MCSVD 40436, 9874558.
8. "Hits of the World – Eurocharts" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 45. 5 November 2005. p. 75. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
9. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I Wanna Hold You". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
10. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
11. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
12. "The Official UK Singles Chart 2005" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 17 April 2020.