Scouting for Girls | ||||
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Released | 17 September 2007 | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Andy Green | |||
Scouting for Girls chronology | ||||
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Singles from Scouting for Girls | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Drowned in Sound | [2] |
NME | [3] |
Scouting for Girls is the eponymous debut album by London-based indie pop group Scouting For Girls. It was released on 17 September 2007 and has been certified 3 times platinum in the United Kingdom since its release. It contains the hit singles "She's So Lovely" and "Elvis Ain't Dead" as well as their song "It's Not About You", which was only released as a limited-copy EP in June 2007. The album had a two-week run as the UK Album Chart 'Number 1 album' on 20 January 2008 after taking over from Amy Macdonald's debut album This Is The Life. It was replaced on 3 February 2008 by Adele's debut album 19.
All tracks are written by Roy Stride
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Keep on Walking" | 3:37 |
2. | "She's So Lovely" | 3:43 |
3. | "It's Not About You" | 4:12 |
4. | "The Airplane Song" | 4:20 |
5. | "Heartbeat" | 2:55 |
6. | "Elvis Ain't Dead" | 3:49 |
7. | "I'm Not Over You" | 3:24 |
8. | "I Need a Holiday" | 3:21 |
9. | "The Mountains of Navaho" | 3:21 |
10. | "I Wish I Was James Bond" | 3:15 |
All tracks are written by Roy Stride
No. | Title | Length |
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11. | "Michaela Strachan You Broke My Heart (When I Was 12)" (Begins 3 minutes 47 seconds into the song "I Wish I Was James Bond" on the standard album) | 3:09 |
When it was first released in September 2007, Scouting for Girls debuted at No.12.[4] The next week it fell down 8 places and then fell out of the top 40 in October 2007. It started to climb back up the chart in January 2008 until it reached its new peak of No.4 on 13 January. The next week it climbed to No.1 after 18 weeks of falling and climbing then it remained there for two weeks.
On 28 December 2008, it was announced as the 10th biggest selling album of 2008 after 60 weeks on the chart.[5] The album has sold 952,303 copies as of October 2015.[6]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Ireland (IRMA)[13] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[14] | 3× Platinum | 900,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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