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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.

Scouting for Girls
Studio album by
Scouting for Girls
Released17 September 2007
GenrePop rock
LabelEpic
ProducerAndy Green
Scouting for Girls chronology
Scouting for Girls
(2007)		 Everybody Wants to Be on TV
(2010)
Singles from Scouting for Girls
  1. "It's Not About You"
    Released: 25 June 2007
  2. "She's So Lovely"
    Released: 27 August 2007
  3. "Elvis Ain't Dead"
    Released: 17 December 2007
  4. "Heartbeat"
    Released: 7 April 2008
  5. "It's Not About You" Re-Release"
    Released: 4 August 2008
  6. "I Wish I Was James Bond"
    Released: 3 November 2008
  7. "Keep on Walking"
    Released: 9 March 2009
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Drowned in Sound[2]
NME[3]

Singles



Track listing


All tracks are written by Roy Stride.

No.TitleLength
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

Bonus tracks


All tracks are written by Roy Stride.

iTunes version
No.TitleLength
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

Chart performance


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]


Charts



Certifications


Region Certification Certified Units/Sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[13] 3× Platinum 900,000

Personnel


Performance credits
Technical credits

References


  1. Allmusic review
  2. "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2008.
  3. NME review
  4. [dead link]
  5. "Radio 1 - Chart - The Official UK Top 40 Albums Chart". BBC. 1 January 2012. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  6. Jones, Alan (23 October 2015). "Official Charts Analysis: 20,351 sales sees Jamie Lawson top the albums chart". Music Week. Intent Media. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  7. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Scouting For Girls". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  8. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  9. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  10. "UK Year-End Charts 2007" (PDF). Official Charts Company. ChartsPlus. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  11. "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2008". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  12. "UK Year-End 2009" (PDF). Charts Plus. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  13. "Scouting For Girls sales data". BPI.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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