Over the Rainbow is a charity album featuring show tunes recorded by various artists.

The making of Over the Rainbow was featured in a TV special of Challenge Anneka broadcast by ITV1 on 6 June 2007.

Challenge Anneka is a British reality TV show in which presenter Anneka Rice is tasked with accomplishing a project, typically within a short time period, in aid of a charitable cause.

In March 2007, The Association of Children's Hospices challenged Rice to compile a studio album of newly recorded songs and hold a concert featuring live artists and a choir of children from various hospices around the UK.

McFly recorded their vocals for "You're the One That I Want" on the morning of 1 April 2007 within the Fleetwood Mobile studio in a hotel car park.