FANS of pop group McFly always thought they were out of this world — and now they have been proven right.

For their hit single Star Girl has been played to astronauts orbiting Earth after a campaign by their fans.

NASA’s page on website Twitter was bombarded with requests to play the song to crew members on the international space station.

The space agency had offered 35 people the chance to talk live to the astronauts, but fans wanted the song played instead.

A 30-second clip of the 2006 song was played to the crew on Wednesday, with the full video shown on NASA TV and website.

Band member Danny Jones, who comes from Bromley Cross, described it as a “dream come true”.

In a message to NASA on Twitter, he wrote: “Thank you for playing our song in space it’s definitely one if the coolest things that’s happened since being in the band...Amazing!”

Deputy headteacher, Andrea O’Callaghan at Thornleigh Salesian College, where Danny used to be a pupil said: “We are really proud of Danny and everything that he has achieved. We never imagined that his music would be played in space.

“We always knew that he would go far, but perhaps not that far.”