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JLS were originally called UFO - Unique Famous Outrageous however when they went on the X factor they had to change their name due to copyright reasons because there was already a famous rock band called UFO.

They changed their name to JLS - Jack the Lad Swing. One of the band members (Marvin Humes) ex-girlfriend came up with the name. This was because the type of music that they sang was called "New Jack Swing", which was a genre of music in the nineties and she thought that the four boys were four Jacks the lads - cheeky young guys. Therefore she amalgamated the two and came up with Jack the Lad Swing.

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