Roy Stride Explained
| Roy Stride |
| Birth Date: | 11 March 1979 |
| Birth Place: | England |
| Origin: | London |
| Occupation: | Songwriter, producer, musician |
| Genre: | Indie, rock, pop |
| Years Active: | 2007 – present |
| Label: | Epic Sony Records East West Records |
| Background: | non_performing_personnel |
Roy Stride (born 11 March 1979) is an English musician, songwriter and producer, also known for fronting the multi platinum UK band Scouting for Girls. He has combined worldwide single and album sales in excess of 15 million and his songs have featured on three US No.1 albums, three UK No.1 albums and have been streamed on Spotify over 2 Billion times.[1] He has been nominated for one Ivor Novello and four Brit Awards.
With Scouting for Girls, he's written and produced four top 10 albums and four top 10 singles in the UK. Their self-titled debut album topped the charts in 2008 and sold over a million copies, yielding three top 10 singles ("She's So Lovely", "Heartbeat", "Elvis Ain't Dead"). Their follow-up single "This Ain't a Love Song" reached No. 1 for two weeks in 2010.[1]
He has written and produced records for a diverse range of artists including 5 Seconds of Summer, Jax Jones, One Direction, Seafret, Calum Scott, Scouting for Girls & The Vamps.
Podcasts
As well as appearing as a guest on many music based podcasts, He has his own aviation Podcast - named Top Landing Gear,[2] which he hosts along with Rob Curling, Jeremy Curling and James Cartner.
Select Discography
Singles
Album tracks
- 2023: All Songs - "The Place We Used To Meet" - Scouting for Girls (UK No.17)
- 2021: "I wish it was 1989", 'Neon Lights", "Xmas in the 80s" - Scouting for Girls (Appears on Easy Cover) (UK No.40)
- 2020: "Love Wont Let Me Leave" - Seafret (Appears on Most of us are Strangers)
- 2019: All Songs - Scouting for Girls (Appears on The Trouble with Boys) (UK No.25)
- 2017: "All Around the World" The Vamps (British band) (Appears on Night & Day (UK No.1) [6]
- 2016: "Oceans", "Atlantis", "Give Me Something", "Be There", "Skimming Stones", "There's a Light" - Seafret (Appears on Tell Me It's Real) (UK No.45) [7]
- 2015: "Invisible" - 5 Seconds Of Summer (Appears on Sounds Good Feels Good) (US No.1 / UK No.1 / Aus No.1 / Can No.1/ Italy No.1 / Norway No.1)
- 2015: All Songs - Scouting for Girls (Appeared on Still Thinking About You) (UK No.13) [8]
- 2014: "23:59" - McBusted (Appears on McBusted) (UK No.9)[9]
- 2014: "Good Girls", "Eighteen", "English Love Affair", "Close as Strangers", "5 Seconds of Summer" (Appears on 5 Seconds of Summer) (US No.1 / UK No. 2 / Aus No.1 / Can No.1)
- 2013: All Songs - Scouting for Girls (Appears on Scouting for Girls Greatest Hits) (Uk No. 10)[1]
- 2012: All Songs - Scouting for Girls (Appears on The Light Between Us) (UK. No. 10)[1]
- 2011: "Stand Up" - One Direction (Appears on Up All Night) (US No.1 / Uk No. 2 / Aus No.1)
- 2010: All Songs - Scouting for Girls (Appeared on Everybody Wants to Be on TV) (Uk No.2)[1]
- 2007: All Songs - Scouting for Girls (Appeared on Scouting for Girls) (UK No. 1)[1]
Notes and References
- Web site: Artists. Officialcharts.com. 16 July 2020.
- Web site: "Top Landing Gear Press Release" . 24 Sep 2021. PRLog .
- Web site: Official Singles Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company. Officialcharts.com. 16 July 2020.
- Web site: Artists. Officialcharts.com. 16 July 2020.
- Web site: Artists. Officialcharts.com. 16 July 2020.
- Web site: Official Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company. Officialcharts.com. 16 July 2020.
- Web site: SEAFRET | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company. Officialcharts.com. 16 July 2020.
- Web site: Scouting For Girls | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company. Officialcharts.com. 16 July 2020.
- Web site: Artists. Officialcharts.com. 16 July 2020.
