Roy Stride
Musical artist
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Roy Stride (born 11 March 1979) is an English musician, songwriter and producer, also known for fronting the multi-platinum-selling 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 and three UK No. 1 albums, and have been streamed on Spotify more than 2 billion times.[1] He has been nominated for one Ivor Novello and four Brit Awards.
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| Born | 11 March 1979 England |
| Origin | London |
| Genres | Indie, rock, pop |
| Occupations | Songwriter, producer, musician |
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| Years active | 2007 – present |
| Label | Epic Sony Records East West Records |
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 and The Vamps.
Podcasts
As well as appearing as a guest on many music based podcasts, he has his own aviation podcast, "Top Landing Gear",[2] which he hosts along with Rob Curling, Jeremy Curling and James Cartner.
Select discography
Singles
- 2023: "Whistle" – Jax Jones and Calum Scott (UK No. 14 – 150m Streams)
- 2022: "Atlantis" – Seafret (UK No. 38 – 950m Streams)
- 2021: "Secret Tattoo" – Scouting for Girls (5m streams)
- 2017: "Butterflies" – Scouting for Girls (15m streams)
- 2016: "Oceans" – Seafret (250m streams) (400m streams)
- 2016: "Best is Yet to Come" – LuvBug (UK No. 68 – 20m streams)
- 2015: "Hole in My Heart" – Luke Friend (UK No. 40 – 5m streams)[3]
- 2014: "Good Girls" – 5 Seconds of Summer (UK No. 19 / US No. 34 – 100m streams)[4]
- 2014: "Tonight (We Live Forever)" – Union J (UK No. 9 – 1m streams)[5]
- 2013: "Millionaire" – (Scouting for Girls) (UK No. 52 – 5m streams)[1]
- 2011: "Love How It Hurts" – Scouting for Girls (UK No. 18 – 10m streams)[1]
- 2010: "This Ain't a Love Song" – Scouting for Girls (UK No. 1 – 60m streams)[1]
- 2008: "Heartbeat" – Scouting for Girls (UK No. 10 – 40m streams)[1]
- 2008: "Elvis Ain’t Dead" – Scouting for Girls (UK No. 8 – 40m streams)[1]
- 2007: "She's So Lovely" – Scouting for Girls (UK No. 7 – 170m streams)[1]
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 (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 (appears 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 (appears on Everybody Wants to Be on TV) (UK No. 2)[1]
- 2007: All Songs – Scouting for Girls (appears on Scouting for Girls) (UK No. 1)[1]