Roy Stride

Roy Stride is an Ivor Novello and Brit nominated musician, songwriter, producer. He has combined worldwide single and album sales of over 10 million records and his songs have featured on two US No.1 albums and one UK No.1 album.^[1]

He is the frontman and songwriter for UK band Scouting for Girls who between 2008-2013 had four top 10 albums and four top 10 singles in the UK. Their debut album ‘’Scouting for Girls'' topped the charts in 2008 and sold over 1m copies with 3 top 10 singles (She’s so Lovely, Heartbeat, Elvis Ain’t Dead). Their follow up single This aint a Love Song reached No. 1 in 2010.^[1]

In 2012 Roy Stride started to write for other artists and has since written songs with and for One Direction, 5 Seconds of Summer, Mcbusted, Luke Friend and Union J.

Select discography

Singles

• 2015: Hole in My Heart - (Luke Friend) (UK No.40)^[2]
• 2014: Good Girls - (5 Seconds of Summer) (UK No.19 / US No.34)^[3]
• 2014: Tonight (We Live Forever) - (Union J) (UK No.9)^[4]
• 2013: Milionaire - (Scouting for Girls) (UK No.52)^[1]
• 2011: Love How it Hurts - (Scouting for Girls) (UK No.18)^[1]
• 2010: This aint a Love Song - (Scouting for Girls) (Uk No.1)^[1]
• 2008: Heartbeat - (Scouting for Girls) (Uk No.10)^[1]
• 2008: Elvis Ain’t Dead - (Scouting for Girls) (Uk No.8)^[1]
• 2007: She’s so Lovely - (Scouting for Girls) (UK No. 7)^[1]

Album tracks

• 2014: '23:59’ - Mcbusted (Appears on McBusted) (UK No.9)^[5]
• 2014: ‘Tonite we Live Forever’ & ‘All About a Girl’ - 'Union J (Appears on You got it All) (UK No.28) ^[6]
• 2014: 'Like it Like that’ & ‘Caught in the Moonlight’ - Si Cranstoun (Appears on Modern Life) (UK No.30)^[7]
• 2014: ‘Good Girls’ - 5 Seconds of Summer (Appears on 5 Seconds of Summer) (US No.1 / UK No. 2 / Aus No.1 / Can No.1)
• 2014: ‘Eighteen’ - 5 Seconds of Summer (Appears on 5 Seconds of Summer) (US No.1 / UK No. 2 / Aus No.1 / Can No.1)
• 2014: ‘English Love Affair’ - 5 Seconds of Summer (Appears on 5 Seconds of Summer) (US No.1 / UK No. 2 / Aus No.1 / Can No.1)
• 2014: ‘Lost Boy’ - 5 Seconds of Summer (Appears on 5 Seconds of Summer) (US No.1 / UK No. 2 / Aus No.1)
• 2014: ‘Close as Strangers’ - 5 Seconds of Summer (Appears on 5 Seconds of Summer) (US No.1 / UK No. 2 / Aus 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 Everyone Wants to be on TV) (Uk No.2)^[1]
• 2007: All Songs - Scouting for Girls (Appeared on Scouting for Girls) (UK No. 1)^[1]

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