Roy Stride


Roy Stride 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. 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. Their follow-up single "This Ain't a Love Song" reached No. 1 for two weeks in 2010.
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", which he hosts along with Rob Curling, Jeremy Curling and James Cartner.

Select discography

Singles

  • 2023: "Whistle" – Jax Jones and Calum Scott
  • 2022: "Atlantis" – Seafret
  • 2021: "Secret Tattoo" – Scouting for Girls
  • 2017: "Butterflies" – Scouting for Girls
  • 2016: "Oceans" – Seafret
  • 2016: "Best is Yet to Come" – LuvBug
  • 2015: "Hole in My Heart" – Luke Friend
  • 2014: "Good Girls" – 5 Seconds of Summer
  • 2014: "Tonight " – Union J
  • 2013: "Millionaire" –
  • 2011: "Love How It Hurts" – Scouting for Girls
  • 2010: "This Ain't a Love Song" – Scouting for Girls
  • 2008: "Heartbeat" – Scouting for Girls
  • 2008: "Elvis Ain’t Dead" – Scouting for Girls
  • 2007: "She's So Lovely" – Scouting for Girls

    Album tracks

  • 2023: All Songs – "The Place We Used To Meet" – Scouting for Girls
  • 2021: "I Wish It Was 1989", "Neon Lights", "Xmas in the 80s" – Scouting for Girls
  • 2020: "Love Wont Let Me Leave" – Seafret
  • 2019: All Songs – Scouting for Girls
  • 2017: "All Around the World" The Vamps
  • 2016: "Oceans", "Atlantis", "Give Me Something", "Be There", "Skimming Stones", "There's a Light" – Seafret
  • 2015: "Invisible" – 5 Seconds of Summer
  • 2015: All Songs – Scouting for Girls
  • 2014: "23:59" – McBusted
  • 2014: "Good Girls", "Eighteen", "English Love Affair", "Close as Strangers", "5 Seconds of Summer"
  • 2013: All Songs – Scouting for Girls
  • 2012: All Songs – Scouting for Girls
  • 2011: "Stand Up" – One Direction
  • 2010: All Songs – Scouting for Girls
  • 2007: All Songs – Scouting for Girls