Ian Brown

Data updated on 2025-06-03 16:17:28 UTC

Frontman, founder and co-songwriter of one of the UK's most revered bands in music history The Stone Roses, Ian has enjoyed a long and successful solo career. Defying critics following the implosion of the Roses, Ian's debut solo album Unfinished Monkey Business took the nicknamed King Monkey to the top of the music tree with a Number 2 album. Following up at the end of 1999 with his second, Golden Greats, which Ian has described as 'the last great album of the 20th century', Ian continued to surprise, at Number 3 in the charts came Music of the Spheres, featuring the much loved track F.E.A.R and cemented a music man at the top of his game and very much developing his own sound and style. Solarized, another top ten album, followed, featuring trumpets and a Noel Gallagher collaboration on Keep What Ya Got. A greatest hits compilation The Greatest (top 5) was next, featuring 2 tracks Ian cut with Unkle/DJ Shadow and tracks like Lovebug, All Ablaze and Return of the fisherman, that were exclusive to that album. The World is Yours (in at number 4), his fifth studio album co-produced by New Yorker Emile Haynie, also featured Sinead O Connor, Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols, Paul Ryder, Andy Rourke and a 24 piece orchestra. My Way came in 2009, another top ten album containing the outstanding track Stellify. Ian's last album Ripples, another number 4 and critically acclaimed album, came in Feb 2019 and was preceded by lead single First World Problems.

Genres

: britpop madchester

Total plays

159.2 million

Updated on 2025-06-03

Date	Total plays
2025-06-03	159,186,750
2025-05-26	158,844,829
2025-05-17	158,435,036
2025-05-02	157,755,896
2025-04-23	157,361,192
2025-04-13	156,936,178
2025-04-06	156,619,155
2025-03-28	156,211,974
2025-03-20	155,843,556
2025-03-11	155,436,741
2025-03-02	155,027,019
2025-02-21	154,619,137
2025-02-12	154,219,611
2025-02-03	153,856,824
2025-01-24	153,453,032
2025-01-16	153,127,079
2025-01-07	152,781,394
2024-12-30	152,528,050
2024-12-21	152,223,506
2024-12-12	151,866,769
2024-11-21	151,094,998
2024-06-10	144,102,278
2024-05-28	143,622,907
2024-05-12	142,904,428
2024-04-25	142,227,584
2024-04-11	141,639,445
2024-03-27	141,006,885
2024-03-12	140,383,363
2024-02-26	139,734,833
2024-02-11	139,109,789
2023-11-25	136,042,040
2023-10-16	134,512,263
2023-09-30	133,889,053
2023-09-15	133,296,741
2023-08-29	132,631,844
2023-08-25	128,539,826
2023-08-20	128,018,719

Social media links

Monthly listeners

333,564

Followers

359,729

Top Cities

London

24,321 listeners
Manchester

17,127 listeners
Dublin

13,351 listeners
Birmingham

9,409 listeners
Glasgow

10,412 listeners

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Most popular tracks

Track	Plays	Duration	Release date
F.E.A.R.	34,242,455	4:29	2001-01-01
Stellify	17,720,201	4:58	2009-01-01
Corpses In Their Mouths	11,131,652	4:09	1998-01-01
Set My Baby Free	7,580,117	4:25	1999-01-01
Be There	6,778,867	5:16	2005-09-12
Keep What Ya Got	5,660,199	4:29	2004-01-01
First World Problems	5,425,270	5:58	2018-10-25
Time Is My Everything	4,102,246	3:52	2004-01-01
Open Your Eyes - Tim Mason Festival Remix	3,563,942	7:45	2011-01-01
In The Year 2525	3,196,257	2:53	2009-01-01
My Star	3,177,268	5:14	1998-01-01
Reign	3,078,248	5:34	2005-09-12
Dolphins Were Monkeys - New Version	2,489,013	2:58	2005-09-12
Just Like You	2,447,427	3:19	2009-01-01
Golden Gaze	1,795,793	3:55	1999-01-01
Longsight M13	1,595,798	3:12	2004-01-01
From Chaos To Harmony	1,388,720	4:02	2019-01-03
First World Problems - Edit	1,385,872	3:39	2018-10-25
Black Roses	1,294,003	2:38	2018-12-14
Ripples	1,293,199	3:44	2019-01-25
Always Remember Me	1,259,739	4:50	2009-01-01
F.E.A.R. - UNKLE Mix	1,224,306	5:53	2002-01-01
Illegal Attacks	1,001,680	5:24	2007-01-01
Crowning Of The Poor	968,615	3:18	2009-01-01
The Dream And The Dreamer	968,206	5:38	2019-02-01
The World Is Yours	948,777	4:31	2007-01-01
Marathon Man	916,830	3:39	2009-01-01
The Gravy Train	915,257	4:24	2001-01-01
Whispers	902,302	3:57	2001-01-01
Can't See Me	885,022	4:54	1998-01-01
Sister Rose	853,954	3:52	2007-01-01
Gettin' High	830,333	4:02	1999-01-01
Dolphins Were Monkeys	801,440	5:04	1999-01-01
For The Glory	799,441	3:11	2009-01-01
The Sweet Fantastic	724,530	3:52	2004-01-01
RULES	687,385	4:09	2023-05-12
Lovebug - Greatest Hits Version	657,927	3:12	2005-09-12
Golden Gaze - Single Version	651,700	3:11	2005-09-12
Nah Nah	649,412	3:55	1998-01-01
Waterfall - Justin Robertson's Mix	601,459	6:20	2011-06-03
Stardust	588,241	4:31	2001-01-01
Blue Sky Day	587,089	5:10	2019-02-01
Can't See Me - Bacon & Quarmby Remix	581,384	3:58	2005-09-12
Solarized	574,958	3:47	2004-01-01
Vanity Kills	571,517	3:35	2009-01-01
All Ablaze	571,293	4:07	2005-09-12
Love Like A Fountain - Radio Edit	540,739	3:32	1999-10-25
Northern Lights	538,929	4:13	2001-01-01
El Mundo Pequeno	528,714	4:02	2001-01-01
Soul Satisfaction	526,966	4:08	2019-02-01
Own Brain	526,757	2:56	2009-01-01
Love Like A Fountain	500,319	5:14	1999-01-01
Forever And A Day - Greatest Hits Version	494,130	3:03	2005-09-12
On Track	462,706	4:21	2007-01-01
So High	462,153	2:54	2009-01-01
Laugh Now	457,448	3:54	2009-01-01
Breathe And Breathe Easy (The Everness Of Now)	438,724	3:27	2019-02-01
What Happened To Ya Part 1	424,453	3:15	1998-01-01
Open Your Eyes - Radio Edit	414,527	3:18	2011-01-01
It's Raining Diamonds	408,249	3:10	2019-02-01
By All Means Necessary	393,586	3:42	2009-01-01
The Feeding Of The 5000	390,196	3:58	2007-01-01
So Many Soldiers	382,403	5:15	1999-01-01
Bubbles	382,137	4:34	2001-01-01
Kiss Ya Lips (No I.D.)	372,576	3:57	2004-01-01
Save Us	357,076	4:58	2007-01-01
Break Down The Walls (Warm Up Jam)	343,781	4:53	2019-02-01
Eternal Flame	337,895	4:16	2007-01-01
Goodbye To The Broken	335,483	3:53	2007-01-01
What Happened To Ya Part 2	324,433	5:39	1998-01-01
Ice Cold Cube	321,336	6:27	1998-01-01
Billie Jean	309,477	3:37	2005-09-12
Forever And A Day	304,879	2:44	2001-01-01
Destiny Or Circumstance	295,101	2:35	2004-01-01
Shadow Of A Saint - Album Edit	279,665	4:44	2001-01-01
Return Of The Fisherman	278,372	4:18	2005-09-12
Sunshine	274,109	3:58	1998-01-01
Home Is Where The Heart Is	268,078	3:07	2004-01-01
Truths & Rights	260,305	3:00	2021-04-08
Some Folks Are Hollow	259,251	3:49	2007-01-01
Me and You Forever	249,747	4:11	2007-01-01
Dolphins Were Monkeys - UNKLE Remix	249,382	7:09	1999-01-01
Street Children	235,116	3:52	2007-01-01
Upside Down	229,975	3:12	2004-01-01
One Way Ticket To Paradise	228,901	4:16	2004-01-01
Babasonicos	221,099	4:05	1999-01-01
Open Your Eyes	220,928	6:29	2011-01-01
Little Seed Big Tree	215,334	5:10	2020-09-18
Free My Way	205,326	4:17	1999-01-01
Deep Pile Dreams	203,354	3:39	1998-01-01
Neptune	202,229	3:32	1999-01-01
Happy Ever After - UK Bonus Track	201,459	2:47	2004-01-01
Lions	200,359	6:53	1998-01-01
The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: VII. Aquarium	196,297	2:44	2017-12-20
Intro Under The Paving Stones: The Beach	181,500	1:50	1998-01-01
Thriller	176,757	3:26	2005-09-12
First World	174,636	5:09	1999-01-01
Unfinished Monkey Business	166,761	3:12	1998-01-01
Truths & Rights - 12 Inch Dub Mix	163,358	6:10	2021-06-24
My Star - 2002	156,770	4:03	2002-01-01
Hear No See No	151,491	3:29	2001-01-01
Superstar	110,306	4:47	2002-01-01
The Gravy Train - Nightmares On Wax Mix	110,269	4:59	2002-01-01
Time Is My Everything - Scratch Perverts Vocal Mix	100,371	4:59	2005-09-12
The World Is Yours - Reprise	99,593	1:24	2007-01-01
Can't See Me - Harvey's Invisible Mix	95,784	4:36	2005-09-12
Open Your Eyes - Style Of Eye Remix	86,454	4:30	2011-01-01
Time Is My Everything - Stateside Hombres Over Easy Mix	84,761	4:27	2005-09-12
F.E.A.R. - UNKLE Instrumental	72,573	5:51	2002-01-01
Just Like You - The Prodigy Remix	70,217	4:33	2009-01-01
Time Is My Everything - Them Lads Remix	65,008	4:52	2005-09-12
Northern Lights - The Freelance Hellraiser Mix	62,245	5:40	2002-01-01
Open Your Eyes - Third Party Remix	61,577	7:23	2011-01-01
See The Dawn	59,001	5:53	2005-09-12
F.E.A.R. - Bulletproof Freestyle Version	58,701	4:38	2005-09-12
Shadow Of A Saint - The Boy Bierton Mix	57,720	6:24	2002-01-01
Love Like A Fountain - U.S Version Only - Non Distorted Vocals	53,095	3:26	1999-01-01
Can't See Me - Bacon & Quarmby Vocal Dub	52,122	5:05	2005-09-12
Forever And A Day - Cedarblue Mix	45,200	4:10	2002-01-01
El Mundo Pequeno - Live Acoustic Version	36,810	2:46	2002-01-01
Hear No See No Speak No	35,135	5:24	2002-01-01
Cokane In My Brain - DJ Mek Nuremburg Scratch Mix	31,933	1:43	2002-01-01
The Gravy Train - Nighmares On Wax Instrumental	30,107	5:04	2002-01-01
Desire - Ian Brown Full Length Mix	29,207	4:19	2005-09-12
Stardust - Instrumental	27,607	4:35	2002-01-01
Lovebug - Non-album track	26,449	3:04	2004-01-01
Let Robeson Sing - Ian Brown Remix	25,300	5:00	2002-10-28
Submission / Interview with Steve Jones on Indie 103	22,690	3:48	2005-09-12
Cello Sonata in A Major: I. Allegretto ben moderato	20,991	6:42	2019-03-21
Time Is My Everything - UNKLE Reconstruction	12,811	4:42	2005-01-01
Cello Sonata in A Major: II. Allegro	11,143	8:57	2019-03-21
Illegal Attacks - Sway Soldier Story Edit	11,142	4:31	2007-01-01
Cello Sonata in A Major: IV. Allegretto poco mosso	7,818	6:53	2019-03-21
Cello Sonata in A Major: III. Ben moderato. Recitativo-fantasia	7,733	7:34	2019-03-21
Sister Rose - Various Production Mix	5,523	3:40	2007-01-01
The Fisherman	4,278	7:39	1999-10-25
The World Is Yours - Orchestral Version	< 1000	3:06	2007-01-01