Sam Roberts Band

Data updated on 2025-06-13 11:05:31 UTC

“There has always been a unique spirit that has infused the music of Sam Roberts Band. It’s highlighted by melodies that are infectious, lyrics that are deep and somewhat enigmatic, but memorable, and a live show that just plain rocks. The music of Sam Roberts Band isn’t always easy to categorize either. It’s been often lumped in with other alternative or alternative rock bands, but there is also a substantial 1980s melodic rock vibe, mixed in with the best of 1990s Brit Pop.” (Jim Barber)

Singer/songwriter Sam Roberts released his debut EP in 2002, following a popular independent demo he had made in Montreal. The Inhuman Condition became the best-selling independent EP in Canadian history. In 2003 he released his first full-length album, We Were Born In A Flame (Cert. Double Platinum). His career continued with hit albums: Chemical City (Cert. Platinum) and Love At The End Of The World (Cert. Gold).

In 2011 Roberts changed from using his name to using Sam Roberts Band. SRB have since released Collider, Lo-Fantasy, TerraForm, and All Of Us, each to critical acclaim. In 2021 All of Us was nominated for Rock Album of the Year. SRB continue to deliver hit singles with their new album The Adventures Of Ben Blank which includes the new songs “Picture of Love”, "Afterlife" and "Projection."

Their fiery spirit have made their live shows so legendary, earning them spots performing everywhere from Letterman & Conan to ACL, Lollapalooza and The Olympics.

Genres

: canadian indie canadian rock canadian singer-songwriter pop quebecois canadian indie rock

Total plays

87.5 million

Updated on 2025-06-13

Date	Total plays
2025-06-13	87,512,588
2025-06-05	87,161,012
2025-05-27	86,809,861
2025-05-19	86,516,271
2025-05-04	85,926,814
2025-04-24	85,542,346
2025-04-15	85,204,295
2025-04-07	84,905,322
2025-03-30	84,611,236
2025-03-21	84,294,082
2025-03-12	84,001,081
2025-03-04	83,735,972
2025-02-23	83,392,032
2025-02-14	83,097,103
2025-02-05	82,818,556
2025-01-26	82,537,609
2025-01-17	82,284,878
2025-01-08	82,022,575
2024-12-31	81,820,817
2024-12-22	81,613,524
2024-12-14	81,392,850
2024-11-25	80,894,508
2024-06-11	75,144,353
2024-05-31	74,767,601
2024-05-16	74,267,037
2024-04-29	73,714,194
2024-04-14	73,223,794
2024-03-30	72,724,790
2024-03-15	72,254,267
2024-02-29	71,711,726
2024-02-15	71,167,863
2023-11-29	68,800,995
2023-10-19	67,457,832
2023-10-03	66,989,663
2023-09-18	66,519,869
2023-08-29	65,710,100
2023-08-25	65,496,018
2023-08-21	65,291,496

Country

Canada

Social media links

Monthly listeners

310,247

Followers

116,638

Top Cities

Toronto

45,282 listeners
Vancouver

15,052 listeners
Montreal

16,326 listeners
Calgary

17,850 listeners
Ottawa

13,519 listeners

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Most popular tracks

Track	Plays	Duration	Release date
Brother Down	19,050,072	4:24	2002-01-01
Bridge To Nowhere	8,307,954	3:09	2006-01-01
Where Have All The Good People Gone?	5,600,225	4:22	2003-01-01
Hard Road	5,258,320	4:07	2003-01-01
Don't Walk Away Eileen	4,857,612	3:13	2002-01-01
If You Want It	4,178,196	3:38	2016-07-03
We're All in This Together	3,462,236	4:60	2013-01-01
Them Kids	3,284,563	3:59	2008-01-01
Shapeshifters	2,090,805	4:28	2013-01-01
Detroit '67	1,797,424	4:05	2008-01-01
Human Heat	1,707,097	3:41	2013-01-01
Fiend	1,362,382	5:05	2016-09-12
Take Me Away	1,288,209	4:10	2020-10-16
Without A Map	1,036,322	4:05	2011-01-01
Ascension	823,429	3:38	2020-07-10
I Feel You	797,619	5:16	2011-01-01
The Canadian Dream	768,439	4:58	2003-01-01
Let It In	693,290	4:18	2011-01-01
No Sleep	685,069	4:02	2003-01-01
Uprising Down Under	594,010	4:35	2006-01-01
Rogue Empire	573,746	3:50	2016-10-28
I Like the Way You Talk About the Future	572,892	4:44	2020-08-14
All of Us	569,803	3:28	2020-10-16
Metal Skin	549,304	5:18	2013-01-01
Picture Of Love	537,612	3:57	2023-03-01
Afterlife	519,391	3:33	2023-07-28
The Last Crusade	515,841	4:18	2011-01-01
TerraForm	446,602	5:51	2016-10-28
With A Bullet	442,282	4:01	2006-01-01
Fixed To Ruin	436,371	3:47	2008-01-01
Roll with the Spirits	431,349	5:30	2016-10-14
Too Far	426,235	3:52	2013-01-01
The Gate	375,491	5:58	2005-01-01
Love At The End Of The World	366,720	2:37	2008-01-01
Taj Mahal	351,509	4:30	2003-01-01
Youth	339,779	3:34	2020-09-18
Dead End	336,509	3:38	2003-01-01
Lake Effect	311,634	3:47	2016-09-30
Every Part Of Me	286,642	3:45	2003-01-01
Twist The Knife	284,128	4:14	2011-01-01
Graveyard Shift	273,627	4:28	2011-01-01
Where Have All The Good People Gone?	267,171	6:15	2002-01-01
I Dream Of You	266,334	3:57	2023-05-15
Never Enough	262,654	3:58	2013-01-01
Golden Hour	262,499	4:52	2013-01-01
Projection	260,478	3:49	2023-09-08
An American Draft Dodger In Thunder Bay	257,404	3:14	2006-01-01
Broken Teeth	252,322	4:24	2015-04-21
Higher Learning	246,655	4:06	2003-01-01
Lions Of The Kalahari	239,021	4:12	2008-01-01
Paranoia	238,837	5:49	2003-01-01
Mind Flood	237,454	8:10	2006-01-01
Words & Fire	229,659	3:54	2008-01-01
Mystified, Heavy	224,007	4:51	2006-01-01
Rarefied	218,935	3:39	2003-01-01
Black Spark	213,130	3:50	2016-10-28
Kid Icarus	212,729	3:15	2013-01-01
Angola	212,159	5:06	2013-01-01
This Wreck Of A Life	206,781	4:54	2003-01-01
Oh Maria	199,910	3:47	2008-01-01
Spellbound	197,577	6:04	2020-10-16
On The Run	190,897	2:19	2003-01-01
The Ballad Of Ben Blank	186,104	3:44	2023-10-20
Streets Of Heaven (Promises, Promises)	181,329	4:27	2011-01-01
Stripmall Religion	177,383	4:03	2008-01-01
Ritual Dance	167,089	3:42	2016-10-28
Wolf Tracks	164,571	4:34	2020-10-16
Chasing the Light	161,813	5:13	2013-01-01
A Stone Would Cry Out	160,862	4:41	2006-01-01
Partition Blues	154,268	4:11	2011-01-01
The Bootleg Saint	154,237	4:09	2006-01-01
Tourist Trap	152,163	3:26	2016-10-28
Spring Fever	149,670	5:15	2016-10-28
Sundance	149,652	4:18	2008-01-01
No Arrows	149,146	4:25	2011-01-01
The Hands of Love	146,436	4:03	2013-01-01
The House Inside	140,892	5:12	2016-10-28
The Resistance	139,255	5:14	2006-01-01
When Everything Was Alright	132,894	3:36	2002-01-01
Ghost Town	132,730	3:43	2020-10-16
Sang Froid	126,764	3:30	2011-01-01
Up Sister	126,229	3:40	2008-01-01
Longitude	125,518	3:19	2011-01-01
The Pilgrim	122,156	5:32	2008-01-01
Everybody Needs Love	121,371	3:28	2023-10-20
End Of The Empire	112,336	4:18	2008-01-01
War Chest	111,614	3:46	2020-10-16
Tractor Beam Blues	110,582	4:55	2011-01-01
Faultline Blues	108,785	3:25	2012-01-01
Waking The Dead	107,803	6:27	2008-01-01
The Band Vs. The World	105,616	4:10	2011-01-01
Cascades	100,694	3:54	2023-10-20
Climb Over Me	96,615	6:21	2003-01-01
All Over & Over	93,443	3:05	2020-10-30
Spirit In The Sky	86,607	3:35	2015-04-28
Bad Country	81,204	4:37	2023-10-20
We're All in This Together - Andrew Weatherall Remix	79,002	7:02	2013-01-01
Don't Touch	77,051	3:02	2025-02-21
This Is How I Live	75,226	2:41	2002-01-01
Shapeshifters - Youth Banda Remix	68,741	5:38	2013-01-01
Durban Days	66,995	5:17	2015-04-21
The Hands of Love - Youth Banda Remix	60,115	4:07	2013-01-01
Chasing the Light - Youth Banda Remix	59,424	5:54	2013-01-01
Metal Skin - Youth Banda Remix	58,551	6:12	2013-01-01
My Love Is Freeing	57,968	2:53	2002-01-01
Counting the Days - Youth Banda Remix	57,895	6:35	2013-01-01
We're All in This Together - Youth Banda Remix	54,707	5:21	2013-01-01
Golden Hour - Youth Banda Remix	52,876	4:44	2013-01-01
If Only	48,366	3:55	2023-10-20
Protector (feat. Sam Roberts)	47,259	3:07	2014-03-04
Brother Down (UK Version)	44,588	4:26	2025-03-28
Shapeshifters - Version Française	44,141	3:58	2014-08-19
Counting the Days	42,010	7:55	2015-04-21
Brother Down - Original Demo	37,418	4:01	2003-06-03
All Of Us (UK Version)	31,735	3:41	2025-02-19
Chasing the Light - Alternate Version	30,179	4:21	2015-04-21
Brother Down - Live @ Austin City Limits	25,170	4:59	2006-01-01
Hard Road - Live @ Austin City Limits	23,623	4:08	2006-01-01
With A Bullet - Live @ Austin City Limits	20,378	4:19	2006-01-01
Bridge To Nowhere - Live @ Austin City Limits	19,849	2:58	2006-01-01
Got Soul But No Money	17,861	3:23	2003-06-03
Paranoia - Live @ Austin City Limits	17,729	8:59	2006-01-01
I Feel You - Radio Edit #2	15,628	3:32	2012-01-01
History Repeated	15,482	3:51	2013-06-25
Taj Mahal - Live @ Austin City Limits	13,761	4:38	2006-01-01
Durban Poison	13,421	1:25	2003-06-03
The Gate - Edit	13,326	4:16	2005-01-01
Dead End - Live @ Austin City Limits	13,316	3:53	2006-01-01
Say You'll Be Mine	13,267	3:58	2003-06-03
Afterlife (Davy Love Dub Mix)	13,171	5:49	2024-07-05
Taj Mahal - Original Demo	11,378	3:56	2003-06-03
Every Part Of Me - Original Demo	10,396	3:29	2003-06-03
Mind Flood - Live @ Austin City Limits	9,019	11:41	2006-01-01
On The Run - Original Demo	8,772	2:12	2003-06-03
I Like the Way You Talk About the Future - Stu Brooks Dub Remix	8,630	4:23	2020-09-14
Step Inside	7,421	5:54	2006-04-11
Major Minor	7,218	5:02	2006-04-11
Dark Eyes	6,670	5:03	2009-01-01
Bridge To Nowhere - Live @ The Orange Lounge	6,151	3:16	2006-01-01
Uprising Down Under	6,119	4:35	2006-04-11
The Gate	5,978	5:58	2006-04-11
With A Bullet	5,532	4:01	2006-04-11
Mind Flood	4,923	8:10	2006-04-11
Step Inside	4,842	4:52	2006-01-01
Keep Goin'	4,595	2:60	2015-12-11
Nowhere Is Far	4,507	4:07	2018-01-26
Hard Road - Live @ The Orange Lounge	4,402	4:23	2006-01-01
Fall Before You Finish	4,293	4:27	2006-01-01
Mystified, Heavy	4,160	4:51	2006-04-11
Fall Before You Finish	3,809	4:30	2006-04-11
The Cathedral	3,733	7:03	2006-04-11
The Resistance	3,515	5:14	2006-04-11
The Bootleg Saint	3,498	4:09	2006-04-11
The Gate - Live @ The Orange Lounge	3,484	6:43	2006-01-01
An American Draft Dodger In Thunder Bay - Live @ The Orange Lounge	3,463	3:13	2006-01-01
A Stone Would Cry Out	3,448	4:41	2006-04-11
Mystified, Heavy - Live @ The Orange Lounge	3,264	5:24	2006-01-01
This Is How I Live	2,093	4:07	2000-01-01
Let It In - King Britt Jena Se Qua Mix	1,862	8:17	2012-01-01