Starsailor

Data updated on 2025-04-23 23:14:22 UTC

Starsailor are James Walsh, James Stelfox, Ben Byrne and Barry Westhead. Signing to EMI in early 2001, sold out tours, top 20 singles and their debut long player followed over the next 9 months. Love Is Here peaked at No.2 to much critical fanfare. Phil Spector produced 2 tracks on the band’s second album Silence Is Easy. The album was completed by the John Leckie and Danton Supple and peaked at No.2, spawning hit singles Silence Is Easy and Four To The Floor. 2005’s On The Outside had an altogether more direct rock sound as demonstrated by the groove laden Keep Us Together and the In The Crossfire. All The Plans released in 2009 boasted the melodically superior Tell Me It’s Not Over. With a 5 year hiatus the band returned in 2014 with a Best Of, which included 2 new tracks and featured all 9 Top 40 singles. 2017 saw the masterful All This Life arrive. Their first work with Embrace’s musical architect Rick McNamara was a hugely accomplished album that was proof positive that the band melodic sensibilities had ripened with age. 2023 sees new music in the shape of Where The Wild Things Grow, with McNamara producing. Jane Savidge, renowned novelist and journalist suggests that the first single from the album “has that slightly uneasy, otherworldliness reminiscent of those early Bowie or Pink Floyd recordings”. Pointing towards the release of the album of the same name in early 2024, Savidge comments that the new album is “an album that has no right to be as good as it is”

Genres

: britpop

Total plays

154.9 million

Updated on 2025-04-23

Date	Total plays
2025-04-23	154,881,819
2025-04-13	154,296,582
2025-04-06	153,850,504
2025-03-28	153,521,862
2025-03-20	152,750,404
2025-03-11	152,186,445
2025-03-02	151,645,324
2025-02-21	151,129,215
2025-02-12	150,623,478
2025-02-03	150,142,459
2025-01-24	149,583,736
2025-01-16	149,151,891
2025-01-07	148,669,976
2024-12-30	148,258,119
2024-12-21	147,784,511
2024-12-12	147,280,622
2024-11-21	146,150,019
2024-06-10	137,167,520
2024-05-28	136,498,042
2024-05-12	135,712,343
2024-04-26	134,821,007
2024-04-11	133,842,028
2024-03-27	132,770,519
2024-03-12	131,856,101
2024-02-26	130,994,558
2024-02-11	130,044,587
2023-11-25	125,384,579
2023-10-16	123,025,016
2023-09-30	122,183,876
2023-09-15	121,359,737
2023-08-29	120,509,392
2023-08-25	120,305,029
2023-08-20	120,083,426

Social media links

Monthly listeners

631,793

Followers

231,130

Top Cities

Paris

14,662 listeners
Melbourne

17,867 listeners
Sydney

14,313 listeners
Buenos Aires

12,537 listeners
Brussels

15,191 listeners

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Most popular tracks

Track	Plays	Duration	Release date
Four to the Floor - Thin White Duke Mix; Short Version	34,784,002	4:40	2004-01-01
Four to the Floor	18,462,647	3:54	2003-09-15
Way to Fall	13,895,329	4:30	2001-10-08
Poor Misguided Fool	11,217,307	3:52	2001-10-08
Silence Is Easy	8,395,549	3:40	2003-08-29
Alcoholic	6,937,575	2:56	2001-01-01
Good Souls	6,009,878	4:53	2001-10-08
Tell Me It's Not Over	5,917,196	3:23	2008-11-24
Tie up My Hands	4,780,432	5:46	2001-10-08
Four to the Floor - Thin White Duke Mix	3,851,753	8:11	2003-09-15
In the Crossfire	3,381,159	3:19	2005-01-01
Some of Us	2,604,448	3:38	2003-09-15
Fever	2,007,670	4:04	2001-10-08
Listen to Your Heart	1,808,764	3:51	2017-06-30
Lullaby	1,708,982	4:15	2001-01-01
Love Is Here	1,562,367	4:42	2001-10-08
She Just Wept	1,157,188	4:12	2001-10-08
Faith Hope Love	1,130,892	2:48	2005-01-01
Talk Her Down	995,147	4:11	2001-10-08
Fidelity	914,811	2:22	2003-09-15
This Time	807,032	3:31	2005-01-01
Sunday Best	728,281	5:24	2017-09-01
Coming Down	689,362	14:30	2001-10-08
Alcoholic - Single Version	633,053	3:30	2001-01-01
Neon Sky	612,599	5:19	2008-11-24
Take a Little Time	612,175	3:26	2017-08-25
All This Life	564,901	2:55	2017-07-21
Bring My Love	564,849	2:20	2003-09-15
Hurts Too Much	553,784	3:41	2008-11-24
Boy in Waiting	524,180	2:32	2008-11-24
Telling Them	519,108	4:51	2003-09-15
Born Again	515,996	6:03	2003-09-15
Keep Us Together	514,748	3:48	2005-01-01
Four to the Floor - Soulsavers Mix	504,123	5:12	2003-09-15
Blood	501,347	4:51	2017-09-01
Tell Me It's Not Over - Acoustic	494,688	3:45	2008-11-24
All the Plans	489,534	4:11	2008-11-24
Music Was Saved	485,123	3:01	2003-09-15
Shark Food	462,068	3:35	2003-09-15
Caught in the Middle	437,539	3:50	2017-09-01
Listen Up	417,802	4:20	2008-11-24
Counterfeit Life	405,160	3:32	2005-01-01
Give Up the Ghost	388,804	3:19	2015-01-01
White Light	385,804	4:36	2005-01-01
Jeremiah	376,907	3:40	2005-01-01
Stars and Stripes	375,012	4:34	2008-11-24
You Never Get What You Deserve	372,989	4:17	2008-11-24
I Don't Know	356,528	3:22	2005-01-01
Break the Cycle	355,347	3:18	2017-09-01
The Thames	349,534	3:14	2008-11-24
White Dove	342,880	3:52	2003-09-15
Safe at Home	316,156	2:57	2008-11-24
Could You Be Mine?	314,428	3:52	2003-08-29
Restless Heart	304,739	2:02	2003-09-15
Fallout	297,777	5:52	2017-09-01
Fia (Fuck It All)	295,181	6:04	2017-09-01
Best of Me	292,705	3:37	2017-09-01
Born Again - Radio Edit	280,049	4:47	2003-09-26
At the End of a Show	271,990	4:16	2003-09-15
Hold On	262,766	3:35	2015-01-01
In My Blood	235,752	3:56	1900-01-01
Dead On The Money	231,273	2:43	2024-02-02
All the Plans - Acoustic	230,257	4:09	2008-11-24
Listen Up - Acoustic	225,311	4:06	2008-11-24
Where The Wild Things Grow	225,182	4:30	2023-10-27
All the Plans - Radio Edit	223,484	3:04	2015-01-01
No One Else	213,140	2:13	2017-09-01
Change My Mind	211,302	3:28	2008-11-24
Way Back Home	189,775	3:11	2005-01-01
Merry Go Round - Acoustic	185,279	3:31	2008-11-24
The Thames - Acoustic	178,002	3:57	2008-11-24
Tell Me It's Not Over - Thin White Duke Remix	169,920	5:28	2009-02-27
Stars and Stripes - Acoustic	156,703	4:37	2008-11-24
Get Out While You Can	155,675	3:08	2005-01-01
Change My Mind - Acoustic	147,887	3:49	2008-11-24
Heavyweight	142,656	3:12	2023-11-24
Tell Me It's Not Over - Stuart Price Mix	136,202	3:16	2009-02-27
From a Whisper to a Scream	122,371	3:58	2001-01-01
Listen to Your Heart - Acoustic	118,794	3:41	2017-10-27
After The Rain	115,160	2:16	2024-03-22
Blood - Acoustic	110,300	3:58	2017-10-27
Caught in the Middle - Acoustic	109,936	3:38	2017-10-27
Let It Shine	103,289	3:18	2001-01-01
Best of Me - Acoustic	98,968	3:59	2017-10-27
Push the Button - Live	98,431	2:35	2006-02-03
Grandma's Hands	93,202	3:04	2001-01-01
Into The Wild	89,090	5:35	2024-03-22
Better Times	80,296	4:19	2024-03-20
She Understands	69,333	3:34	2003-08-29
Hard Love	66,713	3:35	2024-03-22
Flowers	59,744	3:46	2024-03-22
Last Shot	54,464	4:45	2024-03-22
Enough	43,800	3:15	2024-03-22
All Or Nothing	43,478	3:07	2021-09-10
This Time - Original Demo	41,733	3:31	2006-01-20
All the Plans (feat. Ronnie Wood)	41,665	3:53	2009-02-27
Hanging In The Balance	40,155	3:28	2024-03-22
Better Times - Radio Edit	30,533	3:24	2024-06-14
In the Crossfire - Original Demo	29,429	3:49	2005-09-30
The Way Young Lovers Do	28,191	4:02	2001-10-08
Good Souls - Live And Acoustic	26,143	4:40	2007-08-07
Good Souls - Live from Fairtrade 2004	25,186	9:08	2004-08-20
Alcoholic - The Distillery Sessions	23,364	3:05	2001-10-08
Tie up My Hands - Live	19,169	6:05	2001-01-01
Silence Is Easy - Live from Werchter 2004	17,355	5:12	2004-08-20
Way to Fall - The Distillery Sessions	17,028	4:17	2001-10-08
Good Souls - The Distillery Sessions	16,387	5:02	2001-10-08
Empty Streets	16,282	3:37	2005-01-01
Keep Us Together - Working for a Nuclear Free City Remix	15,829	4:08	2006-05-05
Keep Us Together - Live from Brixton Academy	15,748	3:57	2006-05-05
Silence Is Easy - Live from Rock Am Ring 2004	15,667	6:10	2004-08-20
Silence Is Easy - Live at Coronet, 27th May, 2004	15,640	5:31	2003-09-15
Keep Us Together - Triibute to Schroeder Mix by Modlang	15,194	4:39	2006-05-05
Keep Us Together - Original Demo	14,968	3:54	2006-05-05
Tie up My Hands - Live from Fairtrade 2004	14,790	6:58	2004-08-20
Good Souls - Live from Werchter 2004	14,598	11:23	2004-08-20
Tie up My Hands - Live from Werchter 2004	14,551	6:47	2004-08-20
Hot Burrito #2 - The Flying Burrito Brothers Cover, Live at The Forum, London, 1st November 2001	14,070	3:45	2001-10-08
Good Souls - Live from Rock Am Ring 2004	13,748	8:46	2004-08-20
Where The Streets Have No Name	13,674	3:24	2005-01-01
This Time - Recorded Live at Brixton Academy on 18th November 2005	13,467	3:43	2006-01-20
Tie up My Hands - Live from Rock Am Ring 2004	13,024	7:10	2004-08-20
A Message	12,307	4:28	2003-09-15
Coming Down - Band Version	12,154	5:04	2001-10-08
White Dove - Original Demo	11,541	3:22	2003-09-15
Love Is Here - The Distillery Sessions	9,343	4:25	2001-10-08
This Time - Recorded Live at Nottingham Rock City on 15th November 2005	8,592	3:35	2005-01-24
Fever - The Distillery Sessions	8,530	4:22	2001-10-08
Silence Is Easy - Live at Somerset House, 2005	2,320	6:02	2003-09-15
Four to the Floor - Live at Somerset House, 2nd August, 2005	1,837	4:46	2003-09-15
Fidelity - Phil Spector Demo	1,217	2:29	2003-09-15
Born Again - Phil Spector Demo	1,077	6:39	2003-09-15
Wrong Side of Life	< 1000	4:06	2008-11-24
Hang Your Hopes	< 1000	3:33	2017-09-06