Starsailor

Data updated on 2025-08-06 19:51:47 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

161.3 million

Updated on 2025-08-06

Date	Total plays
2025-08-06	161,311,634
2025-07-29	160,799,931
2025-07-20	160,234,377
2025-07-13	159,795,827
2025-07-05	159,286,738
2025-06-27	158,801,461
2025-06-19	158,338,333
2025-06-11	157,843,194
2025-06-03	157,318,529
2025-05-26	156,865,429
2025-05-18	156,386,338
2025-05-02	155,434,422
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

664,351

Followers

233,517

Top Cities

Paris

14,152 listeners
Melbourne

16,768 listeners
Sydney

13,262 listeners
Brussels

16,864 listeners
Buenos Aires

13,283 listeners

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Most popular tracks

Track	Plays	Duration	Release date
Four to the Floor - Thin White Duke Mix; Short Version	36,548,270	4:40	2004-01-01
Four to the Floor	19,185,146	3:54	2003-09-15
Way to Fall	14,477,231	4:30	2001-10-08
Poor Misguided Fool	11,680,357	3:52	2001-10-08
Silence Is Easy	8,789,835	3:40	2003-08-29
Alcoholic	7,196,579	2:56	2001-01-01
Good Souls	6,393,048	4:53	2001-10-08
Tell Me It's Not Over	6,069,188	3:23	2008-11-24
Tie up My Hands	4,981,336	5:46	2001-10-08
Four to the Floor - Thin White Duke Mix	4,040,966	8:11	2003-09-15
In the Crossfire	3,546,567	3:19	2005-01-01
Some of Us	2,695,145	3:38	2003-09-15
Fever	2,094,454	4:04	2001-10-08
Listen to Your Heart	1,843,407	3:51	2017-06-30
Lullaby	1,778,928	4:15	2001-01-01
Love Is Here	1,638,027	4:42	2001-10-08
She Just Wept	1,195,873	4:12	2001-10-08
Faith Hope Love	1,175,535	2:48	2005-01-01
Talk Her Down	1,051,552	4:11	2001-10-08
Fidelity	952,796	2:22	2003-09-15
This Time	827,934	3:31	2005-01-01
Sunday Best	751,904	5:24	2017-09-01
Coming Down	708,330	14:30	2001-10-08
Alcoholic - Single Version	654,834	3:30	2001-01-01
Neon Sky	624,173	5:19	2008-11-24
Take a Little Time	622,659	3:26	2017-08-25
Bring My Love	580,197	2:20	2003-09-15
All This Life	575,641	2:55	2017-07-21
Hurts Too Much	565,525	3:41	2008-11-24
Telling Them	545,841	4:51	2003-09-15
Four to the Floor - Soulsavers Mix	542,735	5:12	2003-09-15
Born Again	539,441	6:03	2003-09-15
Boy in Waiting	529,221	2:32	2008-11-24
Keep Us Together	523,003	3:48	2005-01-01
Blood	516,608	4:51	2017-09-01
Music Was Saved	501,264	3:01	2003-09-15
Tell Me It's Not Over - Acoustic	499,940	3:45	2008-11-24
All the Plans	499,389	4:11	2008-11-24
Shark Food	473,775	3:35	2003-09-15
Caught in the Middle	447,116	3:50	2017-09-01
Listen Up	429,495	4:20	2008-11-24
Counterfeit Life	420,956	3:32	2005-01-01
White Light	404,592	4:36	2005-01-01
Give Up the Ghost	398,092	3:19	2015-01-01
Jeremiah	386,906	3:40	2005-01-01
Stars and Stripes	381,705	4:34	2008-11-24
You Never Get What You Deserve	378,224	4:17	2008-11-24
I Don't Know	364,833	3:22	2005-01-01
Break the Cycle	359,650	3:18	2017-09-01
The Thames	352,507	3:14	2008-11-24
White Dove	351,000	3:52	2003-09-15
Could You Be Mine?	319,906	3:52	2003-08-29
Safe at Home	319,469	2:57	2008-11-24
Restless Heart	309,979	2:02	2003-09-15
Fallout	302,071	5:52	2017-09-01
Fia (Fuck It All)	298,427	6:04	2017-09-01
Best of Me	297,191	3:37	2017-09-01
Born Again - Radio Edit	282,448	4:47	2003-09-26
At the End of a Show	280,567	4:16	2003-09-15
Hold On	273,086	3:35	2015-01-01
Dead On The Money	246,167	2:43	2024-02-02
In My Blood	239,875	3:56	1900-01-01
Where The Wild Things Grow	239,721	4:30	2023-10-27
All the Plans - Acoustic	231,951	4:09	2008-11-24
Listen Up - Acoustic	226,925	4:06	2008-11-24
All the Plans - Radio Edit	225,905	3:04	2015-01-01
No One Else	215,383	2:13	2017-09-01
Change My Mind	212,984	3:28	2008-11-24
Way Back Home	194,430	3:11	2005-01-01
Merry Go Round - Acoustic	186,312	3:31	2008-11-24
The Thames - Acoustic	179,295	3:57	2008-11-24
Tell Me It's Not Over - Thin White Duke Remix	178,724	5:28	2009-02-27
Get Out While You Can	158,194	3:08	2005-01-01
Stars and Stripes - Acoustic	157,728	4:37	2008-11-24
Heavyweight	150,839	3:12	2023-11-24
Change My Mind - Acoustic	148,796	3:49	2008-11-24
Tell Me It's Not Over - Stuart Price Mix	138,769	3:16	2009-02-27
From a Whisper to a Scream	128,080	3:58	2001-01-01
After The Rain	122,414	2:16	2024-03-22
Listen to Your Heart - Acoustic	121,524	3:41	2017-10-27
Blood - Acoustic	111,975	3:58	2017-10-27
Caught in the Middle - Acoustic	111,595	3:38	2017-10-27
Let It Shine	104,241	3:18	2001-01-01
Best of Me - Acoustic	100,423	3:59	2017-10-27
Push the Button - Live	99,656	2:35	2006-02-03
Into The Wild	96,431	5:35	2024-03-22
Grandma's Hands	94,845	3:04	2001-01-01
Better Times	85,805	4:19	2024-03-20
Hard Love	73,739	3:35	2024-03-22
She Understands	69,758	3:34	2003-08-29
Flowers	64,758	3:46	2024-03-22
Last Shot	61,978	4:45	2024-03-22
Enough	46,683	3:15	2024-03-22
All Or Nothing	45,163	3:07	2021-09-10
Hanging In The Balance	43,849	3:28	2024-03-22
This Time - Original Demo	41,999	3:31	2006-01-20
All the Plans (feat. Ronnie Wood)	41,970	3:53	2009-02-27
Better Times - Radio Edit	31,513	3:24	2024-06-14
In the Crossfire - Original Demo	29,760	3:49	2005-09-30
The Way Young Lovers Do	29,304	4:02	2001-10-08
Good Souls - Live And Acoustic	26,347	4:40	2007-08-07
Good Souls - Live from Fairtrade 2004	25,532	9:08	2004-08-20
Alcoholic - The Distillery Sessions	24,661	3:05	2001-10-08
Tie up My Hands - Live	19,541	6:05	2001-01-01
Way to Fall - The Distillery Sessions	19,234	4:17	2001-10-08
Silence Is Easy - Live from Werchter 2004	17,627	5:12	2004-08-20
Good Souls - The Distillery Sessions	17,474	5:02	2001-10-08
Empty Streets	16,432	3:37	2005-01-01
Silence Is Easy - Live at Coronet, 27th May, 2004	15,927	5:31	2003-09-15
Keep Us Together - Working for a Nuclear Free City Remix	15,892	4:08	2006-05-05
Keep Us Together - Live from Brixton Academy	15,853	3:57	2006-05-05
Silence Is Easy - Live from Rock Am Ring 2004	15,834	6:10	2004-08-20
Keep Us Together - Triibute to Schroeder Mix by Modlang	15,253	4:39	2006-05-05
Keep Us Together - Original Demo	15,054	3:54	2006-05-05
Tie up My Hands - Live from Fairtrade 2004	15,005	6:58	2004-08-20
Good Souls - Live from Werchter 2004	14,792	11:23	2004-08-20
Tie up My Hands - Live from Werchter 2004	14,699	6:47	2004-08-20
Hot Burrito #2 - The Flying Burrito Brothers Cover, Live at The Forum, London, 1st November 2001	14,483	3:45	2001-10-08
Good Souls - Live from Rock Am Ring 2004	13,916	8:46	2004-08-20
Where The Streets Have No Name	13,817	3:24	2005-01-01
This Time - Recorded Live at Brixton Academy on 18th November 2005	13,548	3:43	2006-01-20
Tie up My Hands - Live from Rock Am Ring 2004	13,171	7:10	2004-08-20
Coming Down - Band Version	13,102	5:04	2001-10-08
A Message	12,600	4:28	2003-09-15
White Dove - Original Demo	11,883	3:22	2003-09-15
Love Is Here - The Distillery Sessions	10,324	4:25	2001-10-08
Fever - The Distillery Sessions	9,179	4:22	2001-10-08
This Time - Recorded Live at Nottingham Rock City on 15th November 2005	8,690	3:35	2005-01-24
Silence Is Easy - Live at Somerset House, 2005	2,687	6:02	2003-09-15
Four to the Floor - Live at Somerset House, 2nd August, 2005	2,157	4:46	2003-09-15
Fidelity - Phil Spector Demo	1,356	2:29	2003-09-15
Born Again - Phil Spector Demo	1,229	6:39	2003-09-15
Wrong Side of Life	< 1000	4:06	2008-11-24
Hang Your Hopes	< 1000	3:33	2017-09-06