Artist · chart history
Beady Eye
Band Manchester United Kingdom Active 2009–2014
Beady Eye formed in 2009 in Manchester, United Kingdom and was active until 2014. Beady Eye has 5 chart appearances on 5 radio countdowns from 5 stations on RockLists, spanning 2011–2012. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “The Roller”, which appears on 5 lists with a best position of #46. The station that charted Beady Eye most often is CFNY 102.1 The Edge (Toronto, ON), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2011.
Beady Eye rose from the rubble of Oasis. When Noel Gallagher walked out in August 2009, the rest of the band decided to carry on under a new name, and so Liam Gallagher on vocals, Gem Archer and Andy Bell on guitars and former Oasis touring drummer Chris Sharrock started over. Jeff Wootton came in on bass in 2010.
Their debut, Different Gear, Still Speeding, arrived in 2011 and made the UK top 5, a swaggering, retro-minded rock record that gave Liam plenty of room to sneer. "The Roller" was the big single, a stomping, piano-thumping singalong that reached No. 31 in the UK, the only time the band cracked the top 40 there. It won over a fair few Oasis fans, too.
BE followed in 2013 and also went top 5. Wootton left that year and former Kasabian guitarist Jay Mehler took over on bass. In October 2014, Liam announced that Beady Eye were done.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Beady Eye on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Roller | 5 | #46 | – | 2011 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 120 (tie) | The Roller | WBER Listener Countdown 2012 |
| 2011 | 58 | The Roller | WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2011 |
| 2011 | 99 | The Roller | CD101 Top 102 Songs of 2011 |
| 2011 | 46 | The Roller | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2011 |
| 2011 | 103 | The Roller | 106.1 The Corner Top 107 of 2011 |
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