Artist · chart history
Long-View
Band Winchester United Kingdom Active 2001–2015 UK rock band
Long-View formed in 2001 in Winchester, United Kingdom and was active until 2015. Long-View has 3 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2005. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “When You Sleep”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #50. The station that charted Long-View most often is Channel 104.9 (San Jose, CA), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2005.
Long-View made exactly one album, and they made it count. Mercury arrived in July 2003 on 14th Floor Recordings, a record of big, aching choruses and guitars that surge like weather, driven by the band's chief songwriter, Rob McVey. Behind him were guitarist Doug Morch, bassist Aidan Banks and drummer Matt Dabbs, and they had earned their deal the old-fashioned way, with a string of shows at the Night and Day Café.
"When You Sleep" is the song the countdowns latched onto, but "Further" became their best-known tune, turning up on One Tree Hill and in ads for the US Open. They also put out a cover of Depeche Mode's "Stripped", on download and limited-edition vinyl only, and "In a Dream".
The lineup shifted around them. German electronic musician and producer Ulrich Schnauss was in the band from 2005 to 2010, Dabbs left in 2007 for family reasons, and Francesco Mendolia took over the drums. Songs for a second album got written but never came together, and the band finally called it quits in 2015, with McVey heading off to make a solo record.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Long-View on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When You Sleep | 2 | #50 | – | 2005 | |
| 2 | One More Try | 1 | #71 | – | 2005 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 50 | When You Sleep | Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2005 |
| 2005 | 71 (tie) | One More Try | WBER Listener Countdown 2005 |
| 2005 | 252 | When You Sleep | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 |
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