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Shed Seven
Band York United Kingdom Formed 1990
Shed Seven formed in 1990 in York, United Kingdom. Shed Seven has 3 chart appearances on 1 radio countdown from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Chasing Rainbows”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #17. The station that charted Shed Seven most often is Absolute Radio (United Kingdom (national)), with 3 appearances.
Shed Seven came out of York in 1990 with Rick Witter out front, Joe Johnson on guitar and keyboards, Tom Gladwin on bass and Alan Leach on drums, a band with a swagger all their own. Paul Banks later took over from Johnson, and a later lineup found room for both of them.
A Maximum High, in 1996, gave them "Going For Gold", a strutting, sunny anthem with a chorus built for the terraces. Let It Ride followed in 1998 with the big-hearted "Chasing Rainbows", all ringing guitars and Witter's wide-open vocal, and "Disco Down", which does what the title says. At home they ran up 15 singles and five albums inside the UK top 40.
They split in 2003, got back together for a greatest-hits tour in July 2007, and kept playing around Britain until Instant Pleasures arrived in 2017. Then came the late twist nobody saw coming: A Matter of Time gave them their first number-one album in January 2024, and Liquid Gold went straight in at number one that September.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Shed Seven on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chasing Rainbows | 1 | #17 | – | – | |
| 2 | Disco Down | 1 | #36 | – | – | |
| 3 | Going For Gold | 1 | #79 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | Chasing Rainbows | Absolute Radio 100 Ultimate Britpop Anthems |
| 2025 | 36 | Disco Down | Absolute Radio 100 Ultimate Britpop Anthems |
| 2025 | 79 | Going For Gold | Absolute Radio 100 Ultimate Britpop Anthems |
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