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The Stone Roses
Band Manchester United Kingdom Active 1984–2017
The Stone Roses formed in 1984 in Manchester, United Kingdom and was active until 2017. The Stone Roses has 168 chart appearances on 93 radio countdowns from 30 stations on RockLists, spanning 1989–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “I Wanna Be Adored”, which appears on 53 lists with a best position of #10. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted The Stone Roses most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 39 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1989.
The Stone Roses came out of Manchester with a swagger and a groove that seemed to arrive fully formed. Ian Brown sang, John Squire played guitar, Gary "Mani" Mounfield played bass and Alan "Reni" Wren drummed, and in the late '80s and early '90s they were one of the pioneers of the Madchester scene.
Their self-titled debut came out on Silvertone in 1989 and was a breakthrough, a critics' favorite that many rank among the greatest British albums ever made. "I Wanna Be Adored", "She Bangs the Drums", "Waterfall", "Made of Stone", "Shoot You Down" and "I Am the Resurrection" are all chiming guitars, lazy grooves and Brown's dreamy, half-sung vocals. Away from the album, "Fools Gold" and "One Love" kept the groove rolling, and "Elephant Stone" turned up on a Silvertone singles EP.
Then it got complicated. The band wanted to move to a major label, but Silvertone wouldn't let them go, and a long legal fight followed before they finally signed with Geffen in 1991. Second Coming arrived in 1994, heavier, with "Love Spreads" and "Ten Storey Love Song", but reviews were mixed. Reni left in March 1995, Squire in April 1996, and Brown and Mani called it a day in October 1996 after playing the Reading Festival.
After years of rumors, they announced their reunion on 18 October 2011 and hit the road in 2012, including three hometown shows in Heaton Park. Shane Meadows made a documentary about the comeback, The Stone Roses: Made of Stone, which came out in June 2013. New material finally arrived in 2016, 2 singles, and the band toured until June 2017, when it split again. It was a short, bright flame, but it burned hot.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Stone Roses on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Wanna Be Adored | 53 | #10 | – | 1989 | |
| 2 | Fools Gold | 44 | #1 | 1 | 1990 | |
| 3 | Love Spreads | 31 | #19 | – | 1995 | |
| 4 | She Bangs the Drums | 12 | #7 | – | 1989 | |
| 5 | One Love | 6 | #38 | – | 1990 | |
| 6 | I Am The Resurrection | 3 | #6 | – | 1989 | |
| 7 | Elephant Stone | 4 | #257 | – | – | |
| 8 | Waterfall | 3 | #287 | – | – | |
| 9 | Made Of Stone | 1 | #17 | – | 1989 | |
| 10 | All For One | 2 | #53 | – | 2016 | |
| 11 | Beautiful Thing | 1 | #33 | – | 2018 | |
| 12 | Ten Storey Love Song | 2 | #96 | – | – | |
| 13 | Shoot You down | 1 | #1148 | – | – |
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.
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