The Roller
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"The Roller" is a song and the first official single release by the English rock
band Beady Eye
, featured on their 2011 debut album Different Gear, Still Speeding
. The song was released as a digital
single on 23 January 2011, following the release of a music video
on 11 January. The 7" vinyl release is backed with the song "Two of a Kind".
for the song shows the band playing while a female motorcyclist rides the walls around them. It was premiered on Channel 4
on 11 January 2011, and released on YouTube
shortly after.
' first single "Supersonic". However, it fell to number 68 the following week.
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band Beady Eye
Beady Eye
Beady Eye are an English rock band formed in 2009. The band consists of vocalist Liam Gallagher, guitarist Gem Archer and guitarist Andy Bell, all former members of Oasis, rounded by drummer and percussionist Chris Sharrock who substituted for Oasis during their last tour in 2008/2009, before Oasis...
, featured on their 2011 debut album Different Gear, Still Speeding
Different Gear, Still Speeding
Different Gear, Still Speeding is the debut album by the English rock band Beady Eye, released on 28 February 2011. It debuted at #3 in the UK albums chart selling 66,817 in the first week, and had sold approximately 157,000 copies in the UK as of November 2011...
. The song was released as a digital
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
single on 23 January 2011, following the release of a music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
on 11 January. The 7" vinyl release is backed with the song "Two of a Kind".
Track listing
Music video
The music videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for the song shows the band playing while a female motorcyclist rides the walls around them. It was premiered on Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
on 11 January 2011, and released on YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
shortly after.
Chart performance
On digital release, the single debuted at number 31, the same peak position as OasisOasis (band)
Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. Originally known as The Rain, the group was formed by Liam Gallagher , Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs , Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and Tony McCarroll , who were soon joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher...
' first single "Supersonic". However, it fell to number 68 the following week.
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