Love Spreads Biggest Hit for the Stone Roses

CHART REWIND. On the back of the Stone Roses reunion, WelcheMusic takes a look back on the group’s career. ‘Love Spreads’ is the biggest hit of The Stone Roses’s career. Released in December 1994, the track peaked at No.2 on the UK singles tally as well as on the US alternative charts. It is also the only entry on the Swedish singles tally to date is the single ‘Love Spreads’ from December 1994. It only spent three weeks on the chart and peaked at No.13.

The Stone Roses’s eponymous debut album spent six weeks on the Swedish album chart, peaking at No.30. Second Coming peaked at No.26 and spent nine weeks. Their debut peaked at No.5 in the UK and No.3 in Ireland. While the group had a giant success in Ireland with the debut, the follow-up set only peaked at No.53 in the country.

In 1995, The Complete Stone Roses set peaked at No.4 in the UK and a 20^th anniversary compilation from 2009 peaked at No.9.

Further reading via WelcheMusic:

• Stone Roses Tickets Sold Out in 68 Minutes

Listen to Stone Roses via Spotify:

• The Stone Roses – Collection
• The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
• The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses (20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition)