Play Aqualung Radio
Aqualung
6,443,796 plays (498,619 listeners)
United Kingdom
Matt Hales (born January 17, 1972), better known as Aqualung, is a British singer/songwriter best known in the United Kingdom for his song “Strange And Beautiful”, which was featured on a television advertisement for the new Volkswagen Beetle during the summer of 2002 and went on to become a Top 10 hit in the UK singles chart later that year.
Prior to his success as Aqualung, Hales was known as the lead singer of mid-1990s, London-based Britpop band Ruth. Ruth had a string of moderately successful hit singles, including “I Don’t Know,” “Valentine’s Day,” and “Fear of Flying,” and one album, “Harrison,” before changing their name in 2001 to The 45’s. As The 45s, the band released two more singles and one posthumous album to little attention before splitting so Hales could focus on his new endeavor as Aqualung. Almost immediately after the band’s split, “Strange and Beautiful” began climbing the British charts and gaining massive amounts of attention—a dramatic turnabout from the previous year. In 2005, Aqualung would even achieve elusive success in the United States, where they are best known for the song “Brighter Than Sunshine”, which had considerable airplay and was used in the film A Lot Like Love and various television spots. He’s also known to some for his song, “Easier to Lie”, which was featured on the hit television show, Scrubs. His music also went on to feature in another hit television show the OC. His song, “Strange and Beautiful” was also featured on the hit show CSI.
Prior to his success as Aqualung, Hales was known as the lead singer of mid-1990s, London-based Britpop band Ruth. Ruth had a string of moderately successful hit singles, including “I Don’t Know,” “Valentine’s Day,” and “Fear of Flying,” and one album, “Harrison,” before changing their name in 2001 to The 45’s. As The 45s, the band released two more singles and one posthumous album to little attention before splitting so Hales could focus on his new endeavor as Aqualung. Almost immediately after the band’s split, “Strange and Beautiful” began climbing the British charts and gaining massive amounts of attention—a dramatic turnabout from the previous year. In 2005, Aqualung would even achieve elusive success in the United States, where they are best known for the song “Brighter Than Sunshine”, which had considerable airplay and was used in the film A Lot Like Love and various television spots. He’s also known to some for his song, “Easier to Lie”, which was featured on the hit television show, Scrubs. His music also went on to feature in another hit television show the OC. His song, “Strange and Beautiful” was also featured on the hit show CSI.
Top Albums
-
Strange and Beautiful
Aqualung
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon $1.19
- eBay Search
-
Still Life
AqualungBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon $23.98
- eBay Search
-
Aqualung
Aqualung Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon $52.99
- eBay Search
-
Memory Man
Aqualung Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon $2.36
- eBay Search
Top Tracks
| 1 |
|
Brighter Than Sunshine
full track
|
|||
| 2 |
|
Easier to Lie
full track
|
|||
| 3 | |||||
| 4 |
|
Good Times Gonna Come
full track
|
|||
| 5 |
|
||||
| 6 |
|
Something To Believe In
full track
|
|||
| 7 | |||||
| 8 |
|
Falling Out of Love
full track
|
|||
| 9 |
|
Left Behind
full track
|
|||
| 10 |
|
If I Fall
full track
|
|||
| 11 |
|
Tongue-tied
full track
|
|||
| 12 |
|
Another Little Hole
full track
|
|||
| 13 |
|
Pressure Suit
full track
|
|||
| 14 |
|
Breaking My Heart
full track
|
|||
| 15 |
|
Extra Ordinary Thing
full track
|
Shoutbox
-
RenataKovac wrote:
Strange and Beautiful, Pressure Suit and Breaking My Heart (L)
-
JoLLaKa wrote:
<3
-
myinak wrote:
His music is too beautiful
-
rennelr wrote:
Matt, merry me.
-
papsgore wrote:
brighter than sunshine is awesome
-
rennelr wrote:
(L)
-
TrevorGrimm wrote:
<3
-
ropiyak wrote:
pressure suit... love that's song..!!!
-
lovestork wrote:
Ugh. He simply can't produce enough music to satisfy my Aqualung hunger.
-
GreenEyes19 wrote:
I love this sound so much and the lyrics are so honest. I am glad to have investigated this artist more, I really enjoyed the album Strange and Beautiful.
-
celesmorat wrote:
i love you :) <3
-
sasha-suhanov wrote:
When did they play in Skins?
-
sasha-suhanov wrote:
Brighter Than Sunshine <3
-
VoandoemSonhos wrote:
Good Times Gonna Come, just amazing!
-
rafaelhelenojor wrote:
Brighter Than Sunshine
-
whamcity wrote:
similar artists, inaccurate
-
lizwenholdt wrote:
Hey fellow Aqualovers. I started a group for folks who love great piano-playing/singer-songwriters like Matt. Check it out and spread the word! http://www.last.fm/group/Pianist-Singer-Songwriters
-
btarded wrote:
marry me.
-
luizotaviorg wrote:
he is simply incredible <3
-
muzikizme wrote:
I love Aqualung and Landon Pigg!! Can't wait for Landons new album onthe 29th! Just dwnlded Landons new song "A Ghost" off his website http://bit.ly/19JhLS
Videos
See more
News
hello men and women
2 Oct 2008 | from aqualung.net
yesterday, i went to the US embassy in london and i wrote this on a small piece of paper: "I'm just writing this in order to do something with my hands whilst i wait at the US embassy to have my visa interview. …
-
New tour dates, Fall 2008:
20 Sep 2008 | from aqualung.net -
I write songs and sing them at people
1 Sep 2008 | from aqualung.net -
Don't you just hate it?
23 Apr 2008 | from aqualung.net
Listeners
-
dexae
Listening now
to Easier to Lie -
whoaaatraceyy
Listening now
to Easier to Lie -
bluebuttbaboon2
Listening now
to Something To Believe In -
albiertz
Top Listener
-
eternity_ended
Top Listener
-
empty_gap
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
meganaddison added Aqualung to meganaddison’s library. 4 hours ago
-
sigmagalator tagged Aqualung with ‘mellow’. 5 hours ago
-
Skyxx, maulins, unveiled14 and 4 other people added Aqualung to their libraries. 5 hours ago
-
Patrikkinen uploaded Matt_rest to Aqualung’s images. yesterday evening
-
Patrikkinen linked Aqualung to Matt_rest. yesterday evening
-
maripackk, kateysooo, LollipopLOVES and 8 other people added Aqualung to their libraries. yesterday afternoon
-
escarama tagged Aqualung with ‘alternative rock’. Sunday evening
-
escarama, maxbogachev, Nanni90 and 4 other people added Aqualung to their libraries. Sunday evening
-
missaaliyah wrote about Various Artists – My Songs in Top Albums In The Last 7 Days - 29 November 2009. Sunday evening
-
agaz83 tagged Aqualung with ‘indie’. Sunday afternoon
Related Journals
-
ąę last.fm
by mdlkfee |
14 Nov 2009 | Add comment
-
Concert List 2006
by flashily |
6 Nov 2009 | Add comment
-
Song Recommendations
by yara_gilmore |
4 Nov 2009 | Add comment
Groups (77)
-
-Aqualung-
179 members
-
Lie To Me
71 members
-
WE ♥ WIDE AWAKE
46 members
-
SKINS Music
234 members
-
Extensive Musical Taste
29,067 members
More Information
- Links
- Labels
Email Newsletter
Get exclusive tour, release & promotion updates on Aqualung from Universal Music.
