| "Chasing Cars" is the third single from Snow Patrol's fourth album, Eyes Open. It was released on July 24, 2006, in the United Kingdom, as the album's second single. "Chasing Cars" gained significant popularity in the United States after being featured on the popular medical drama Grey's Anatomy.[1] It became notable as one of the songs that revealed the impact of legal downloads on single sales in the UK. The song is Snow Patrol's biggest-selling single to date, ending 2006 as the UK's fourteenth best-selling single of the year[2] and 2007, on the strength of downloads, as the UK's thirty-fourth best-selling single of 2007.[3] The single has now spent 89 weeks in the top 75 singles in the UK. Music video by Snow Patrol performing Chasing Cars: Nick Brandt Version, with Garret Lee [Producer], Nick Brandt [Video Director], Jessica Wise [Video Producer] (C) 2006 Polydor Ltd. (UK) |
