Ten years later, it was revealed as the most-played song of the 21st century on UK radio. In 2009, UK music licensing body PPL announced that "Chasing Cars" was the most widely played song of the decade in the UK. It has also sold 3,900,000 copies in the US by January 2015, making it one of the top best-selling rock songs in the digital era. If you like Chasing Cars, you might also like.
This title is a cover of Chasing Cars as made famous by Snow Patrol.
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License courtesy of : Universal Music Publishing UK. As of 2019, the song has spent 111 weeks in the official UK top 75, 166 in the top 100 and had sold over one million copies in the UK by October 2013. Chasing Cars is a World/Traditional song by Snow Patrol, released on January 1st 2006 in the album Eyes Open. Original songwriters : Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Tom Simpson, Jonathan Graham Quinn, Paul Pablo Wilson. At the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in 2007, "Chasing Cars" was nominated for Best Rock Song, and at the 2007 Brit Awards it was nominated for Best British Single. The most-played song so far this century has been revealed, with Northern Irish band Snow Patrol taking the crown. Released in the post-Britpop period, the song peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart, and number 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song is Snow Patrol's biggest-selling single to date, ending 2006 as that year's 14th best-selling single in the UK and that year had the distinction of being the last song performed live on the BBC's Top of the Pops. "Chasing Cars" became notable as one of the songs that revealed the impact of legal downloads on single sales in the UK, selling consistently for years after its release. The song gained significant popularity in the US after being featured in the second season finale of the popular medical drama Grey's Anatomy, which aired on. The phrase Chasing Cars came from Gary Lightbodys father, in reference to a girl the singer was infatuated with, Youre like a dog chasing a car.
It was recorded in 2005 and released on 6 June 2006 in the United States and 24 July 2006 in the United Kingdom. It was released as the second single from their fourth studio album, Eyes Open (2006). "Chasing Cars" is a song by Scottish-Northern Irish alternative rock band Snow Patrol.
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