Snow Patrol’s Chasing Cars has been named the most-played song in the 21st century on UK radio. It was released in 2006 but never reached number one in the charts however, it did stay in the charts for over three years.
Music licensing body PPL calculated it received the most plays and was followed by I Gotta Feeling by the Black Eyed Peas, and Happy by Pharrell.
Gary Lightbody, the band’s frontman, described Chasing Cars as “an emotionally open song, and it’s a simple song. But it’s also unabashedly a love song, and we don’t really have any others. The way it unifies an audience is the thing I most cherish about it. It’s a beautiful moment every time you play it.”
The song is from Snow Patrol’s fourth album, Eyes Open and was the 14th biggest selling single in 2006! It was featured in the series two finale of Grey’s Anatomy and the song Stacey walked down the aisle to in Gavin & Stacey. It grew more popular by the day and is still a favourite for many.
The band recently cancelled tour dates to allow band members to recover from of separate injuries such as nerve damage and surgery. The cancelled dates included sets at the Glastonbury, TRNSMT and Latitude festivals.
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